How hackers forced brewing giant Asahi back to pen and paper
Suranjana TewariAsia business correspondent, Tokyo andPeter HoskinsBusiness reporterReutersAsahi Super Dry is Japan's most popular beerOnly four bottles of Asahi Super Dry beer are left on the shelves of Ben Thai,…
Good Bad Billionaire – Tatyana Kim: Russia’s online retail queen – BBC Sounds
Episode detailsAvailable for over a yearHow Tatyana Kim went from working as an English teacher to running Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, and being Russia’s richest woman. Journalist Zing Tsjeng…
Trump announces 100% tariff on US imports from China
US President Donald Trump revived the trade war against China yesterday, ending an uneasy truce between the two largest economies with promises to sharply hike tariffs in a reprisal against…
Restaurant customers lose out on McTax cut
It often takes a few days for the dust to settle on a Budget and its full impact to become clear. The enormous tax cuts granted to the hospitality sector…
France’s political uncertainty hitting confidence, growth
France's political uncertainty is costing the country at least 0.2 percentage points of economic growth and risks further sapping business and consumer confidence, central bank chief Francois Villeroy de Galhau…
Tesla package pays Musk billions even if he misses goals
When Tesla's board of directors offered Elon Musk the biggest executive pay package in corporate history in September, it reassured investors that he would have to achieve the equivalent of…
Hays warns of tough year ahead after 8% fall in net fees
British recruiter Hays has today reported an 8% fall in first-quarter like-for-like net fees, and warned that challenging conditions from a sluggish job market are likely to persist in the…
Stellantis’ Q3 shipments rise 13%, led by North America
Stellantis said today its global vehicle shipments rose 13% year-on-year in the third quarter, led by new models and North American demand, in a sign of business recovery after several…
Russia’s industrial titans lay off workers, economy slows
From railways and cars to metals, coal, diamonds and cement, some of Russia's biggest industrial companies are temporarily laying employees off or cutting staff as the war economy slows, domestic…
Ploughing and golf boost September spending – AIB report
The latest AIB Spend Trend report shows that overall spend on cards increased by 10% year on year in September, with big increases in spending on golf, entertainment and tourism…