Lufthansa cancels 876 flights over pilot strike
Out of its roughly 3,000 scheduled flights, 876 would be cancelled due to the strike, "affecting some 100,000 passengers".
Crowdfunding site launches in Singapore and Hong Kong
Kickstarter made its Asia debut in Singapore and Hong Kong, giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to raise funding from global investors.
Total launches gas project in Britain's Shetlands
French oil and gas company Total officially launched a project off Britain's remote Shetland Islands.
Glencore cuts copper, zinc production to counter glut
Commodities giant Glencore cut its copper and zinc production in the first quarter as it struggles to rein in the abundance of supply.
Air France KLM narrows losses, warns of turbulence as pilots' pay cut
Air France-KLM said Wednesday it cut its losses in the first quarter of 2016 but passenger traffic to Paris was affected by terror attacks.
Comcast in talks to acquire Dreamworks for $3 bn
US cable operator Comcast is in talks to acquire Shrek and Kung Fu Panda studio DreamWorks Animation for more than $3 billion.
American tech giants under EU cosh
US technology giants Google, Amazon, Apple, Intel and Microsoft have all come under the often costly scrutiny of European Union.
Al-Jazeera says to cut around 500 jobs
Qatar's state-funded broadcaster Al-Jazeera announced a fresh round of job cuts with around 500 positions being lost.
Emirates postpones launch of world's longest flight
Emirates Airline, which was to launch what it called the world's longest non-stop flight this month, postponed those plans for a year.
'Brexit' would 'threaten jobs', warn UK business leaders
The bosses of more than a third of Britain's top companies urged voters to keep the country in the European Union.
Chinese conglomerate to buy stake in Hollywood studio
Chinese powerhouse Dalian Wanda is reportedly in talks to buy a controlling stake in US film studio Legendary, providing the company with a key anchor in Hollywood.
Mitsubishi Heavy postpones delivery of first made-in-Japan jet
Mitsubishi Heavy is postponing delivery of the first made-in-Japan passenger jet, a little more than a month after its maiden test flight.
Australia's Westfield offloads five US malls
Australian shopping centre giant Westfield Corp. said Monday it has offloaded five US malls for US$1.1 billion to divest non-core assets.
Facebook ramps paid leave time for new dads
With Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg about to become a dad, the social network boosted the amount of time fathers can take off to bond with their new babies.
Gazprom says halts Ukraine gas deliveries over Kiev non-payment
Russian state giant Gazprom said it had halted gas deliveries to Ukraine after Kiev failed to make upfront payments for more supplies.
Kazakhstan's national companies face major restructuring
Kazakhstani national companies will soon be facing a major restructuring.
Facebook tests tools for dealing with former loves
The online social network devoted to making the world more connected began helping couples break up.
VW puts off China investment amid costly emissions scandal
German automaker Volkswagen, tainted by an emissions scandal expected to cost it billions, said it had postponed a planned investment in China.
National Champions to increase Kazakhstan's exports and GDP
National Champions are expected to develop Kazakhstan's industry and considerably increase non-commodity exports by 2018.
Facebook tests vanishing messages
Facebook users in France were able to send vanishing missives with its smartphone Messenger application, ramping up the challenge to Snapchat.