Tie-up between Couche-Tard and Japan’s Seven & i would create one of America’s largest retail chains
Company to issue $5bn of bonds and $4.8bn of convertible bonds
One start-up hopes country can carve out global role in reducing threat of diseases such as bird flu spreading
Seven & i shares jump 22% after ‘friendly’ proposal from convenience store rival Couche-Tard
Chinese rivals take market share as US and European carriers struggle with weak demand and diversions around Russia
The technology is expected to slash the fat budgets that have been required to develop every new game
Declining demand due to Chinese property rout threatens profit squeeze for producers including BHP, Rio Tinto, Vale and Fortescue
Judgment is latest arbitration effort by a foreign group alleging that the African nation reneged on an agreement
The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times
Son hopes to put Japanese group at centre of artificial intelligence boom but talks with US chipmaker failed to progress
Producers in world’s second-largest garment exporter say customers are concerned about violence and disruption
Sector ravaged by weak demand and industrial production as crippling property market slump hits Asia’s biggest economy
A human worker shortage may turn out to be the biggest obstacle to the AI industry
UK telco used to own 21% of Bharti’s group. The roles are now reversed
Intense competition forces companies to seek out new areas of growth in one of world’s biggest dairy markets
Madhabi Buch and her husband deny claims she is biased and say their finances are an ‘open book’
Well-known ‘commercial’ labels sold off as industry endures what some winemakers call its worst-ever crisis
Falling costs help global motorbike brands push into two-wheel EV market
Firm with annual revenues of about $50mn will be able to use brand during transition period
Start-up receives strong fund backing in country’s biggest IPO so far this year
Prada and Samsonite must be watching with interest the skincare group’s attempt to delist
Authorities are trying to push yields up from record lows after warning of sovereign debt bubble
Improving quality means Chinese consumers aren’t choosing domestic cosmetic brands for their affordability alone
‘Command and control’ culture under then-CEO was part of ‘root cause’ of airline’s problems, says report
