World Business News

Markets rose across the board on Monday as policy easing by China and expectations that Greece will secure a second bailout buoyed investor appetite for riskier assets, sending U.S. crude up nearly 2 percent and copper nearly 3 percent higher.

SINGAPORE: Oil rose to near $103 a barrel on Friday in Asia as signs of an improving US economy fueled investor optimism and a global stock market rally.

China's top search engine, Baidu Inc(BIDU.O), plans to begin monetising its mobile search traffic and social media platforms this year in an effort to boost growth outside its traditional PC domain, Baidu's chief executive said on Friday.

Business conglomerate Sahara Group on Thursday returned as the main sponsor of the world's richest cricket body, reversing its earlier decision to end all commercial ties with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).