BUSINESS

Anglo–Dutch company says Gulf project no longer fits with its strategy.

Millions of commuters in London face travel disruption in January and February.

Research finds over 30% of British companies expect economic conditions to threaten their business this year.

FTSE 100 group posts 6% decline in annual pre-tax profit, while turnover grows 10%.

Barring Japan, Asian stock markets in the green despite oil price worries after Iran sanctions were lifted.

Robots predicted to take over jobs in administrative and clerical areas.

Account holders will be prohibited from transacting business considered un-Islamic.

While Sainbury's benefitted, Tesco and Morrisons too saw poor sales during Christmas.

China's GDP growth clocked 6.9% in 2015, the lowest rate since 2009, raising concerns for other economies.

Managers of Colorado cannabis operations believe pot fires up creativity.

Choppers-on-call service to merge Uber and Airbus will debut at Sundance Film Festival.

The Canadian Prime Minister's office has said Trudeau is to speak on his economic pledges.

Worst drought on record and weak rand could trigger domino effect for South African economy.

House prices are rocketing in Newham and plunging in Kensington while overall sales volumes drop.

Chinese cybertheft of US military and trade secrets costing its economy billions of dollars and millions of jobs.

South Africa is in the grips of a severe drought that shows no sign of abating after the driest year on record.

Steve Ehrlich, an associate at Spitzberg Partners, surveys the regulatory landscape regarding blockchain.

IBTimes UK spoke to the digital identity expert about transparency as a starting point for blockchains.

Higher household budgets, increase in house prices and bigger consumer spending to boost UK economy this year.

The five-day event will see 2,500 participants from Leonardo DiCaprio to David Cameron and George Osborne.

Demand for UK properties soared in the first weeks of 2016 but prices only grew by 0.5%.

Six-figure student loan debt is driving young US graduates to leave for European safe haven.

Waitrose takes three times longer than Tesco to pay some of its vendors.

Iran coming out of decade-long economic isolation sends oil prices and Middle East stock markets tumbling.

Shares across Asia decline to their lowest levels since late 2011.

Sainsbury's had earlier bid for Home Retail's Argos division.

Setting up of AIIB a diplomatic triumph for China.

Russia's super rich nursing wounds of huge financial losses as the rouble plummets in value.

Wales claimed government surveillance raises serious privacy concerns