China's auto sales rose 25.7% in September from a year earlier, a slower pace of growth compared to the previous two months when electric car sales grew at a faster rate because of government incentives.

Starbucks Corp said on Monday it has sent dates and locations covering 79 stores for contract bargaining sessions to Workers United, the union which represents employees of the world's largest coffee chain at about 200 cafes.

HSBC Global Private Banking said on Tuesday it had officially launched its business in the large Chinese cities of Chengdu and Hangzhou, in a push to capture a bigger share of China's wealth market.

Pakistan's central bank kept its key policy rate unchanged at 15% on Monday, days after the South Asian country's credit rating was downgraded in the face of an economic meltdown exacerbated by devastating floods.

Israeli-Russian billionaire Yuri Milner said on Monday he has renounced his Russian citizenship after leaving the country in 2014.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kanye West's Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted over the weekend, with the social media platforms saying they removed the rapper's posts after online users condemned them as anti-Semitic.