Dalian Wanda float: Asia's largest IPO may struggle on debut
Markets do not expect a blockbuster first appearance for Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties on Tuesday.
Uber's business model under attack in China and Taiwan
The Uber app bridges a passenger and a driver, who does not necessarily have a taxi licence.
Global M&A value hits a seven-year high
Europe witnessed the emergence of unexpected but deep-pocketed 'left-field' buyers from developing economies.
Xiaomi raising over $1bn from investors including Singapore's GIC
Funding round led by tech fund All-Stars Investment and includes Russia's DST Global and PE firm Yunfeng Capital.
Circus giant Cirque du Soleil hires Goldman Sachs to scout for partner
Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil's revenue dropped to $850m in 2013 from $1bn in 2012.
Crude oil prices log their fourth straight weekly loss
Crude oil prices have dropped some 50% since their peak in June: their steepest fall since the 2008 financial crisis.
Gold Outlook 2015: Prices could drop to $1,000 an ounce
Gold prices could destabilise over the holidays if the Russian economy deteriorated further.
European stocks could post strongest week in a year
Benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 poised for a weekly rise of 3%, its strongest advance since late December 2013.
Thai Union to buy America's Bumble Bee Seafoods for $1.5bn
Deal gives Thai Union, behind Chicken of the Sea tuna, ownership of Bumble Bee, Brunswick and Sweet Sue seafood brands.
China: Data revision lifts 2013 GDP by $305bn
Revision adds output almost equal to Malaysian economy for 2013.
Alcatel-Lucent's stock jumps on Nokia merger rumours
But French lawmakers could block any deal as it could trigger some 15,000 job cuts at Alcatel.
Oil rout threatens projects worth $1tn globally
Analysts say oil price of $65 a barrel in 2015 will trigger the biggest drop in project finance in decades.
China: Home prices fall for third straight month
Slackening property market, which accounts for about 15% of China's economy, could inhibit economic growth.
Japan readies $30bn stimulus package for country's regions
New stimulus package aims to pull the economy out of a recession triggered by the hit from a sales tax hike in April.
India: Apex court defers verdict on Sahara group's plea to mortgage London and New York hotels
The Supreme Court will hear the Sahara case next on 9 January, 2015.
ADB lowers growth forecasts for developing Asia
Developing Asia now expected to expand by 6.1% this year and 6.2% in 2015.
PDVSA's Citgo valued at over $10bn in revised December bids
It is unclear if PDVSA will sell Citgo as Venezuela's finance minister has said that Citgo's assets will not be sold.
India to assess gold policy impact as trade gap widens on surging imports
Gold imports jumped in November to $5.61bn, helping push India's trade deficit to an 18-month high.
Ex-Madoff aide JoAnn Crupi sentenced to six years in prison
JoAnn Crupi is the last of five former Madoff aides to be sentenced after a US federal jury found them guilty in March.
Developing world losing record $1tn a year in 'dirty money': GFI
Fraudulent mis-invoicing of business transactions is the most widespread method of shifting money illegally.
Boeing stocks jump after it boosts dividend and expands share buyback
The Nasdaq-traded planemaker's stocks added 2.39% in after-hours trading overnight.
Singapore: Private home sales drop 68% on housing curbs
Private home prices on the island nation dropped 0.7% in the three months to September.
China's Dalian Wanda may price Hong Kong IPO in top half
Dalian Wanda has offered 600 million new shares in the Hong Kong floatation, in a range of HK$41.80–49.60 apiece.
US oil states hit by early slowdown signs post crude slump
About a dozen US energy firms have cut spending plans for 2015 following over 40% drop in oil prices since June.
UK-based BC Partners to acquire PetSmart for $8.7bn
Nasdaq-traded PetSmart will be taken private post the deal.
Carlyle and Warburg Pincus are close to buying Canada's DBRS
Toronto-based DBRS is the world's fourth-largest credit rating agency.
Crude oil prices tank on bleak global demand forecasts
The IEA, oil cartel Opec and the US EIA have all lowered their 2015 demand forecasts.
Gold set to rise with metal expected to build on the week's gains
Prices gained 2.7% in the week ending 13 December on renewed buying interest.
Commodities house Gunvor Group to exit gold trading
Gunvor, the world's fifth largest oil trader, began physically trading the precious metal earlier this year.
IEA cuts 2015 crude oil demand growth forecast again
Oil prices have lost over 40% since June this year on oversupply concerns.
