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An Indian factory's ambitious aim to make iPhones outside China

In recent months, workers began testing and assembling Apple's iPhone X, which will be sold in India first and eventually exported

Why this August was a particularly bad month for emerging-market investors

Argentina imploded. Beijing let the yuan slip to the lowest in at least a decade. Global central banks signaled they're spooked about slowing growth by rushing to cut rates

Asia needs to manage its megacities better rather than build new ones

The real issue remains failures of governance in an era of fast urbanization

Government creates banking behemoths to boost India's flagging economy

News of the mergers comes minutes before official data is expected to confirm a fifth-straight quarter of slowing economic growth

China cuts taxes in Shanghai FTZ to lure investment, undo trade war damage

The new preferential policies come as rising labour and land costs, along with higher US tariffs on Chinese goods, prompt some foreign firms to move their production facilities overseas

Heir to Samsung empire being tried for graft; three horses hold the key

South Korea's top court has ordered the retrial of the Samsung Electronics vice-chairman over bribery charges, reviving uncertainty around the country's most important company

Indian economic slowdown drags: Experts say only big bang reforms will help

Data due Friday is expected to show gross domestic product growth slowed for a fifth straight quarter to 5.7 per cent in the three months ended June

New speed breaker on India's road to $ 5 trn economy; NHAI's mounting debt

NHAI's debt has increased seven-fold in the past five years

Samsung's Jay Y Lee faces a retrial that could put him back in jail

Lee is the designated heir to South Korea's largest conglomerate and a national icon

Xi to deliver major speech to 'mobilise the whole party, whole military'

The speech on October 1 will be accompanied by a national day parade showcasing China's advances in military technology

Trade war: China indicates it won't retaliate now on new US tariffs

China has hit back against each previous tariff increase by the US, so not responding in kind this time may signal a change in strategy

People may have to work just 12 hours a week thanks to AI, says Jack Ma

Just this year, Ma had endorsed the China tech sector's infamous 12-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week routine, so common it earned the moniker 996

Jobs in exchange for consumers: India offers sensible bargain to the world

The pragmatic stance taken on retail is the first good step that goes beyond damage control and toward filling a strategic gap

Huawei's new Mate 30 Pro to launch without Google apps due to US ban

The Chinese giant is expected to unveil its new Mate 30 Pro next month, making it the first top-line phone launch since the company was blacklisted by the US and forbidden from trading with American

Apple to start online sales in India soon with local sourcing rules eased

The new investment rules could provide a boost to Apple, allowing it to grow sales in the country and possibly help it reduce its dependency on China by building an alternative supply chain in India

Stocks can't keep defying slowdown as govt steps fail to convince investors

Analysts say the government's booster dose might not be enough to spur demand in the near term, meaning India's economic woes will continue to weigh on shares and the rupee

After corporate debt, retail loans face stress amid unemployment, slowdown

The govt has unveiled steps ranging from concessions on vehicle purchases to hastening of capital infusion in state-run banks to help re-ignite an economy that's slowed sharply due to weak consumption

China's slowdown deepens in August on declining exports, tensions with US

With trade tensions worsening and the currency weakening past 7 to the dollar, policy-makers have stepped up targeted measures to support the economy

Amid Trump's attacks, US Fed says trade war, not rates, undermining economy

Trump has elevated his criticism of the central bank to a shrill level in recent weeks

You tax our wine, we'll hit back, says EU's Tusk on new US tariffs

Group of Seven leaders are meeting in Biarritz, France, Saturday amid mounting tensions over trade, climate and threats to the global economy