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Taiwan scrambles jets as China planes cross 'sensitive' region of island

China had earlier announced combat drills and denounced what it called collusion between the island, which it claims as part of its territory, and the US

SoftBank Group to sell last of its telecoms assets with Brightstar deal

SoftBank said in a statement it would sell the firm to a newly formed subsidiary of private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners for cash as well as a 25 per cent stake in the subsidiary

Women lead race to head WTO amid rising protectionism, deep recession

A final decision is expected later this year, possibly after the US election in November

Who's holding $65 billion in cash? Mystery puzzles Britain's audit office

The number of notes in circulation reached a record high of 4.4 billion, with a monetary value of £76.5 billion, up from £24 billion in 2000

Biden or Trump, no trade deal for Britain if Ireland peace pact violated

"We can't allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit," Biden wrote on Twitter

Centre to ask foreign firms to use more local materials for govt projects

Indian authorities have been aggressively promoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship campaign of a self-reliant economy by urging domestic manufacturers to cut down on imports

In row with Tiffany, France's LVMH may find that most sales are final

France's LVMH faces an uphill battle in walking away from its $16 billion deal to buy U.S. jeweler Tiffany & Co , with legal experts noting most mergers which end up in court are renegotiated

Toshiba confirms over 1,000 vote cards uncounted, probe continues

Toshiba Corp said more than 1,000 postal voting forms for its annual shareholder meeting arrived by the deadline but went uncounted

Ericsson to buy wireless networking firm Cradlepoint in $1.1 billion deal

Ericsson has agreed to buy U.S.-based wireless networking company Cradlepoint in a $1.1 billion deal, the Swedish telecoms gear maker said on Friday.

SoftBank to sell US cellphone distributor Brightstar in latest asset sale

SoftBank said it would sell US cellphone distributor Brightstar Global Group for an undisclosed price, marking latest asset sale by Japanese conglomerate to fund a record stock buyback and raise cash

Japan's 'Suganomics' will target quick wins, not grand visions: Analysts

Armed with a strong grip on Japan's bureaucracy, Yoshihide Suga knows which levers to pull to get results, say government and ruling party officials who know him or have worked with him

US-China investment flows slide to 9 y-low as bilateral tensions escalate

Investment between the US and China tumbled to a nine-year low in the first half of 2020, hit by bilateral tensions that could see more Chinese companies come under pressure to divest US operations

Airline CEOs plead with White House to avert looming US job losses

Other transportation sectors are also seeking billions of dollars in new bailout funds, including public transit, bus companies and the Amtrak passenger rail service

Japan's August consumer prices fall at fastest pace in four years

The core consumer price index (CPI), which includes oil products but excludes volatile fresh food prices, fell 0.4% in August from a year earlier

Pfizer vaccine trial bets on early win against coronavirus, documents show

Pfizer's clinical trial protocol outlines for the company, scientists and regulators how the drugmaker could show that its vaccine meets efficacy and safety standards set by USFDA

ByteDance plans TikTok IPO as deal talks with US advance: Report

ByteDance is racing to clinch an agreement with the White House that will stave off a U.S. ban on TikTok that President Donald Trump has threatened could happen as early as next week

Donald Trump to announce $13 billion in farm aid on Thursday: Report

It was not immediately clear which farmers would benefit from the new round of aid

Federal Reserve weighs bank dividends as it prepares second stress test

The central bank said it will release the results of the new analysis by the end of 2020

France won't buy Covid-19 vaccines through WHO's COVAX scheme: Report

The decision by one of the U.N. agency's biggest supporters is a big blow to its strategy aimed at uniting governments around the world to fight the coronavirus pandemic together

Navalny ally says Russian probe would show Putin responsible for poisoning

The comments were made on YouTube by Georgy Alburov, a member of Navalny's team