Global Markets | Australian shares flat as bank rebound offsets broader losses; US-China talks in focusThe meeting between the leaders of Australia's key trading partners is seen as a test for risk appetite in the resource-heavy bourse, with ...
14 May, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.58 AM IST
Iran war promises green edge for Asia as plastic packaging runs shortThe Iran war's disruption of plastic supplies has unexpectedly boosted demand for eco-friendly paper packaging, with inquiries tripling for...
15 Apr, 2026, 07.38 AM IST
'Unhappy leaves' now a thing in China, here's all about the new trendA business tycoon based in China has announced the concept of 'unhappy leaves', which will be counted in the additional leaves at the discr...
12 Apr, 2024, 07.45 PM IST
Watch: China's worst heat wave forces people to rush to supermarketsMany elderly people in China have set up a new daily routine, as they head to supermarkets as the day temperature begins to soar.
27 Aug, 2022, 12.30 PM IST
UAE-based billionaire Yussuf Ali's Lulu Group enters Uttar Pradesh with supermarketLucknow is the fourth city after Kochi, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram where Lulu has set up its highly popular supermarket. LuLu Group I...
11 Jul, 2022, 01.40 PM IST
Xiaomi partners with Big Bazaar for offline salesAt present offline accounts for 20% of Xiaomi's India sales, the rest coming from online including its own store Mi.com, which has doubled ...
12 Oct, 2017, 09.10 AM IST
Damodar Mall to take charge of Reliance’s supermarket business from Rob CissellMall, currently chief customer strategy officer for the value retail business is an industry veteran having previously worked at Future Gro...
12 Feb, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
Carrefour to open more stores in 100 Chinese citiesThierry Garnier, president and CEO of Carrefour China, said the company will open about 20 new outlets each year during the next few years.
06 Dec, 2013, 10.49 AM IST
- Investors eye China services as the next big thing
Beijing is targeting a 4 percentage point rise in the service industry's contribution to GDP by 2015, up from 43 percent in 2010.
21 Mar, 2012, 12.06 PM IST
- Japanese firms say operations stopped by China quake
Toyota Motor Corp and other Japanese companies have suspended operations in China's Sichuan province following a major earthquake.
13 May, 2008, 09.32 AM IST
- Pushed by higher prices, immigrants in US stocking up on rice
Shoppers surveyed shelves loaded with rice at the Ranch 99 Asian supermarket, as they hunted for their favourite varieties and compared pri...
03 May, 2008, 10.06 PM IST
- Protests erupt at Carrefour stores in China
Hundreds of protesters demonstrated Thursday outside stores belonging to French supermarket chain Carrefour in three cities in China, state...
01 May, 2008, 10.19 AM IST
- Carrefour takes China anti-French demos 'very seriously': Chief
A French supermarket chief said Saturday he was taking "very seriously" anti-French protests and boycott calls in China over his country's ...
20 Apr, 2008, 04.54 AM IST
- Carrefour fined for stampede deaths in China store
French retail giant Carrefour made a public apology and was fined 500,000 yuan ($68,000) after three people were killed in a stampede at on...
29 Dec, 2007, 04.04 PM IST
- Wal-Mart buys 35% in China retailer
Wal-Mart Stores, the world’s biggest retailer, agreed to buy 35% of Trust-Mart, a hypermarket operator in China, to expand in the world’s f...
28 Feb, 2007, 05.22 AM IST
- Carrefour chief to scout for allies, may talk to AVB group
French retailer Carrefour’s worldwide chairman and CEO, Jose Luis Duran, is visiting India and likely to meet potential partners after part...
24 Jan, 2007, 03.19 AM IST