In a bid to close a pricing gap with German-based discount grocery chain Aldi and other U.S. rivals like Kroger Co, Wal-Mart Stores Inc is squeezing packaged goods suppliers and running a new price-comparison test in at least 1,200 U.S. stores, according to the news agency Reuters.  ...

For newspapers struggling to attract more digital readers and advertisers, turning out to be the best hope in 2017 is "fake news" and the Trump administration's combative view of traditional news media as the "opposition party".   By marketing unbiased reporting as a sales strategy, building...

With prices surging 30 percent this-year-to-date, a glow on the uranium market has been put by a resurgence in interest for nuclear energy and a sharp reduction in supply.   With prices getting a boost after top supplier Khazakhstan shocked the market on Jan. 10 when...

While pointing out to uneasy communications with bosses as one factor, a recent survey has found that slightly less than one-third of those employees polled in Asia were happy in their work prompting the agency to conclude that, in general, employees in Asia are more downbeat about their jobs than...

Indications that the Chinese central bank has stepped up its efforts to regulate the bitcoin market is evident from the fact that the Chinese bitcoin exchanges have disabled withdrawals of the cryptocurrency after meeting with the People's Bank of China.   Including measures such...

As global exchanges compete for a slice of what could be the world’s largest-ever initial public offering, Singapore is considering a range of measures to lure a listing from energy giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co., says the media quoting people familiar with the matter.   In addition to...

Due to an abundant supply and weakening demand as growing health consciousness grips consumers, cocoa prices are in a meltdown, hitting a four-year low.   In an extended year-long decline after 2015's weather-related rally, the lowest level since March 2013 was hit by the...

As Democrats drew fire at Truump saying that his order lacked substance and squarely aligned him with Wall Street bankers, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered reviews of major banking rules that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis.   Financial markets embraced Trump's signal...

Though the Federal Reserve did give a nod to growing optimism among the business community and consumers, it held the line on interest rates at its meeting this week.   Its benchmark overnight lending rate target was kept at a range of 0.5 percent to 0.75 percent by the Federal Open Market...

Some executives of the U.S. airline and online booking agency have begun speaking out against the Trump administration's ban on travel from seven majority Muslim nations as the shares of such companies slumped for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.   Since Friday when President Donald...

Toyota Motor Corp sent an urgent message to its U.S. dealers - tell the politicians the tax would seriously hurt car buyers, days before a group of Republican lawmakers were due to discuss their party's controversial proposal to tax all imports.   According to people familiar with the...