Amid intensifying trade friction between Washington and Beijing, a new round of US tariffs took effect on Monday, raising the stakes for both sides. China seems to have several tools up its sleeve to counter...
With at least 135,000 people killed annually in road accidents, India has more traffic fatalities than anywhere in the world. Without coherent regulations, this number is set to grow. Murali Krishnan reports. In one of...
The stock market has a new star sector: cannabis companies. The drug is conquering the United States and the legalization campaign is also pulling some big investors into the business, including Coca-Cola. The grass business...
British supermarket giant Tesco has unveiled the first of its new Jack’s discount food stores, saying they would be the cheapest in town. The stores are intended to stop the advance of German-owned Lidl and...
Economist Thomas Straubhaar reflects on what we’ve learned a decade after the Lehman Brothers crash. His biggest lament is that the economic theories we so badly wanted to be true ultimately proved so fallible. I...
The World Economic Forum on ASEAN countries has begun in Vietnam — a fitting host given its status as the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia. Manuela Kasper-Claridge reports from Hanoi. The bridge across the Bach...
US President Donald Trump remains focused on reducing the American trade deficit, and Japan may be the next target. An American newspaper cites the president as saying he wants to make Tokyo “pay” for its...
US business magnate Warren Buffett has made a surprise entry into India’s digital payment market, with his Berkshire Hathaway reportedly injecting some $360 million into Paytm, India’s largest digital payments platform. Warren Buffett’s investment would...
From a humble beginning in Stanford dorm rooms, Google has emerged as one of the biggest internet successes. But growing competition, overreliance on ad revenues and privacy concerns pose new challenges for the company. It...
Exalted as a “mega-event,” the Africa-China summit is expected to draw nearly all of Africa’s leaders to Beijing. Barely a squeak of criticism has come out of China or Africa, even though there is plenty...
High fuel prices, fare wars and a depreciating rupee are making it difficult for Indian airlines to stay aloft. Despite increased passenger numbers, observers say operating models have to change. Jet Airways, India’s second-largest airline,...
As the US and Mexico unveil a reworked trade agreement, the old one’s third leg, Canada, said its signature is needed and it may not sign it. But what have the US and Mexico agreed...