Alibaba-backed Lazada partners with Unilever to capture Southeast Asia’s online retail growth

Southeast Asia’s dominant e-commerce player, Lazada, has joined hands with Unilever in hopes of grabbing a bigger slice of the region’s online retail market in fast-moving consumer goods that is projected to reach $25 billion by 2020. As part of the deal,...

Alexandra Lebenthal accuses Jimmy Cayne of manipulating her and of ‘unconscionable actions’

Just what, exactly, is Alexandra Lebenthal accusing Jimmy Cayne of? An otherwise extremely dry legal filing by the Wall Street scion Lebenthal on Wednesday contains two eyebrow-raising claims against former Bear Stearns CEO Cayne. Lebenthal, who Cayne is suing to...

Anti-Abortion Activists Charged in Planned Parenthood Video Case

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA March 29, 2017 California prosecutors filed felony charges on Tuesday against two anti-abortion activists who secretly recorded videos in an attempt to discredit abortion providers, saying that some of the recordings...

Asia trades mixed after Wall Street closed mostly higher, Toshiba shares down ahead of shareholder meeting

Asian shares traded mixed on Thursday morning after Wall Street closed mostly higher led by a spike in oil prices, and as investors digested the start of the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.27 percent in early trade,...