The business, which serves mid-sized and emerging corporates, will place a majority of these hires in China, Hong Kong, India and Singapore

Companies that create inclusive cultures are tapping into the labour force’s full talent pool while benefitting from cognitive diversity, the research firm said

Chinese tax experts cite digitalisation, mergers and acquisitions and divestures and lack of guidance from authorities as primary drivers of disputes

Prices of thermal coal, typically used to generate electricity, have shot to record highs due to increased buying by Europe after sanctions on Russia

European diesel supplies have shrunk following the disruption caused by sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine

Huge imports of the metal into China, much of it by speculators taking advantage of relatively low prices, consumed the market surplus in 2021, a global trade body said

Equipment vendors such as Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE and Nokia have historically provided nearly all of the hardware and software for telecom networks

Japan's Nikkei sinks 3.2%, Sensex opens 2.3% down, while the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ex-Japan loses 1.6% and Chinese blue chips shed 0.8% amid a sea of red 

Trade restrictions slapped on Russia potentially cover any product made with US technology, and the suddenness of rules caught many Asian tech firms off-guard

The world's biggest gathering of energy industry leaders returns to Houston this week as Russia's invasion of Ukraine delivers an oil price shock to the global economy

Islamabad announced a cut in fuel and electricity prices despite a steep global rise in the cost of oil, pledging to freeze the new rates for four months

Washington has called on India to use "leverage" with Moscow but leaders merely "discussed the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis"