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PARIS: Danone's shares edged up on Tuesday after the French food group separated the chairman and chief executive roles held by Emmanuel Faber, and launched the search for a new CEO following calls from several shareholders to shake up governance. Danone shares were up 0.5per cent in early ......

Norway's Adevinta and U.S. e-commerce group eBay aim to sell three smaller British units in order to obtain regulatory approval for a long-planned tie-up of their global classified ads businesses, the two firms said on Tuesday.

Inditex staff in Spain say they are being forced out as the owner of fast-fashion brand Zara rolls out its plan to shut up to 1,200 stores worldwide, despite a company agreement with Spanish unions to project jobs.

SINGAPORE: ComfortDelGro on Tuesday (Mar 2) announced the launch of a “one-stop” lifestyle and mobility app called Zig. The new app, available from Mar 9, will allow users to book taxis, plan journeys, make dining reservations, place click-to-collect orders at food and beverage outlets, find deals ...

WHILE economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis is gradually taking hold in Singapore, the lower-income group continues to fare poorly, both in terms of their earnings and savings, compared to other segments of society.

WHILE economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis is gradually taking hold in Singapore, the lower-income group continues to fare poorly, both in terms of their earnings and savings, compared to other segments of society.

Volvo's entire car line-up will be fully electric by 2030, the Chinese-owned company said on Tuesday, joining a growing number of carmakers planning to phase out fossil-fuel engines by the end of this decade.

SINGAPORE: About 0.5 per cent of Singapore’s workforce, or 17,890 workers, are long-term visit pass (LTVP) and long-term visit pass plus (LTVP+) holders as of December 2020, said Minister of State for Manpower Gan Siow Huang on Tuesday (Mar 2). Of this, 190 or about 1 per cent are...

SEOUL: South Korea is drafting an extra budget of 15 trillion won (US$13.38 billion), it said on Tuesday (Mar 2), to boost support for small businesses and safeguard jobs as the resurgent coronavirus forces the government to retain social distancing curbs. The finance ministry said total ...

Jack Ma's Ant Group Co has shelved a share buyback programme for current and departing staff, partly because of uncertainty over how to value the company, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing executives familiar with the matter.