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Buses may not be the most glamorous mode of transport but at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games, they will represent Toyota Motor Corp's best bet for wider acceptance of hydrogen power - technology so far eclipsed by electric vehicles.

Actually, Apple’s launch last week showcased a brilliant new strategy, say the Singapore University of Social Sciences’ Dr Lau Kong Cheen and Dr Jimmy Wong.

NEW YORK: For the first time in more than a decade, the New York Federal Reserve Bank announced on Tuesday (Sep 17) it was pumping billions of dollars into financial markets to keep short-term interest rates in line with the Federal Reserve's target range. The operations - one early on Tuesday...

SINGAPORE is among the Asia-Pacific jurisdictions that saw an increase in tax revenues in 2017, says the OECD. As tax increasingly becomes a key factor to consider for business investments, companies must understand the tax systems in the jurisdictions that they have an interest in.

NEW YORK: Wall Street popped into positive territory late on Tuesday (Sep 17) after a largely flat trading day, with markets awaiting an interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve. Equities also recovered somewhat from the damage done a day before, when weekend attacks on Saudi oil facilities ...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration could seal a deal on trade with China before the U.S. presidential election, or an agreement could be reached the day after U.S. voters go to the polls. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as...

France aims to raise 5 billion euros (US$5.53 billion) in funds from private-sector investors to give French startup companies a leg up and help the most promising ones grow further, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.

Facebook Inc will allow a new outside oversight board to make final decisions on whether individual pieces of content can be displayed on the social media site, but the group won't be able to make policy changes, the company said on Tuesday.

Adobe Inc beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, boosted by a rise in subscriptions in its digital media business that includes image editing software Photoshop.

Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson has invited about 50 aviation safety regulators from around the world to a Sept. 23 informal briefing in Montreal on the status of the grounded Boeing 737 MAX, according to an email seen by Reuters.