President Xi Jinping on Friday urged China to speed up technological innovation and step up financial support for basic scientific research, according to state television.
A top Philippine financial investigator said Friday he has asked Berlin authorities for information on dozens of "persons of interest" in a Manila inquiry on the Wirecard accounting scandal.
Microsoft will on Tuesday launch its Xbox cloud gaming service priced at US$1 for new users' first month, in a major drive to attract casual gamers with the promise of cutting ties to the living room and as competition with Sony heats up.
When Jane Fraser takes the helm of Citigroup Inc in February, she will have some big tasks ahead of her.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley has ramped up the risk of Britain and the European Union flopping onto World Trade Organisation terms to 40per cent from 25per cent, after the UK signalled a willingness this week to walk away from Brexit talks.
A $2-billion-plus deal for a South Korean property developer to take over lossmaking Asiana Airlines collapsed Friday in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, with state-owned banks mounting a bailout to try to save 9,000 jobs.
Japan's Sharp Corp said on Friday it has won a patent infringement lawsuit against Daimler in Germany, a ruling that could enforce a sales ban against the German automaker.
HANOI: Vietnam's Vingroup is considering selling controlling stakes in its medical and education units, two sources with direct knowledge said, as the conglomerate exits non-core businesses and fortifies its balance sheet amid a profit slump. Vingroup, Vietnam's largest listed firm, could look for ...
The European Union should push ahead with its own digital tax in the first quarter of 2021 if broader efforts to find an international solution do not bring a breakthrough this year, the French finance minister said on Friday.
Rio Tinto's decision to part ways with its CEO and two senior executives reflects heightened investor concern over social issues and the loss of "social license" to operate, governance groups and investors said.
