Financial markets are bracing for a highly unpredictable British election next week that in a worst case scenario could produce no

China on Friday announced measures aimed at promoting innovation and job creation, state media said, as authorities seek to ensure

Japanese inflation picked up in March for the first time in 10 months, data showed Friday, but household spending tumbled in a worrying

US manufacturing continued to grow at a sluggish pace in April, partly hurt by the strong dollar but supported by cheap energy, the

Top oil firms Royal Dutch Shell and Total are bringing their refining and trading operations closer together, seeking alternative ways to

Foodpanda, an online takeaway delivery service backed by tech investor Rocket Internet, said on Friday it had received $100 million in a

Most top credit rating agencies say they would not cut Greece's rating to default if it misses a payment to the International Monetary

On the walls of homes in the poor Cherkos neighbourhood of Ethiopia's capital, the portraits of "martyrs" killed in their attempt to

Tens of thousands of South Korean workers held May Day rallies on Friday, vowing to wage an "all-out general strike" if the

Oil prices rose further on Thursday, extending the previous day's gains on a drop in US crude inventories that offset disappointing

Moody's downgraded Greece's debt further into junk territory Wednesday, citing "high uncertainty" that Athens can reach a new

Giant US retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc plans to expand its footprint in China by nearly a third by opening 115 new stores by 2017, the firm's chief executive said, in a renewed push to lure China's grocery shoppers despite slowing growth.

South Korea's LG Electronics Wednesday reported a 58.5 percent slump in first-quarter net profit as losses caused by currency swings in overseas markets offset profits from its record smartphone sales.

Imagine you're the head of a US fast-food chain in Japan that has been scandalised by a tooth-in-french-fries disaster. How do you repair the damage? Bow deeply -- and be convincing.

Bangladesh and India have signed a draft agreement on coastal shipping, a move that will reduce the cost of export and import between the two countries by two thirds.

Apple's large-screen iPhones are a big hit in China, taking market share from Samsung and selling at a pace that may make China a greater source of revenue than the Americas for Apple in coming years, analysts said.

Athens will resume talks with its creditors Monday, a Greek government source said, after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

"Perhaps God is not listening," he says. "Only a year ago, I was getting 80 rupees for each euro on garment exports to France. Now, I am getting just 67 or 68 rupees."

China is considering merging scores of its biggest state-owned enterprises to create around 40 national champions from the existing 112, the official Xinhua news agency said Monday.

NEPAL, one of Asia's poorest countries, faces a crippling multi-billion dollar post-quake reconstruction bill that will set it back years, just as its economy was looking up after a decade-long civil war.