Companies leaving Russia don’t know if and when they’ll returnAfter Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, a mass corporate exodus set in, starting with BP Plc and quickly gathering ...
12 Mar, 2022, 11.57 PM IST
Here are the Asian stocks most affected by the Ukraine turmoilSo far, Asia’s commodity and shipping stocks are emerging as safer bets given concerns about shortages of raw materials as Russia is a majo...
26 Feb, 2022, 12.21 PM IST
Bangladesh eyes investment gain as Japanese firms exit China“As the pandemic started in China, Japanese companies needed to diversify” their supply chains further, Naoki Ito, the Japanese ambassador ...
16 Feb, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
Japan stocks end higher as auto sector outlook brightensThe Nikkei index ended up 0.19 per cent at 29,562.93, with consumer cyclical and technology shares leading gains. The broader Topix rose 0....
11 Feb, 2021, 02.05 PM IST
Japan stocks end higher as auto sector outlook brightensThe Nikkei index ended up 0.19 per cent at 29,562.93, with consumer cyclical and technology shares leading gains. The broader Topix rose 0....
10 Feb, 2021, 12.38 PM IST
Japan stocks end lower as firmer yen, US political uncertainty weighSome traders are also reducing their exposure to riskier assets ahead of the U.S. elections, which could cap gains in Japanese shares. Risi...
22 Oct, 2020, 02.00 PM IST
Big tobacco, big oil and Buffett join Fed's portfolioThe initial round of purchases included some 86 issuers, about half of them contractually settled as of June 18 and some still underway, al...
29 Jun, 2020, 07.45 AM IST
View: What Bill Gates gets wrong about fossil fuelsGates’s history makes him peculiarly ill-suited to understand how damaging debt divestment can be.
20 Nov, 2019, 05.13 PM IST
Philip Morris paid for India manufacturing despite ban on foreign investmentIndia has 106 million smokers, second only to China, and a young demographic makes it an attractive market for tobacco companies.
06 Mar, 2019, 02.07 PM IST
Nomura bets on startup to help smokers kick the habitCureApp Inc, which develops mobile applications to treat ailments including tobacco addiction, received $3.4 million this month from invest...
09 Feb, 2017, 02.42 PM IST
Philip Morris eyes Godfrey Philips brands, tobacco business within FDI rulebookPhilip Morris International has initiated talks with its Indian partner, KK Modi-led Godfrey Philips India (GPI), in an attempt to take con...
06 Jan, 2016, 08.16 AM IST
How Japanese single malts beat Scotland's finest whiskyJapan has been quietly scooping up gold medals at world whisky competitions, and in 2012, the 25-year-old Yamazaki beat out 300 of the worl...
22 Mar, 2014, 09.00 AM IST
- ITC in talks to buy RDB's cigarette biz
Cigarette-to-hospitality major ITC may buy the de-merged cigarette division of Kolkata-based RDB Industries in a deal worth Rs 300-350 cror...
12 Aug, 2010, 02.03 PM IST
- Philip Morris, Modis settle Marlboro row
The two companies had clashed in 2003 after Philip Morris bypassed its Indian partner and struck an arrangement with a local distributor to...
28 Apr, 2009, 01.08 AM IST
- Tata Group is world's 6th most reputed firm, RIL fails to make grade
The global list prepared by a US institute includes 10 other Indian firms and has been topped by Toyota, followed by Google. Climbing corpo...
05 Jun, 2008, 05.00 PM IST
- Nikkei down 0.9 pct as Toyota slips, yen weighs
Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 0.9 percent on Friday, dragged down by Toyota Motor after the world's biggest automaker forecast its firs...
09 May, 2008, 08.41 AM IST
- Japan Tobacco says annual profits rise 13 per cent
Japan Tobacco Inc said on Thursday its annual net profits rose 13.3 percent as brisk cigarette sales overseas following the takeover of Bri...
01 May, 2008, 02.04 PM IST