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Uber 'knowingly rented out faulty cars'
Reuters, Published on 04/08/2017
» SINGAPORE - Uber Technologies Inc knowingly rented its drivers defective cars at risk of catching fire, the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> reported on Friday, and the ride-hailing firm said it moved to fix the problem after one of the vehicles suffered a fire.
Chinese shipbuilders tap rising cruise demand
Business, Reuters, Published on 31/07/2017
» European shipbuilders' dominance in the US$117-billion passenger ship industry may come under threat as Chinese rivals move into the sector to tap booming local demand for cruise holidays.
E. Europe's cheap-labour model on way out
Business, Reuters, Published on 27/07/2017
» BRATISLAVA, Slovakia: Central and Eastern Europe faces the end of an economic era.
Chinese-market Fords do away with new-car smell
Business, Reuters, Published on 21/07/2017
» NANJING, China: While Western drivers like the new-car smell fresh off the production line, Chinese would rather their cars didn't smell of anything -- a cultural divide that's testing carmakers seeking an edge to revive sales in the world's biggest auto market.
Saudi Arabia revokes Qatar Airways' licences
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2017
» RIYADH/DUBAI - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday revoked the licences of Qatar Airways and ordered its offices to be closed within 48 hours, a day after banning all Qatari planes from landing at its airports.
New Russian jet takes to air in bid to rival Airbus, Boeing
Business, Reuters, Published on 30/05/2017
» MOSCOW: Russia carried out the maiden flight of its new MS-21 medium-range passenger plane on Sunday, its first post-Soviet foray into production of a mainline commercial aircraft which it hopes will rival those of its Western competitors.
Can't beat them, join them
Business, Reuters, Published on 30/05/2017
» Food and drink megabrands are seeing their sales chewed away by smaller, nimbler, cooler rivals. They can't beat them -- so now they're joining them.
China's WeChat takes on Apple, Android with mini-apps
Reuters, Published on 19/05/2017
» HONG KONG -- In a cluster of refurbished Mao-era industrial buildings in Guangzhou, developers at China's top messaging app, WeChat, are redesigning key parts of its product to spread its tentacles to just about every aspect of Chinese life.
Investment applications fall 31% in Q1
Reuters, Published on 09/05/2017
» Investment proposals dropped 31% in the January-March period from a year earlier, but the state investment promotion agency expects they will quicken later this year, the agency chief said on Tuesday.
Slim chances of commercial success
Business, Reuters, Published on 19/04/2017
» The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) has been delayed five times and faces rising costs, yet its future as the vanguard of Japanese-built passenger jets seems assured by the corporate muscle behind it and a government set on reviving an aerospace industry dismantled after World War II.