[{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"131","ar_id":"2003830991","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-29","ar_head":"Honda sets sights on half of global motorcycle market","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Honda Motor Co is looking to capture half of the world\u2019s market for motorcycles as industry-wide sales of two-wheelers, both gasoline and electric, are tipped to reach 60 million units annually by 2030.Honda\u2019s global motorcycle sales are forecast to reach 20.2 million for the fiscal year ending Marc","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/29\/2003830991","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830991","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"A man walks past the Honda logo during the launch of its new Activa-e and QC1 electric scooters in Bengaluru on Nov. 27 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/29","ph_fname":"p06-250129-332.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/29\/p06-250129-332.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/29\/thumbs\/p06-250129-332.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"82","ar_id":"2003830992","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-29","ar_head":"SAP cloud growth tops sales estimates in AI pivot","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"SAP SE reported fourth-quarter cloud sales that slightly beat analysts\u2019 expectations, as Europe\u2019s biggest technology company won customers with new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The company also named a suite of new executives and said it plans to simplify its strategy.Cloud revenue in ","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/29\/2003830992","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830992","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"The logo of German software group SAP is pictured at its headquarters in Regensdorf, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2021.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/29","ph_fname":"p06-250129-331.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/29\/p06-250129-331.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/29\/thumbs\/p06-250129-331.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"85","ar_id":"2003830993","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-29","ar_head":"German industry lobby expects GDP to drop 0.1%","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Germany\u2019s industry lobby expects Europe\u2019s biggest economy to shrink for a third straight year this, with GDP contracting 0.1 percent year-on-year.At the same time, the eurozone economy will grow by 1.1 percent and the global economy 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denting its reputation as the \u201cDetroit of Asia,\u201d as demand was squeezed by stricter bank-loan approvals and high household debt.Domestic sales fell 26 percent to 572,675 units last year, a figure not seen since 2010, S","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/29\/2003830994","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830994","ph_attr":"Photo: EPA-EFE","ph_cap":"Cameramen film the new BMW X3, left, and M5 at the 41st Thailand International Motor Expo in Bangkok on Nov. 28 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/29","ph_fname":"p06-250129-335.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/29\/p06-250129-335.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/29\/thumbs\/p06-250129-335.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"49","ar_id":"2003830995","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-29","ar_head":"Spring in their step","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Models present creations for Chanel during the Women\u2019s Haute Couture Spring\/Summer 2025 Fashion Week at the Grand Palais in Paris 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yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P05-250128-322.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P05-250128-322.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P05-250128-322.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"SLOWDOWN: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"390","ar_id":"2003830936","ar_sbhdbody":"The slide in factory activity was partly due to the approach of the Lunar New Year holiday and is likely to pick up again afterward, experts said","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"China\u2019s factory activity contracts, first in 4 months","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Manufacturing slowed in China this month for the first time in four months as workers began leaving assembly lines to travel to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year holiday.The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics said its purchasing managers index (PMI), based on a survey of factory managers, sl","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830936","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830936","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"A worker assembles a tractor on the factory floor of a tractor manufacturer in Qingzhou, China, yesterday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P05-250128-323.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P05-250128-323.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P05-250128-323.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"DATA RIGHTS: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"395","ar_id":"2003830937","ar_sbhdbody":"The 135-page case filing, which is not public, but was reviewed by Reuters, argues OpenAI\u2019s conduct constitutes a danger to the valuable copyrights","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"OpenAI to face Indian copyright battle: report","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Digital news units of Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, and other outlets including the Indian Express and the Hindustan Times, are joining proceedings against OpenAI for improperly using copyright content, legal papers show.The Indian media outlets, including Adani\u2019s NDTV and 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week, down NT$0.94 from its previous prediction.The New Taiwan dollar rose along with the Japanese yen and other A","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830939","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830939","ph_attr":"Photo: CNA","ph_cap":"New Taiwan dollar and US dollar banknotes are displayed in Taipei on Dec. 15, 2020.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P05-250128-601.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P05-250128-601.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P05-250128-601.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Crystal Hsu","ar_views":"84","ar_id":"2003830940","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"Central bank directors have backed rate hold","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"All of the Taiwanese central bank\u2019s board members last month agreed on a rate hold despite healthy GDP growth, as unease linked to US President Donald Trump\u2019s potential trade policy builds, meriting a wait-and-see approach, the minutes of last month\u2019s board meeting showed on Friday.A rate hold would","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830940","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830940","ph_attr":"Photo: Ann Wang, REUTERS","ph_cap":"The central bank\u2019s logo is pictured on the door of the bank in Taipei on Dec. 14, 2022.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P06-250128-337.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P06-250128-337.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P06-250128-337.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"95","ar_id":"2003830941","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"Colombia investors brace for peso dip on Trump tariffs","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Colombian traders were bracing for a volatile session yesterday after a dispute with the US over deported migrants triggered a brief threat of tariffs from US President Donald Trump.The South American nation reversed its decision to reject the return of the migrants after Trump announced an emergenc","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830941","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830941","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"People walk at Plaza Bolivar in Bogota, Columbia, on Sunday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P05-250128-325.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P05-250128-325.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P05-250128-325.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"PROPERTY WOES:","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"90","ar_id":"2003830942","ar_sbhdbody":"As chairman, Yu Liang had dominated Vanke\u2019s diversification into non-traditional businesses, including rental apartments and logistics","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"China Vanke chairman, CEO resign","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"China Vanke Co (\u842c\u79d1) chairman and chief executive officer would both resign in an abrupt move after the embattled developer warned of a record 45 billion yuan (US$6.2 billion) loss for last year.Chairman Yu Liang (\u90c1\u4eae) applied to resign due to \u201cwork adjustment reasons,\u201d but would remain as a director ","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830942","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830942","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"The logo of China Vanke Co is pictured at a construction site in Shanghai on March 21, 2017.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P06-250128-328.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P06-250128-328.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P06-250128-328.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"241","ar_id":"2003830943","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"Earnings are make or break for Europe\u2019s rally","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"As European stocks stumble from an all-time peak, the stakes are high for corporate earnings from a slate of industry bellwethers including ASML Holding NV this week to revive the rally.Firms comprising about 21 percent of the Stoxx Europe 600 Index\u2019s market capitalization are scheduled to report in","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830943","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830943","ph_attr":"Photo: Bloomberg","ph_cap":"Signage at the ASML Holding NV booth during the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. The event runs through Nov. 10.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P06-250128-331new.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P06-250128-331new.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P06-250128-331new.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"204","ar_id":"2003830944","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"Russian researchers warn of bankruptcy wave","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"Russia could face a wave of corporate bankruptcies this year as the share of enterprises with risky levels of debt in total corporate revenue doubled last year, a leading think tank advising the government said in a research note.The warning emphasizes the scale of high inflation and slowing growth,","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830944","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830944","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"Tourists take pictures in the snowless Zaryadye Park in Moscow on Friday.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P06-250128-330.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P06-250128-330.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P06-250128-330.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"\u2018PESSIMISTIC\u2019: ","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"67","ar_id":"2003830945","ar_sbhdbody":"Germany, which has just endured a second straight year of contraction, is weighed down primarily by its struggling manufacturing sector","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"German business expectations slide ahead of election","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"German companies unexpectedly became more pessimistic at the start of the year, adding to doubts before a snap general election taking place next month that the country can quickly return to growth.An expectations index by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research fell to 84.2 this month from 84.4 the","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830945","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830945","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Election billboards of Germany\u2019s Free Democratic Party featuring its leader and candidate Christian Lindner, left, Germany\u2019s Social Democratic Party featuring German Chancellor and candidate Olaf Scholz, center, and Germany\u2019s conservative Christian Democratic Union Party featuring its leader and candidate Friedrich Merz are pictured in Luenen, Germany, on Jan. 13.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P06-250128-329.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P06-250128-329.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P06-250128-329.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"85","ar_id":"2003830946","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"New Zealand has eased visa rules for \u2018digital nomads\u2019","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"New Zealand has relaxed its visa rules to allow foreign visitors to work remotely while in the nation as it leans on tourism to help drive an economic recovery.The government would target highly skilled people, particularly information technology workers from Southeast Asia and the US, New Zealand M","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830946","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830946","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"The New Zealand flag is pictured from the team boat during the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Paris on July 26 last year.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P06-250128-340.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P06-250128-340.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P06-250128-340.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"63","ar_id":"2003830947","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"Spring flower","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"A customer shops for flowers at Neihu Flower Market in Taipei yesterday, ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Snake which falls tomorrow this year.","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830947","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830947","ph_attr":"Photo: I-Hwa Cheng, AFP","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P05-250128-327.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P05-250128-327.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P05-250128-327.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"102","ar_id":"2003830948","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Business","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-28","ar_head":"Year of the Snake","dp_urlname":"biz","ar_desc":"People walk past snake decorations for the Lunar New Year in Shanghai yesterday. The Lunar New Year holiday began yesterday and runs through Tuesday next week.","ar_url":"News\/biz\/archives\/2025\/01\/28\/2003830948","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830948","ph_attr":"Photo: EPA-EFE","ph_cap":"","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/28","ph_fname":"P06-250128-345.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/P06-250128-345.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/28\/thumbs\/P06-250128-345.jpg"}}]