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Istanbul: Finance Minister Naci Agbal said Turkey’s budget deficit is likely to be wider than forecast this year as the government boosts spending to spur...

London: Uber Technologies lost a ruling over London transport rules that require language tests for drivers, which could keep 40,000 people from joining the...

New York: Comcast’s NBCUniversal invested $500 million in Snap’s initial public offering (IPO), expanding its reach into digital media by acquiring a...

Barcelona: Mobile World Congress, the premier wireless-technology conference in Barcelona, was supposed to be a coming out party for Google's digital...

New York: Goldman Sachs Group’s dealmakers endured job cuts and a tough bonus season. Then the penny pinchers turned to their beloved phones. In a push to...

London: Auto insurance may be on the brink of an incursion from mobile-phone and technology companies. Telefonica’s O2 unit — one of the first mobile...

Shanghai: China needs to put new regulations and financial subsidies in place to quicken the development of autonomous cars or risk getting left behind, the...

Dubai: Economic activity for Egypt’s non-oil private sector accelerated the most since 2014, a sign that growth may be recovering after authorities...

London: Standard Life Plc, Scotland’s largest insurer, is in talks to acquire Aberdeen Asset Management Plc, creating one of Europe’s biggest fund...

London: Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest aluminium producer in the Middle East, is preparing to sell shares amid a comeback in commodities prices,...