The US Federal Trade Commission has approved a deal between chemical giants ChemChina and Syngenta on the condition the companies make divestments

EU regulators have vetoed the proposed merger between the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse amid fears the deal would eliminate competition

Toshiba’s projected losses for 2017 could more than double as the company’s ruinous nuclear unit files for bankruptcy

Indebted South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has been thrown a lifeline with a substantial $2.6bn bailout package

Major global importers have cut down on Brazilian beef and poultry shipments as the country’s bribery scandal deepens

Kamaludin Ahmad on the challenges of cross-border insurance in the ASEAN region

Azerbaijan has withdrawn from international transparency watchdog EITI, prompting fears over the country’s economic stability

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell the majority of its Canadian oil sands assets in a bid to curtail falling profits and counteract struggling oil prices

In the company’s latest push to provide a seamless supply of green energy to electricity grids, Tesla has unveiled a new power plant on the island of Kauai

CEO Yılmaz Yıldız explains the big cyber vulnerabilities for Turkish consumers and businesses

Currently valued at $30bn, the sector would quintuple in size if it reached EU average penetration

Implementing distributed ledger technology could trigger new security and confidentiality issues, as well as broader financial market risks

With a host of political transitions on the cards, navigating the currency markets is going to make for an interesting 2017. For traders looking to manage their risk, gold was a popular choice

A new ruling has scuppered plans for a $48bn merger between the second and third largest US health insurers as concerns over competition continue to grow

Baba Ahmadou Danpullo is now the richest man in francophone Africa. Paul Trustfull takes a closer look at how Danpullo has become so successful