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SoftBank Group Corp. has prepared a financing package for WeWork Companies Inc that would give it control over the shared office space company, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Australian oil and gas producer Santos Ltd on Monday said it would acquire the northern Australia business of ConocoPhillips , the world's largest independent oil and gas producer, for US$1.39 billion.

DBS Group's share price has come a long way since 2015. The bull runs strong for the largest bank in Singapore as it broke the 30.00 mark in March 2018, marking a new historical high.

BEIJING: The Chinese high-tech companies blacklisted by Washington over alleged ties to rights abuses are rising stars in China's ambitious drive to overtake the United States in the technology sector. They make surveillance cameras, facial recognition software and other technology that has become ...

MOSCOW: Russia will work with Saudi Arabia against any "attempt to destabilise" the oil market, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Sunday (Oct 13), on the eve of a visit to Riyadh. Tensions in the region are high following attacks on oil installations in Saudi Arabia,...

Emirates still has the right to offer flights to Mexico City, the Dubai state-owned carrier said on Sunday, after Mexican airline Aeromexico disputed an agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Mexico.

ANTEQUERA, Spain: Farmers had just begun harvesting olives in southern Spain when US President Donald Trump soured the mood with the announcement that Washington would slap hefty tariffs on their produce. "We are really worried," said Carlos Carreira at his 130-hectare olive grove near the town of ...

Brexit talks with the European Union aimed at striking a last-minute divorce deal are getting serious, Britain said on Sunday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepared to update his cabinet on the state of negotiations.

KATHMANDU: Chinese President Xi Jinping wound up two days of meetings in Nepal on Sunday (Oct 13) with separate deals for a rail link to Tibet and a tunnel, an official said, as the Himalayan nation seeks to end an Indian dominance over its trade routes by increasing connectivity...

New Mexico oil man Johnny Vega laid out his predicament as his crew hoisted pipes from a well during the biggest oil boom in U.S. history.