Asia stories - Page 8

Rise of second-hand smartphones disrupts market, with IDC forecasting a leap to 222.6m devices by 2020, shaking up the industry.

Google's new APAC HQ opens in Singapore, marking growth and aiming to boost regional tech careers and innovation.

Interoute, which operates one of Europe’s largest cloud services platform, has launched a virtual data center zone in Singapore.

Merrill Corporation has launched a Hong Kong data center to provide local hosting for Asia Pacific customers' sensitive data.

Telstra Ventures has invested in cloud-storage company Qiniu, whose technology enables customers to collect, store and analyse 'huge' amounts of data.

Facebook Lite debuts for Android users, offering the quintessential social experience on 2G or shaky networks with minimal data use.

Nuplex Industries, the specialty chemicals manufacturer, is exploring more investment opportunities across Asia, having shifted its businesses away fr.

New Zealand's airline lobby has opposed plans for the Wellington International Airport extension, saying the $350 million estimated cost may fall on t.

Anzco Foods, New Zealand's third-largest meat company, said profit halved in 2014, a year in which it bought out shareholder Itoham Foods' half stake.

New Zealanders see positive spin-offs coming from the nation's growing economic ties across Asia, although they have become wary of investment from th.

DB Breweries chief executive Andy Routley is forecasting cider sales in New Zealand to double in the next five years to about 12 percent the size of.

The New Zealand dollar advanced on expectations a reduction in interest rates in China may stimulate demand for New Zealand commodities in the country.

Wellington Drive Technologies, the unprofitable manufacturer of energy efficient motors, widened its annual loss as sales dropped 35 percent.

Turners and Growers reports a 1.9% decline in full-year profit to NZD $16.6 million, attributing losses to processed foods and New Zealand trading pressures.

The only cloud on Air New Zealand's horizon in coming months will be yield pressure as it faces more competition from foreign-owned airlines due to lo.

Fonterra Co-operative Group, the world's largest dairy exporter, has commissioned a new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, in the north of the.

Douglas Pharmaceuticals, New Zealand's largest developer and manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, is targeting annual revenues of $244 million.

New Zealand shares edged up as the ongoing recovery in oil prices stoked investors' demand for worldwide equity markets.

New Zealand shares fell, led by Steel & Tube Holdings, New Zealand Oil and Gas and Fletcher Building, joining a global sell off in equities in the.

The US dollar's weighting has slipped in the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's new trade-weighted index, which adds the Chinese yuan to a line-up of 17.