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Google employees form union in US, escalating tension with management

The elected leaders of the union made the announcement in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday

Jack Ma's disappearing act fuels speculation about his whereabouts

China's highest-profile entrepreneur has not appeared in a public setting since a late October forum in Shanghai

Workplace messaging app Slack hit with outage on first Monday of 2021

The company said it was investigating the issue and would follow up

Japan's Kirin to invest $30 million in maker of Indian craft beer Bira

Japan's beer maker Kirin Holdings will invest $30 million in New Delhi-based B9 Beverages, the companies, as it seeks to secure a spot in India's growing craft beer market amid falling sales at home

Vietnam buys Indian rice for first time in decades: Industry officials

The purchases underscore tightening supplies in Asia, which could lift rice prices in 2021 and even force traditional buyers of rice from Thailand and Vietnam to switch to India

Bharat Biotech aims to make 700 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in 2021

The vaccine candidate, Covaxin, received emergency use approval from India's drugs regulator on Sunday

Vietnam buys Indian rice for first time in decades: industry officials

The purchases underscore tightening supplies in Asia

Nissan to ramp up production, hire 1000 workers at Chennai car plant

Nissan plans to boost production to up to 4,000 cars a month from 2,700 cars currently

Fatal incident halts Hyundai's South Korean factory after retooling

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Euisun Chung expressed deep condolences in a New Year's message on Monday

Oil prices touch multi-month highs as OPEC+ expected to hold output

Oil prices touched multi-month highs on expectations that OPEC and allied producers may cap output at current levels in February as the pandemic keeps worries about first-half demand elevated

Venezuela's oil exports sink to 1940's level under tighter US sanctions

Pressured by strict US sanctions, Venezuela's oil exports plunged by 376,500 barrels per day (bpd) in 2020, according to data and internal documents

China telco shares lose 5% in first trading day since NYSE delisting

China's three biggest telcos saw their shares drop as much as 5% in Hong Kong, the first trading session since NYSE said it would delist the firms under a plan China branded "political"

Tractors to Twitter: India's protesting farmers battle on highway, online

In a standoff between Indian farmers and a government that has convulsed the country, the farmers have a 21st-century ally: a handful of supporters scattered around the world running a Twitter handle

India's manufacturing sector ends 2020 on brighter note; Dec PMI up at 56.4

India's factory sector ended a rough 2020 on a stronger note as manufacturers boosted production to meet rising demand, a private survey showed on Monday

Carl Icahn sells over half his Herbalife stake for $600 million: Report

Activist investor Carl Icahn has sold more than half his stake in Herbalife Nutrition Ltd for $600 million and is planning to give up the five seats on the company's board held by his representatives

Gold prices scale eight-week high as tighter lockdown measures loom

Gold started 2021 on a high by notching an eight-week peak after surpassing the key $1,900 level, as a surge in Covid and prospects of tougher control measures lured investors to the safe-haven metal

Asian factories shake off Covid-19 hit, tighter controls cloud outlook

Asian factory activity expanded moderately in December thanks to robust demand in regional giant China, business surveys showed on Monday

China's December factory activity growth slows, higher costs hit firms

Activity in China's factory sector rose in December as the world's second-largest economy sustained its recovery to pre-pandemic levels, a business survey showed on Monday

Philippine bourse targets more IPOs, REITs this year on recovery hope

Seven Philippine firms plan to go public or offer real estate investment trusts this year, the stock exchange said, representing a spurt in capital market activity in an economy still shaken by Covid

NYSE delistings 'political', impact 'limited': China securities regulator

China's securities regulator on Sunday said New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) plans to delist three Chinese telecom firms are "political" and that the impact will be "limited"