Business

News Hour: The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety announced that during the month of December, four additional Alliance-affiliated factories completed all material components outlined in their Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), bringing the total number of graduated...

News Hour: The dollar inched higher against the yen on Wednesday but was steady against the basket of currencies used to measure its broader strength as investors awaited U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s first formal news conference....

News Hour: Yahoo Inc said that it would rename itself Altaba Inc and Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer would step down from the board after the closing of its deal with Verizon Communications Inc. Yahoo has...

News Hour: With Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) revealing it’s expected 2016 annual worldwide performance figures, Huawei appeared as the fastest growing smartphone brand in Bangladesh. According to data, Huawei has seen as 232 % year-on-year...

News Hour: Boeing Co fell 80 planes short of its goal for new orders in 2016, but likely clinched the title of world’s biggest planemaker for another year. Boeing on Friday said it delivered 748 jetliners...

News Hour: German luxury-car brand Audi said its deliveries rose to a new record last year despite the diesel emissions scandal, although that would likely not be enough to save it from dropping into third place...

News Hour: Sri Lanka earned a record $3.5 billion from tourism in 2016, seven years after the end of a devastating civil war, a government minister said. But sources in the industry warned that the post-war...

News Hour: U.S. employment increased less than expected in December but a rebound in wages pointed to sustained labor market momentum that sets up the economy for stronger growth and further interest rate increases from the...

News Hour: Israeli businessman Amos Genish was vital to Vivendi SA’s  successful foray in Brazil a few years ago. Now the French media company has turned to him to create a single platform for digital, content...

News Hour: Sanofi and its vaccines global business unit Sanofi Pasteur confirmed the end of their vaccine joint-venture with MSD (known as Merck & Co. Inc., in the United States and Canada), Sanofi Pasteur MSD (SPMSD)....