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Barclays is planning to cut the 396,000 pounds (US$508,068) pension allowance it pays Chief Executive Jes Staley by around half, echoing moves by rivals who have pledged to rein in executive pension perks following a campaign by investors.

SINGAPORE: British technology firm Dyson will be moving its headquarters to St James Power Station, according to reports and sources. This comes more than 10 months after the privately-owned firm first announced it was relocating its corporate head office to Singapore to "reflect the increasing ...

India wants to conduct an audit of WhatsApp's security systems following revelations that a spyware exploited vulnerabilities in the Facebook-owned messaging platform, the country's technology minister said on Thursday.

China on Thursday reiterated its pledge to further widen market access for foreign capital and lower non-tariff trade barriers, as it aims to boost flagging trade amid a slowing economy and a trade war with the United States.

Danish shipping group Maersk said on Thursday it would lay off staff at its main offices in Denmark and in other countries.

Japan's Panasonic Corp will sell its loss-making semiconductor business to Taiwan's Nuvoton Technology, a Nikkei Asian Review reported on Thursday.

India's debt-crippled national airline is focused solely on daily survival and keeping its flights in the air, a spokesman said Thursday, after the government warned it would have to shut down unless a buyer was found.

China will import more than twice as much pork as last year, the commerce ministry said Thursday, after hog herds were devastated and prices of the staple meat soared following a major African swine fever outbreak.

Amazon is not breaching trade mark rights by stocking and shipping goods for third-party sellers, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday, siding with the U.S. online retail giant against U.S. cosmetics company Coty .

Nissan Motor Co. is introducing a new, higher-tech production system globally to try to boost efficiency as it looks to reverse a slide in profitability.