While Hassan Rouhani was returned as Iranian president with a clear margin, he faces a tough job, as high unemployment persists and foreign relations remain volatile. Natasha Turak reports.

Introduction of VAT has put a question mark over the UAE’s status as a tax-free haven. Natasha Turak reports.

The return of manufacturing jobs to the US is part of a trend that began in 2016, says the Reshoring Initiative. Karen E Thuermer reports.

With fDi Intelligence's 2016 global greenfield investment data now released, Polish business news daily Rzeczpospolita examines how Poland bucked the trend in a year that saw European FDI decline.  

Euro rallies against the dollar as former investment banker wins landslide presidential victory in France.

Speakers at the Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting in Yokohama were keen to stress the transformative effect of technology investment. John West reports.

France and the Netherlands are among those countries to benefit from changes to India’s tax rules. N Chandra Mohan reports.

The competition between institutions to bridge Asia’s financing gap is both good news and bad. John West reports from the ADB’s annual meeting in Yokohama.

Spain’s Basque Country is taking steps to cement links with the UK, the fourth biggest market for its services

European cities still face challenges relating to logistics, says JLL report.