STORYTELLING is an essential leadership skill. It allows leaders to communicate, build engagement and drive changes in an organisation, said Indranil Chakraborty, founder of StoryWorks, a communications consulting firm based in India.

Facebook pages moved closer to replacing small business websites Tuesday, announcing features designed to make it easier for shops to hawk their wares.

India on Wednesday allowed telecom carriers to trade unused mobile airwaves, a move aimed at improving services in the world's second-biggest market by number of mobile customers.

The tech world on Wednesday will have its eyes on Apple, expecting new versions of the company's coveted iPhone but hoping for magic in the form of unexpected innovation.

China will adopt "stronger" fiscal policies to support growth, Beijing said as it seeks to sooth increasing fears about the world's second-largest economy following turmoil in domestic and overseas markets.

Tokyo stocks rocketed 7.71 percent Wednesday, leading an Asian equities rally as investors scooped up shares on the cheap, while a weak yen and hopes that China's wild market volatility was ending also boosted buying.

Uber -- the app-based car service -- has raised $1.2 billion to keep expanding Uber China, a source close to the efforts said.

A year ago, India's diamond capital hit the headlines when one of the largest polishing companies in the western city of Surat treated

Toshiba said Monday it would book a $318 million annual loss to account for a billion dollar profit-padding scandal that hammered the reputation of one of Japan's best-known firms.

Plastic surgeon Abdul Ghafar Ghayur is practising his own brand of welfare in Afghanistan, where access to healthcare is limited and many cannot afford private treatment.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks set to win a rare second consecutive term but economists predict he won't use that victory

ONE night, 18-year-old Ritesh Agarwal was locked out of his apartment in Delhi. It was an unfortunate minor incident that was to change his life.

Thousands of European farmers took to the streets of Brussels on Monday to protest against plummeting prices for their produce.

Turned down for a 10,000 euro ($11,100) loan, George Sarris is one of hundreds of thousands of small business owners shunned by Greek banks.

From his laboratory at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University, automated vehicle pioneer Raj Rajkumar says self-driving cars will evolve step-by-step, with humans staying in charge for a long time to come.

Apple is expected to unveil updated iPhones Wednesday along with an Apple TV revamp that may signal a push into online television streaming dominated by Netflix.

Warily watching economic clouds gathering in China and the possibility of an end to zero interest rates in the United States, G20 leaders steered a careful course at their meeting in Turkey at a time of uneven and fragile growth.

The head of the Indian operations of the US-based Ford Foundation, one of the world's largest charitable funds, has announced she is

As thousands of refugees arrive every day in Germany, calls are growing louder from business leaders in Europe's biggest economy to offer them jobs.

Japan may exempt some food and beverages from a planned increase in the sales tax, government sources said.