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WhatsApp data practices under review for compliance ahead of payments debut

As and when it gets approval, WhatsApp will be entering a crowded digital payments market where it will have to slug it out with more than 80 rivals on the NPCI platform

Learning from the past: Clues to Brexit's future may be on a faraway island

Britain would experience an unprecedented hit to the supply side of the economy, according to Mark Carney, with overnight trade barriers hammering exports

Willing to break up major tech companies, says FTC Chairman Joe Simons

Simons said an agreement between the FTC and the Justice Department to divide scrutiny of the tech industry is based on specific conduct, not on the companies themselves

Google employees don't want company to work with US border agencies

US Customs and Border Protection recently said it was looking for proposals from companies to supply it with cloud-computing services

Walmart likely to boost guidance with strong earnings, say Analysts

Analysts are mixed on comparable sales, with some expecting them to beat estimates and others expecting them to be in-line, but one expectation is clear

UK bonds signal recession as inflation bedevils Bank of England's response

In a so-called yield curve inversion, a typical harbinger of economic contraction, the yield on 10-year government debt fell below the 2-year equivalent on Wednesday for the first time since 2008

Danish bank's richest clients given a guarantee on negative rates

Danske's espousal of a socially responsible attitude to interest rates follows sustained criticism of the bank's role at the heart of a Russian money laundering scandal

WeWork submits IPO plan, showing $690 million loss in first half

The filing revealed that investment banks JPMorgan Chase & Co and Goldman Sachs Group will be the lead underwriters on the offering

Hong Kong protesters like terrorists, says China as airport access curbed

The demonstrators, who initially hit the streets to oppose a bill allowing extraditions to the mainland, now have a host of other demands including the resignation of Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam

China holds off its biggest policy gun even as global currency war looms

Beijing is sticking to a cautious monetary strategy even after President Donald Trump's accusations of Beijing's currency manipulation adding sensitivity to any stimulus measures

World's wealthiest family gets richer by $4 mn every hour, $100 mn a day

The 25 wealthiest dynasties on the planet control $1.4 trillion

Trump is making Xi Jinping's superpower 2050 vision tougher by the day

Only five developing countries have made the transition to advanced-nation status while maintaining high levels of growth since 1960

Is globalisation over? Cricket beamed into American homes suggests it's not

The sport's growth is more than just an idiosyncrasy of the Anglosphere

Saudi Prince's rise to power turns him into a billionaire boss

He became not only the de facto political leader of the petro-state but the unrivaled billionaire boss of a sprawling family firm with more money than almost any other dynasty on the planet

Struggling German meat industry threatened by tax-hike proposal

The German farmers' association says that an increase in tax would drive consumers to buy cheaper products imported from European countries with less-stringent animal welfare laws

Thai Airways Q2 loss more than doubles to $223.7 mn on economic slowdown

Thai Airways's total expenses dropped 0.8 per cent to 49.6 billion baht on lower fuel prices

RBS likely to appoint Alison Rose as first female chief: Sky News

Rose, currently deputy CEO of Natwest Holdings, will become the first woman to head a major UK high-street bank

Legacy veggie burgers fight to stay relevant in the age of beyond meat

Since Beyond Meat arrived on the scene in 2013, sales of meat substitutes among the nine largest producers have climbed 56 per cent, according to Euromonitor International

Trump's wine tariff threats are giving France's Macron a headache

Existing US tariffs on wine from Europe aren't that much lower than the EU's levies on American wine: The gap is about 5 to 15 cents per bottle

Facebook, Twitter pressed to help prevent domestic terrorism in US

Facebook and Twitter are now being asked by politicians to take a more proactive approach to prevent domestic terrorism