BEIJING: Internet users on the Chinese mainland have blacklisted popular bubble tea brands from Taiwan after a Hong Kong franchise urged solidarity with street protesters in the Asian financial hub. The online furor began when Yifang Fruit Tea, a maker of the tea-based drink, closed one of its ...
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, suggesting the labor market remains strong even as the economy is slowing.
A Russian-led gas pipeline project across the Baltic Sea to Europe could be delayed by up to eight months and cost an extra 660 million euros (US$740 million) due to hurdles in securing the necessary permits from Denmark, the pipeline operator has said.
CBS Corp and AT&T Inc renewed their contract on Thursday, ending a 20 day-long blackout that began when the companies' previous, seven-year deal expired at 2:00 a.m. EST on July 19.
Kraft Heinz Co's net income more than halved in the first half of the year as the packaged food maker booked a goodwill impairment charge in its delayed results.
Lyft Inc's hints that its cut-throat rivalry with U.S. ride-hailing rival Uber Inc is easing may prove bad news for customers but it sent shares in both companies sharply higher on Thursday.
Danske Commodities, a power and gas trading firm owned by oil major Equinor , has expanded its operations to the United States, completing its first trade on the PJM wholesale power market, it said on Thursday.
TOKYO: When Yohei Kono made a landmark 1993 apology to "comfort women", many of them Koreans, forced to work in wartime military brothels, Japan's then chief cabinet secretary spoke for a moderate conservative mainstream seeking to reconcile with Asian neighbours. A quarter century later, Kono's ...
SINGAPORE: Sports fans in Singapore will soon be able to catch major international football action like Champions League matches, as well as the Rugby World Cup on Mediacorp's Toggle. Mediacorp and beIN SPORTS on Thursday (Aug 8) announced a partnership to bring sports programmes to the digital ...
HONG KONG: Conglomerate Swire Pacific became the latest major Hong Kong company to voice concern about the impact of protests in the city on business activity, saying they are having direct and indirect impact on demand on a number of its businesses. The comments by Swire, whose business spans...
