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Chinese stimulus is due a high-tech upgrade. Transactions using the central bank's digital currency have topped US$300 million as the government steps up trials across the country. Virtual money that's traceable is showing promise in getting consumers to spend rather than hoard. That might spur Beijing...

SINGAPORE-BASED corporate services platform Sleek has raised US$4 million in a pre-Series A funding round, it announced on Tuesday.

Nissan Motor Co Ltd on Tuesday said it will sell a redesigned version of its best-selling Note compact car in Japan from December featuring new hybrid drive technology, to win market share from Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co Ltd.

Tokyo shares opened sharply higher on Tuesday (Nov 24) after United States President Donald Trump said he no longer opposed government aid for Joe Biden's transition team, with markets also buoyed by COVID-19 vaccine news.

SEOUL: South Korea's delivery workers have fallen into what they call a "legal blind spot" and say it is a deadly place to be as the coronavirus drives an unprecedented boom in online business. Labour rights have made huge progress in South Korea over the past couple of decades...

A Canadian police officer involved in the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou two years ago in a U.S. extradition case testified on Monday he did not plan to obtain her mobile phone passcodes or search her electronic devices.

PARIS: French users of a Muslim prayer app accused of selling data that ended up with the US army are suing the company, their lawyers said on Monday (Nov 23). Former subscribers to the Muslim Pro app, which claims to have 95 million users around the world, have filed the...

Walmart's Mexico unit said on Monday it was notified by Mexico's federal competition authority that it is under investigation for possible antitrust behavior in the supply and distribution market for wholesale goods and the retail of these goods and services.

The world's largest asset manager BlackRock Inc said on Monday it will buy Aperio Group LLC, an investment management services provider, from private equity firm Golden Gate Capital and Aperio employees for US$1.05 billion in cash.

Apple Inc's security chief on Monday was indicted on bribery charges as prosecutors alleged he promised a donation of 200 iPads to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office to secure four concealed-weapon permits for Apple employees.