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BEIJING: US and Chinese trade negotiators agreed to meet again in the United States in September after holding "frank, highly efficient and constructive" talks in Shanghai on Wednesday (Jul 31), state media said. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer ...

Amazon.com Inc is expanding its transportation prowess to do virtually everything short of building a car.

"More caution" was the mantra of global fund managers in July, with recommended equity allocations cut to the lowest since early 2017 and suggested cash holdings increased to the highest in five months, a Reuters poll showed.

People should be cautious about putting money into unregulated cryptoassets like bitcoin that have "no intrinsic value" and few protections, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday.

SINGAPORE: Manufacturing and services firms in Singapore have become less upbeat about business prospects for the second half of 2019, although there are certain segments within these sectors that are more optimistic and are still looking to ramp up hiring, two surveys showed on Wednesday (Jul 31) ...

SEOUL: The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan will meet this week, Seoul said Wednesday (Jul 31), as a long-running diplomatic row develops into a bitter trade spat between the two US allies. Japan this month unveiled tough restrictions on exports of chemicals vital to Seoul's world ...

Aston Martin swung to a half-year pretax loss of 78.8 million pounds (US$95.8 million) as profits were hit by expansion costs, lower average selling prices and weaker-than-anticipated volumes, the luxury British carmaker said on Wednesday.

Prosecutors have filed charges against former Audi Chief Executive Rupert Stadler, who is being investigated for his role in Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal, the public prosecutors office in Munich said on Wednesday.

EssilorLuxottica , the world's largest eyewear maker, announced on Wednesday it is buying Dutch optical retailer GrandVision in a cash transaction worth up to 7.2 billion euros (US$8 billion) to expand its global retail network.

Prosecutors have filed charges against former Audi Chief Executive Rupert Stadler, who is being investigated for his role in Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal, the public prosecutors office in Munich said on Wednesday.