BUSINESS

Two million people, mostly men, in China are facing a "growing epidemic of premature death" due to the consistently growing cigarette smoking habits of young people in the country.

The deal will help Macquarie to scale up its total motor vehicle finance portfolio to AU$17 billion.

Glencore has decided to reduce 500,000 tonnes of Zinc production per year through various sites in Australia, Kazakhstan and South America.

It offered to sell a majority stake to Airbus in the project to add cash flow to shore up the balance sheet.

Whilst Singapore is leading the way in delivering ground breaking technological advancement, Australia is set to review its legislation in 2016 to cater for such technology.

The Australian health industry is watching the Trans-Pacific Partnership closely after the agreement was signed following five years of secret negotiations.

Police raid Volkswagen sites after the company admitted its involvement in pollution-cheating scandal.

The Green Square population will increase by 7,000 people in the coming 15 years, pressuring the existing structure.

The company has already received the backing of a number of Australian venture capital funds.

Bluescope Steel workers have agreed to a package that will save 4500 jobs at their Port Kembla factory.

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal now owns more than 5 percent share of the microblogging site.

One of the thorniest questions holding back the full adaptation of self-driving vehicles is who’s liable for crashes involving these vehicles.

Apartment construction is clocking stronger growth.

Britain’s CMA argues that jurisdiction of the review is important as the deal’s impact would be most felt by the U.K. customers.

Supporters of the new law hope it will curb the flourishing black market.

ASIC has banned a Sydney-based finance broker from offering financial services.

The policy shift is to align the bank's business with the efforts of corporate world to usher in a low carbon economy.

Former Rhodes Scholar Dr Joanne Howe’s report points out the grave deficiencies in the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement.

Within the region, larger nations such as the Philippines and Vietnam are expected to do better.

Post-acquisition, Grom will continue to remain independent and will be run by its founders.

While buying the London-listed oil company, the ex premier was listed as the Counsellor at the Qatari embassy in London.

The U.S. hotel group entered the Greater China region in 1998 with the Howard Johnson brand and made rapid growth.

David Collins, Professor of International Economic Law at City University London, explains the achievements of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the barriers that remain.

Some other retail majors are also making a similar move.

Heather Ridout believes it is wrong to punish a company by divesting in it because of its association with detention centres at Nauru and Manus islands.

Department store David Jones has alerted affected online consumers of a privacy hack only days after Kmart notified customers of a security breach.

7-Eleven Australia chairman Russell Withers and CEO Warren Wilmot resigned on Wednesday after an investigation revealed employees were not properly compensated for their work.

Harvard Business Review calls the phenomenon "The Rise of the Supertemp."

The government’s goal for an innovative economy can succeed only if correctives are applied to the parameters on research funding.