A programme to attract gold owned by households into a bank deposit scheme to monetise the precious metal could be ready in weeks, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday, a step aimed at cutting expensive imports.

The village sprang up in a matter of days -- neat lines of bright yellow houses that looked like something a child might have built with Lego bricks.

Toshiba is preparing to sell its image sensor operations to Sony in a deal estimated at around $165 million. The move would mark

Talks between Greece and its international lenders on implementing required reforms are "on the right track" despite a few sticking

China cuts its one-year benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.35%.

Chinese President Xi Jinping promised "no hard landing" for the world's second largest economy despite its slowdown, during a state visit to Britain focused bolstering business and trade ties.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday left for a week-long tour to Mongolia and five Central Asian nations, eyeing billions of dollars in business deals as China boosts its influence in the resource-rich region.

Leading Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is aiming for a future as an Internet company with the potential to cross swords with titans such as Alibaba.

Festive demand for gold in India got off to a tepid start, with local prices still at a heavy discount to the global benchmark, a bad sign for a period when buying is typically strong.

Twelve-year-old Myat Noe dashes between tables taking orders and sweeping up cigarette butts, working for around a dollar a day in Myanmar, which has one of the worst records for child labour in the world.

Russia's budget deficit is set to reach around 3.0 percent of gross domestic product in 2016, with plans to spend $1 billion on a fund

The painful slowdown in Chinese economic growth and a stronger South Korean won slashed Hyundai Motor's net profit by a quarter over the past three months, the firm said Thursday.

The telecom industry added 5.93 lakh active SIMs in September, the lowest in 16 months.

Bangladesh's economy will grow 6.55 percent in the current fiscal year, according to a survey by Bloomberg News.

Japanese exports to China fell again last month as a slowdown in the world's number two economy weighs on the countries' huge trading links, official data showed Wednesday, while shipments to the key US market also stumbled.

The European Union is expected to approve FedEx's 4.4-billion-euro ($4.8 billion) deal to buy Dutch rival TNT Express, a key tieup for the e-commerce delivery business, the companies said Tuesday.

Intel Corp said it may invest up to $5.5 billion in manufacturing semiconductors in China, stepping up efforts to improve ties with Beijing as it seeks new revenue streams while demand for its core computer processing chips falters.

A leading British employers group stepped up its push to keep the country in the European Union on Wednesday, saying the alternatives would hurt trade.

GULF economies need to adjust to the "new reality" of oil prices expected to remain low for some time, the International Monetary Fund says, recommending spending cuts and income diversification.

TAIWAN'S smartphone maker HTC Corp unveiled a new flagship model Wednesday -- taking on Apple's latest iPhones -- but analysts say it's unlikely to boost the struggling company's market share.