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LONDON: Europe's top oil companies are not yet aligned with United Nations-backed targets to combat climate change despite their plans to slash carbon emissions and pivot to renewable energy, a report from major investors has found. The study by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), which ...

Alphabet Inc's Google is facing a new antitrust case in India in which the U.S. tech giant is alleged to have abused its Android operating system's position in the smart television market, a source and two lawyers involved in the case told Reuters.

EU antitrust enforcers accepted on Wednesday Broadcom's offer to drop exclusivity deals with TV and modem makers and ended their year-long investigation without a finding of wrongdoing by the U.S. chipmaker.

TOKYO: Japan's government upgraded its assessment of the economy on Wednesday (Oct 7) for the first time since May 2019 after a key indicator improved for August, pointing to a gradual recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The index of coincident economic indicators, which measures a ...

TOKYO: A real-life Super Mario game - where players jump to collect coins - and a Mario Kart ride will open next spring at Universal Studios Japan, as gaming giant Nintendo makes its first foray into theme parks. The new area of the amusement park in the western city of Osaka was...

Australian billionaire James Packer said on Wednesday he "forgot" his casino firm Crown Resorts Ltd was banned from dealing with associates of Hong Kong's Stanley Ho when he orchestrated a part-buyout by a firm controlled by Ho's son.

Antoine Frerot, the chairman and chief executive of French utility Veolia , told Le Figaro newspaper in an interview published on Wednesday that a deal with its bid target Suez was still possible.

Britain's NatWest Group has kicked off a campaign encouraging customers to dump the discredited Libor lending rate, as the coronavirus pandemic slows the pace at which borrowers are shifting to alternatives.

Frederic Oudea promised Societe Generale investors "growth with lower risk" after he became chief executive in 2008, the year a rogue trader lost billions in equity derivatives and brought the French bank close to collapse.

SINGAPORE: About 33,100 job seekers have been placed into jobs, traineeships and training opportunities under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package as of end-August, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Wednesday (Oct 7).  This is an increase of 9,100 from the 24,000 job seekers placed as of end ......