Asia
S&P 500 flirts with 1,000 level
US equity benchmarks closed at new highs for the year, with investors optimistic that aggressive cost cutting by companies places them in a very profitable
Troublesome trophy
Carmaking: Tata’s purchase of Jaguar Land Rover has become a test of both UK industrial policy and the ability of groups from emerging markets to ...
BHP set to elect new chairman
The world’s biggest miner will decide on the successor to Don Argus via a secret ballot of the 15 board members meeting in Melbourne ...
Lenders win control of Delphi
A US bankruptcy court has given the go-ahead for a group of lenders to take control of Delphi, the Michigan car-parts maker, bringing the end ...
Japan’s Mizuho books fourth straight loss
Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group reported an unexpected fourth straight quarterly loss, hit by losses on its stock portfolio and credit default swaps, but stuck to ...
Japan logs record deflation as demand slides
Japanese core consumer prices fell a record 1.7 percent in the year to June, with weakening consumer demand for goods playing an increasing part in ...
Temasek may seek outside capital
Temasek, the Singapore state investment company, is considering expanding its stakeholder base and for the first time seeking outside capital from institutions and the public ...
Short View: Shanghai surprise
A sell-off in Chinese shares may be more than a technical correction, writes John Authers ...
Trustee sues Madoff’s wife for $45m
Ruth Madoff was sued for $44.8m on Wednesday and accused of living a “life of splendour” by the trustee seeking to recover money for the ...
US regulator criticises Obama bank plan
The Obama administration’s plan to give US states more power to protect consumers from unfair banking practices would make it more difficult and costly for ...
- India plans to build 100 warships
- Mittal predicts 10% pick-up in demand
- India damps hopes of restart to Doha talks
- FTSE in strategic alliance with India's MCX
- Gammon faces ban over Metro accident
- Anil Ambani rounds on Indian oil minister
- Bharti Airtel seeks to ease fears over MTN tie
- Inflation alert over India's growing deficit
- Power group tests Indian IPO waters
- India's DQ to start creating TV programmes
- China vows 'reasonable' result in iron ore talks
- Overview: Earnings figures fuel a surge of optimism
- Crude leads commodities recovery
- China bows to activist pressure over refinery
- Beijing's dollar trap
- Chinese authorities detain civil rights activist
- Get ready for lower Chinese growth
- Washington risks taking China too seriously
- Chinese bubble fears as funds flow into IPOs
- China's powerhouse suffers jobs blow
