Business

The US economy added 157,000 jobs in July – 33,000 fewer than expected and well below the 248,000 created in June. Economists had forecast that the number of jobs created would be close to 190,000 for...

Apple has become the world’s first public company to be worth $1 trillion (£767bn). The iPhone maker’s market value reached the figure in New York on Thursday and its shares closed at a new record high...

Cisco Systems Inc said on Thursday it would buy Duo Security, a venture capital-backed cyber security company, for $2.35 billion in cash, as it seeks to expand its offerings in cloud computing. The deal is the...

Cisco Systems Inc said on Thursday it would buy Duo Security, a venture capital-backed cybersecurity company, for $2.35 billion in cash, as it seeks to expand its offerings in cloud computing. The deal is the biggest...

Singapore-based Grab said on Thursday it has secured $1 billion in fresh funding and will consider raising further cash, as the ride-hailing firm aggressively expands in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The latest fundraising comes less...

Qualcomm Inc said Thursday it expects to bring in more than $1 billion in sales this fiscal year from semiconductor chips from smart watches, connected speakers and other devices outside its core business of chips for...

Southeast Asian ride-hailing company Grab is set to announce that it has secured new investment of $1 billion that will help it grow its payments business, a source familiar with the matter said. The funding will...

Nissan has begun producing the Nissan Frontier in Argentina, making it the fifth country to manufacture the company’s most popular pickup as global demand continues to grow. The expansion of Nissan’s global manufacturing footprint, at Alliance-partner...

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) reported July 2018 sales of 208,770 units. With one less selling day in July 2018 compared to July 2017, sales were down 2.1 percent on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis...

Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday with investors cheered by positive earnings from major firms as they digested the Bank of Japan’s minor changes to its ultra-loose monetary policy. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up...