Helped by healthy expansion in the world’s second-largest economy, Chinese first-half net profits surged by nearly a quarter, and therefore China Inc’s earnings are off to a roaring start to 2017 at first glance. Last year, the rise was a mere 6 percent.   The Shanghai index was pushed to...

Apple has threatened Western Digital that it will not buy its products in the future with the aim of stopping Western Digital from taking control of Toshiba chip business, reported the media quoting people with knowledge of the deal.   The sources reportedly said on...

Some analysts are pointing out just how crucial South Korea is to global technology even as President Donald Trump threatens to renegotiate trade with Seoul and tensions with North Korea continue to rise. South Korea took 17 percent of the global semiconductor market...

Companies should always be aware of changes made to labor legislation. However, cost of these changes has increased dramatically when Trump came to power, and American small businesses was the first to suffer from it. Kronos Workforce Institute recently conducted a survey of more than 800 leaders...

Investment banker Goldman Sachs has said in a research note that North Korea tensions aren't actually what's driving the rally in gold despite many claims to the contrary.   Instead, the demand and value of the yellow metal has been inspired by the uncertainty over trade and business...

France will stop issuing new permits for exploration of hydrocarbon deposits next year, as the country seeks to complete all oil and gas production by 2040, according to a bill submitted on Wednesday, Bloomberg writes. Such a step would allow the government to abandon already more than 40 requests...

12 largest investment banks in the world recorded revenue increment in the first half of 2017. The first six months of 2017, brought a revenue increment in the twelve largest banks of the world owing to a “stronger performance in the underwriting of debt and equity issues” in comparison to its...

The Ministry of Finance in France, under the President’s wish, sells Engie’s stake and begins to “redeploy state funds locked up in companies”. The government of France has up its sleeves a plan of “asset sales”, whereby the same process was kick started by selling off “a 4.5 percent stake in gas...

Security researchers at Symantec have raised concerns regarding core systems at industrial firms, including those in the United States and Europe, being compromised by attackers, who could leverage them for destructive purposes in the event of a major geopolitical conflict. Researchers at cyber...