Alibaba may be using the Internet to let merchants reach Chinese consumers, but the e-commerce giant still retains an interest in brick and mortar retail. How much of an interest, you ask? Enough to ...

Twitter Inc has been cautious in rolling out a ‘Buy’ button so far, but now it’s taking its efforts to a bigger level. The micro-blogging firm now wants to reach out to a maximum number ...

Beijing signaled with its currency devaluation that the domestic economic slowdown it has failed to reverse is no longer a problem confined within China’s borders. It is now the world’s problem, ...

High-precision digital maps will be important for autonomous cars (Photo: Nokia) A consortium of German carmakers is buying Nokia’s digital mapping business for 2.8 billion euros. Audi, BMW ...

Rolls-Royce Holdings reported underlying profit before tax of £439 million ($684.3 million) for the first half, down 32% year-over-year, on underlying revenues of £6.3 billion, down 3%. The ...

Tata Steel on Tuesday beat estimates on almost all fronts, posting a consolidated net profit of Rs 735 crore in the April-June quarter, more than double of what it posted in the same period last year, ...

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has narrowed the growth forecast for the year to between 2 and 2.5 per cent, after gross domestic product growth for the second quarter came in at 1.8 per cent. The ...

US factories were a little less busy last month. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index slipped to 52.7 last month from 53.5 in June. Economists had expected the index to remain ...

Global increase in investment and automation across all process industries such as oil & gas coupled growing energy demand is expected to remain a key driving factor for control valves market over ...

New car sales to British motorists rise for 41st month in a row - but worries grow about impact of interest rate rises on demand for vehicles Sales of new cars have continued to accelerate, extending ...