LIXIL Group Corporation, a global leader in the housing and building industry, has endorsed a joint declaration with the World Toilet Organization, Saraya Co., Ltd., and the ANA BLUE WING Program on...
Worldwide shipments of personal computers continued to slump in the recently ended quarter but showed signs of stabilizing, according to figures released Wednesday by market trackers. Preliminary...
American tourism companies are seeing early signs that US President Donald Trump's still-young administration is hitting foreign visits and fear "destination USA" could suffer further in the years to...
Donald Trump's Republican allies applauded the president Thursday for announcing an end to US participation in the Paris climate deal -- a move his core supporters demanded, even though most...
Auto makers offered big discounts over the Memorial Day holiday, but the response from US car buyers in May was not enough to definitively reverse months of sales declines. After seven years of...
Sterling fell more than half a percent against the US dollar to $1.28. The pound fell sharply after a projection suggested the Conservative Party could fail to win an outright majority in the...
Britain has arrested a "large part" of the network behind Manchester's suicide bomb attack, police said on Friday, as the government came under fire for cutting police budgets and election...
Spiderman, Thor and Princess Leia are ganging up on Barbie in a battle for America's increasingly tech-focused toy industry playground. Hasbro, long a distant second to Mattel, maker of the iconic...
Fans of French baguettes and pastries in the United States are discovering a new place to spend their dough, courtesy of boulanger Eric Kayser. The Frenchman, who launched his first "Maison Kayser"...
Car sales in the US slowed significantly in April, accelerating several months of declines that suggest the industry's record sales streak may be behind it. The big three American automakers on...
The first freight train to link China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after covering over 12,000-kilometres (7,500 miles), making it the second-longest route...
Chocolate addicts, it’s probably a good time to start stocking up. The treats may not be this cheap much longer. Cocoa’s 42 per cent slump over the last 12 months makes it the worst performer...
What once seemed unimaginable now seems at least possible. New York Magazine’s Gabriel Sherman reported Tuesday that the Murdoch family is “leaning” toward pulling Bill O’Reilly off of Fox...
With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in homegrown rival Flipkart means the battle to dominate the fast-growing e-commerce market...
With 100 million new internet users every year, Amazon is betting big on India, but a major new investment in homegrown rival Flipkart means the battle to dominate the fast-growing e-commerce market...
For years, US cable operators got rich by offering fat "bundles" of hundreds of channels and raising prices regularly for television consumers. Now the "skinny bundle" is disrupting that model with...
China's growth stabilised in the first quarter thanks to rising investments and a recovery in exports, experts said, though they warned the reprieve may be temporary. According to an AFP survey of 16...
Indian software giant Infosys pledged Thursday to return $2 billion to shareholders this year as it reported subdued growth in profits for the fourth quarter. The company said it would raise...
The personal computer market limped along in the first quarter of this year, its footing aided a bit by businesses buying gear, according to a pair of industry trackers. Gartner Inc. estimated that...
When Shailja Singh headed to her favourite bar for a post-work beer this week she found it shut, victim of a Supreme Court ruling that has stopped India's burgeoning alcohol and leisure industries in...
