Business / World Business

ByteDance Ltd. ordered its employees to end their day by 7pm, becoming one of the first tech companies in China to officially mandate...

Supply chain woes cost Apple Inc $6 billion in sales during the company's fiscal fourth quarter, which missed Wall Street expectations, and Chief...

Hertz said on Monday the car rental firm has ordered 100,000 Tesla Inc cars for delivery by the end of 2022 as it...

Tata Chemicals Ltd. is considering selling its soda ash business in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter, joining a string...

Swiss drugmaker Roche raised its 2021 sales forecast after posting an 8% rise in nine-month revenues, powered by demand for COVID-19 tests and...

LONDON: British fashion house Burberry named Jonathan Akeroyd as its new chief executive officer from next April, appointing the current boss of Milan-based...

LONDON - Amazon.com Inc and IKEA are among commercial users of container shipping that will opt for zero-carbon marine fuels by 2040 in...

Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers in the United States during the holiday period, as the e-commerce...

Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani bought a stake in a high-end fashion brand, run by a stylist to some of Bollywood’s biggest stars, as...

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. acquired a Norwegian solar panel maker and an Indian builder of renewable projects in a bid by the...

WARREN, Mich.: General Motors says it's building a huge new electric vehicle battery lab in Michigan where scientists will work on chemistry to...

ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Turkey had ordered agricultural cooperatives to open about 1,000 new markets across the country to provide...

Netflix Inc. celebrated its successful foray into South Korea by highlighting its contributions to the country’s economy increasingly fueled by entertainment businesses.  The...

Lego A/S’s first half-profit more than doubled as consumers turned to its well-known building blocks to entertain stuck-at-home children. Net income rose 140%...

BRISBANE, Australia: Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing has announced plans to build a new type of drone military aircraft in Australia. Boeing said Wednesday...

TOKYO: Japan's government and central bank must work closely together to avoid a fall in the yen, Taro Kono, a contender in the...

Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) will invest 50 million pounds ($68 million) in Oxford Biomedica to help fund the development of...

McDonald’s plans to "drastically” reduce the plastic in its Happy Meal toys worldwide by 2025. The burger giant said Tuesday it’s working with...