Qantas Airways is preparing for international travel with countries with high vaccine rates to resume in December, sending shares higher, as it reported a narrower annual loss of $1.26 billion.

World Business Watch: Qantas aims for international travel from December as loss narrows

British car output fell to its lowest July level since 1956 as a global shortage of semi-conductor chips and staff having to self-isolate due to COVID-19 hit the sector.

World Business Watch: British car output fell to lowest July level since 1956

The world economy is facing a supply chain problem that is more severe in countries like the UK where the surging delta variant has disturbed logistics.

World Business Watch: The world economy’s supply chain problem keeps getting worse

The US government said it would work with industry to hammer out new guidelines to improve the security of the technology supply chain, as President Joe Biden appealed to private sector executives to "raise the bar on cybersecurity."

World Business Watch: US to work with Big Tech, finance sector on new cybersecurity guidelines

US officials have approved license applications worth hundreds of millions of dollars for China's blacklisted telecom company Huawei to buy chips for its growing auto component business.

World Business Watch: US approves licenses for Huawei to buy auto chips

Goldman Sachs told employees that from Tuesday anyone entering its offices in the United States must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

World Business Watch: Goldman Sachs to mandate COVID vaccine for staff, visitors at US offices

South Korea may ban Google and Apple from requiring software developers to use their payment systems. It will be the first such curbs on the tech companies by a major economy.

World Business Watch: South Korea set to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined Maruti Suzuki, the country's biggest carmaker, $27 million for anti-competitive practices related to how it forced dealers to discount cars.

World Business Watch: CCI fines Maruti Suzuki $27 million over dealer discount policy

Oil prices rose more than 5% on Monday, as a weaker dollar and strong global equities markets boosted crude futures after seven sessions of declines.

World Business Watch: Oil jumps 5% after 7 days of losses, boosted by weaker dollar

Indian business activity has stayed above the pre-pandemic level for a second straight week rising to 100.8 for the week ended August 22. The index was at 100.1 in the preceding week.

World Business Watch: Indian business activity at pre-pandemic levels for second week in a row

Highlighting the increasingly heavy toll a recent wave of COVID-19 infections is taking on Japan's economy. The country's factory activity growth slowed in August, while that of the services sector shrank at the fastest pace since May last year.

World Business Watch: Japan's private-sector activity hit by COVID-19 surge

Taiwan's government said that global supply and demand for auto chips should reach a "balance" by the fourth quarter of 2021. Democratic US senators from Michigan and Ohio this week asked the Taiwanese government to help address the shortage, given that the island is a major semiconductor producer.

World Business Watch: Taiwan sees 'balance' in auto chip supplies by Q4

Global dividends are forecast to rise to $1.39 trillion this year, up slightly from a previous estimate to reflect a stronger than expected recovery in the company payouts. Its latest estimate, up 2.2 percentage points from an earlier one, is just 3% below the pre-pandemic peak.

World Business Watch: Global dividends to near pre-pandemic levels in 2021

Airbnb said its current-quarter bookings could be hit by the delta variant of the coronavirus and a slowing pace of vaccination in the united states. The news sends its shares down more than 4 percent.

World Business Watch: Airbnb warns of Coronavirus' Delta variant impact on bookings

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, convicted of bribery and embezzlement, was released on parole. With hopes high at the tech giant that he will also soon be allowed to work as big investment decisions await him.

World Business Watch: Samsung leader Jay Y Lee releases from jail on parole

The European Commission proposed to update the European Union's anti-money laundering regulations and strengthen control over the movement of crypto assets.

World Business Watch: Cryptoasset transfers to be difficult in European Union

Japan's exports jumped in June led by United States demand for cars and China-bound shipments of chip-making equipment, supporting hopes for an export-led recovery in the world's third-largest economy.

World Business Watch: Japan's exports jump on solid United States and China demand

Taiwan’s export orders grew by more than expected in June and the government said the outlook for the island’s tech goods remains strong on demand for high-end chips.

World Business Watch: Taiwan export orders expand for 16th month

With an aim to give a boost to economy at a time when countries facing economic distress due to second COVID wave, Finance Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the sleeve of relief measures.

World Business Watch: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces relief measures

After hitting their highest level since 2018 earlier in this session yesterday oil prices have come down by two percent today to one week low.

World Business Watch: Crude oil falls nearly 2% ahead of OPEC+ talks

Workers' filings for unemployed benefits again plummeted to a fresh pandemic low. The Labor Department said on Thursday that initial unemployment claims for regular state programs, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 406,000 from 444,000 last week.

World Business Watch: US weekly jobless claims drop to new pandemic low, economy recovery gains speed

In this segment of 'World Business Watch', WION exclusively talks to Punit Renjen, Global CEO of Deloitte Company, about the COVID-19 impact and India's future in the aftermath of the pandemic.

World Business Watch | WION Exclusively speaks to Punit Renjen, Deloitte Global CEO

HSBC announced that it would sell parts of its business and shut down others in the US. The mass market withdrawing is from retail banking, a long-awaited move as the lender moves forward with a focus on its largest market, Asia.

World Business Watch: Europe's biggest bank HSBC shrinks its presence in US

Ford expects 40% of its global sales to be battery-electric vehicles by 2030 as it spends billions to develop them. The automaker said in a presentation to investors on Wednesday that it would add about $8 billion to its EV development spending by 2025 from this year.

World Business Watch: US automaker Ford increases investment in electrification of cars

Now, the trouble mounted for Facebook-owned instant messaging application WhatsApp in South America now. Colombia's top consumer protection watchdog on Wednesday ordered messaging application WhatsApp to take measures to protect users' personal data, saying it violated more than half of the rules governing such information.

World Business Watch: Colombia orders WhatsApp to comply with data protection

As vehicle manufacturers come under scrutiny of how they handle the information collected by vehicle cameras and sensors, American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla said on Tuesday that it has set up a site in China to store car data locally.

World Business Watch | Tesla: Data generated from car sales in China, will only be kept locally

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