Indian digital payments company Paytm said on Monday it has raised fresh funds from a group of investors, including existing backers such as SoftBank's Vision Fund and Alibaba's Ant Financial.
An ambitious "phase two" trade deal between the United States and China is looking less likely as the two countries struggle to strike a preliminary "phase one" agreement, according to US and Beijing officials, lawmakers and trade experts.
Asian shares made guarded gains on Monday as investors braced for another week of likely conflicting commentary on the Sino-U.S. trade dispute, while the outperformance of recent U.S. economic data gave the dollar a leg up on its peers.
Ppacking senior leaders off can also help those left behind: people filling in can prove their worth in ways that are otherwise impossible, says the Financial Times' Pilita Clark.
The decision to cast the late James Dean in an upcoming movie shows how the dead can be exploited in a digital age, says Patrick Stokes of Deakin University.
GRAB is targeting the underserved segment in the middle-income economy of this region - the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are the forgotten links in a supply chain that trace back to a Fortune 500 giant, top Grab executives told The Business Times.
YUMMY noodles that also ease small-scale farmers' woes: That is the goal of one food science startup in Singapore. That firm, NamZ, is now getting a boost - to take its high-protein, lower-fat NoodleZ from pilot to product.
Novartis AG is buying U.S. biotechnology company The Medicines Co for about US$9.7 billion, the Swiss drugmaker said on Sunday, as it seeks to expand its portfolio of medicines against cardiovascular disease.
Frances's 5G spectrum will be sold at a floor price of 2.17 billion euros (US$2.4 billion), a minister said on Sunday, significantly more than the amount previously recommended by the country's telecoms operator Arcep.
