SINGAPORE: CIMB Bank Singapore has launched another pet insurance plan for owners here. The My Paw Pal insurance plan, underwritten by Sompo Insurance Singapore, covers medical expenses and cremation or burial costs. The basic plan costs S$74.90 a year and protects against accidental death ...
BEIJING: Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to sell electric car technology to Singulato, its first deal with a Chinese electric vehicle startup, allowing the fledgling firm to speed up development of a planned mini EV. In return, Toyota will have preferential rights to purchase green-car credits that ...
SINGAPORE: Nanyang Technological University (NTU) scientists have invented a portable device that can detect trace levels of heavy metal contaminants in drinking water in just five minutes. Drinking water quality is typically monitored using highly accurate laboratory tests that take at least a ...
The chairman of Taiwan's Foxconn, assembler of Apple's iPhones, said on Monday he plans to step down in the coming months as he wants to pave the way for younger talent to move up the ranks of the world's largest contract manufacturer.
DUBAI: Afghanistan unveiled 43 tenders for natural resource projects on Monday in a drive to attract investment in a country ravaged by decades of war. Afghanistan's mineral assets, estimated to be worth as much as US$1 trillion, are seen as key to the country's economic viability. But development ......
Jet Airways' lenders were to meet Monday to decide whether to release crucial funds to keep the stricken Indian carrier flying as it teeters on the brink of collapse.
Activist Edward Bramson on Monday made a fresh plea for Barclays' investors to give him a seat on the bank's board, as the war of words between his fund and the lender's management ratchets up.
Citigroup will refund more than AUS$3 million (US$2.2 million) to retail customers in Australia who suffered losses from complex investments sold by the bank, the country's corporate watchdog said on Monday.
Volkswagen is pushing its joint venture partners including SK Innovation (SKI) to build electric car battery plants which have at least one Gigawatt manufacturing capacity, Chief Executive Herbert Diess told Reuters.
CHICAGO: Normally, US airlines compete to sell tickets and fill seats during the peak summer travel season. But operators of the grounded Boeing 737 MAX are facing a different problem: Scarce planes and booming demand. The grounding of Boeing Co's fuel-efficient, single-aisle workhorse after two ...
