Taiwan's transport ministry said Uber Technologies Inc is operating a taxi-hailing service "in violation of the law", and that it is investigating the possibility of blocking access to the US company's website and mobile app.<br />
Shareholders of French firm Alstom have approved the sale of the company's energy businesses to General Electric.
Oil prices will remain low in the future which will help boost the global economy next year between 0.3 and 0.7 percent more than the 3.8 percent planned, two economists from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have said in a report.
Sony Pictures has suffered an estimated loss of $200 million on account of the recent cyber attack over the film "The Interview", according to various analysts.
Arab OPEC producers expect global oil prices to rebound to between $70 and $80 a barrel by the end of next year as a global economic recovery revives demand, OPEC delegates said this week in the first indication of where the group expects oil markets to stabilise in the medium term.
Sony Pictures has suffered an estimated loss of $200 million on account of the recent cyber attack over the film "The Interview", according to various analysts.
Plunging oil prices will prompt energy companies to cut investments in new projects by 25 percent or more in 2015, analysts said over the past week, as firms try to stay cash-flow positive and keep debt in check.
The Ministry of External Affairs website lists all gifts received by Indian dignitaries from July 2013 to March 2014. Though most items are quite run-of-the-mill (plauqes, carpets, bowls, tea sets) some items do stand out. Especially those gifted to Congress president Sonia Gandhi.<br />
The biggest is between Kunlun Chuangyuan Investment Co (Zhejiang) and Kiri Infrastructure (India) for the project 'India International Trade Center in Gujarat' worth USD 1,500 million."
Put off by snarled city traffic and a shortage of parking, more Indians are shopping for groceries online, helping e-tailers like Bigbasket.com and Localbanya.com turn in profits while supermarkets are struggling.<br />
Dismayed at the increasing air pollution in the national capital, the National Green Tribunal or NGT on Wednesday held that all vehicles which were more than 15 years old would not be permitted to ply on the city roads.<br />
The fact that Goa offers so much for tourists makes it an easy choice when it comes to planning a holiday, Goa Tourism<br /> Director Ameya Abhyankar said.
India's economic growth probably slowed to 5.1 percent in the July-September quarter from a year ago, but economists polled by Reuters doubted whether that would be enough to persuade the central bank to cut interest rates just yet.
Authorities across China have been ordered to take part in a comprehensive inspection program to be completed by the end of 2015, said the policy document that was released on the official government website late on Wednesday.
Oil prices fell to four-year lows on Thursday as it appeared unlikely producer club OPEC would decide to cut output in support of prices at a meeting this week, and as increasing Chinese and U.S. stocks boosted available supplies.
Flyers be warned. Drunken behaviour or even smoking aboard a domestic flight could get you offloaded and arrested. And in extreme cases, you could be tied down to your seat till the flight can land safely at its destination. Of course these restraining and punitive measures will be used more quickly if the captain of that flight decides a flyer is a threat to co-passengers' safety in any way.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found nine possible procedural deviations in a manufacturing plant of Dr Reddy's Laboratories during a recent inspection and has sought reply from the drug maker on these issues.<br />
After promising to pump in $2 billion into India earlier this year, Amazon is reportedly in an initial-stage discussion to acquire Jabong.com, backed by Rocket Internet, in a deal worth about $1.2 billion in order to face off against local giant Flipkart and eBay-backed marketplace Snapdeal.<br />
OPEC Gulf oil producers will not propose an output cut on Thursday, reducing the likelihood of joint action by OPEC to prop up prices that have sunk by a third since June.<br />
"The names will become public," Jaitley assured, when some opposition members demanded that the government reveal the identities of the perpetrators right away, since they were already being talked about in the media.<br />
Modi's 100-days commitment has given an opportunity to the opposition parties to divert the attention of the house from other important issues that need urgent attention of the policymakers.
The panel had earlier deferred its decision on the project and sought information for further consideration.
The high court had given a big relief to the UK-based mobile service provider by ruling that it is not liable to pay an income tax demand of Rs 3,200 crore in a case relating to transfer pricing.
Expanding its international network, budget carrier IndiGo today announced the launch of flights to Dubai from Kozhikode and Bengaluru from next year.
Bharti Cellular Ltd CMD Sunil Bharti Mittal and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia today assailed in the Supreme Court the lower court summoning them as accused in a corruption case related to allocation of additional spectrum during the NDA regime in 2002.
The World Trade Organization postponed adoption of the first global trade reform in its 19-year history on Wednesday, delaying by a day after a last-minute objection from Argentina, diplomats said.
The Redmond, Washington-based company did not confirm the report, but also did not deny that it was the company involved.<br />
The Chinese knock-off market once again has captured the world attention. After fake iPhones, fake Rolexes its now the turn of Jaguar Land Rover's Range Rover. In the world's fastest growing car market, last week Chinese carmaker LandWind unveiled its new X7 at the cost of only 14,000 which looked suspiciously liked the 40,000 Range Rover Evoque.<br />
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday stressed the bank's readiness to expand stimulus further to meet its price goal