Data was worse than expected by all 39 economists surveyed Production of capital goods plunges 8.2% as investment falters Brazil’s 2015 industrial output contracted the most in at least ...

A new estimate for the global mobile payments market has high hopes for the mobile payments ecosystem. And it comes with a $650 billion figure. A new report from global market research firm TrendForce ...

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in January for the fourth consecutive month, while the overall economy grew for the 80th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives ...

Smartphone sales in India also reached the 100-million mark by December 2015-end. Mobile phone production in India has reached 100 million with leading companies setting up their manufacturing base ...

Headline PMI hit 52.9 in January on the back of a rise in domestic orders British factories enjoyed a pick-up in activity last month but the flagging global economy took its toll on exporters and the ...

Dreamliner deal provides lift for struggling firm two weeks before annual results Rolls-Royce has won a significant boost after budget airline Norwegian agreed a $2.7bn (£1.9bn) deal to buy engines ...

South Korea’s exports, the main driver of the national economy, suffered their sharpest drop in more than six years in January, extending what is now a 13-month losing streak. Government data ...

"GE is breaking up with compact fluorescent lamps" is how General Electric broke the news in a Monday release on its latest development: It will phase out compact fluorescent lights, or CFLs, ...

Growth in German manufacturing eased to a three-month low in January as weaker demand from abroad weighed on new orders, a survey showed on Monday, suggesting Europe's largest economy got off to a sluggish ...

Nokia may no longer be a major player in the mobile phone industry but the hard work it put in over the years to build out its patent portfolio continues to pay dividends. The Finnish technology company ...