Britain's extra levy on properties above 2 mln pounds will raise a paltry 400 mln pounds a year. Meanwhile, it will add even more distortions to the country’s peculiar and outdated property tax system ...

The government is making it easier for companies to fire employees and is mandating protection for gig economy workers. India ...

Beijing will build on its successful Made in China 2025 plan which turned the country into an industrial powerhouse. The new ...

Spending some $70 bln to buy HBO and the 'Harry Potter' studio would be out of step for a streaming titan that has shunned ...

All eyes are on Hong Kong to see how it will respond to the deadliest fire in its recent history. A blaze at Wang Fuk Court, a complex under the government’s subsidised home ownership scheme, has ...

The purchase of South Korea’s top digital asset exchange should boost founder Lee Hae-jin’s drive to revitalise the $28 bln web group. Making paying with and trading in e-currencies seamless for Naver ...

Finance minister Rachel Reeves is raising taxes to build a bigger than expected 22-bln-pound buffer for her fiscal targets. But her plan to cut debt is devoid of a growth strategy, and much of the ...

The bond bonanza will have a profound effect on the market for corporate credit. The immediate question is whether investors ...

The tech giant's cloud computing and related sales jumped 34% to $6 bln. That validates boss Eddie Wu's aggressive spending ...

Pony AI and WeRide's latest results show the pair can commercialise driverless cabs. Yet after selling more than $1 bln stock ...

Norway’s $58 bln energy group already holds 10% of its $26 bln Danish peer. Owning the rest via a share-based acquisition ...

Boss Marc Rowan is trying to sway short sellers and other skeptics targeting the investment shop with $900 bln to manage. As ...