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Bill Shorten will travel to remote Pacific islands at risk from rising sea levels in a bid to put the political focus back on climate change as he searches for ways to neutralise Malcolm Turnbull’s soaring popularity. Australia’s 2030 target to reduce emissions by...

WPP, which handles the advertising needs of brands such as Ford and Unilever, reported third-quarter like-for-like net sales growth of 3.3 percent, compared with the 2.3 percent in the first half. It noted that it would be characteristically cautious about the fourth quarter but...

The CMA’s preliminary report pulls many of its punches – even if it acknowledges that a few problems exist in the business banking market. Many don’t realise their “free” current account isn’t actually free.

Japan’s economic footprint in Turkmenistan will be significantly deeper thanks to deals worth a few $18 billion signed by the two country’s leaders in Ashgabat 23 October.

Chinese online travel company Ctrip.com global Ltd on Monday announced a tie-up with rival Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd and its backer Baidu Inc through a share swap. It would also tie the two companies closely to Baidu Inc., the Chinese Internet search company sometimes called the...

Japanese tire giant Bridgestone’s Bloomingdale-based retail business is buying Pep Boys auto parts and maintenance stores in an $835 million deal, it announced Monday.

Separately, AT&T said the number of branded cellular net adds rose 2.2 percent to 755,000 from the year-ago quarter despite a sharp drop in postpaid-phone net adds.

Duke Energy Corp, the largest USA power company by generation capacity, said on Monday it would buy Piedmont Natural Gas Co for $4.9 billion in cash, helping expand its natural gas distribution business.

The employee reduction accounts for 6 percent of Perrigo’s global headcount.

Sales in the month grew 6.5% from the same month of 2014, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) announced that its Audit and Risk Committee and the full Board of Directors have reviewed the company’s accounting for its Philidor arrangement and have confirmed the appropriateness of the company’s related revenue...

As a mark of protest, its SC/ST Cell held a candle-light march at Jantar Mantar on Sunday.

To protest against the death, both factions of separatist Hurriyat Conference and JKLF called for a shutdown in the Valley tomorrow. Soon after his last rites were observed clashes broke out between angry protesters and security forces with Jammu and Kashmir police resorting to...

The Yomiuri Shimbun The governor of Ehime Prefecture said Monday he has agreed to the restart of the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.’s Ikata nuclear power plant, which would end the hiatus at the facility that started in April 2011.

But according to Gaudet, UPS is merely trying to calm its customers, especially in light of the upcoming holiday season and competitor FedEx just agreeing to a new six-year contract with its pilots.