Audi and Mercedes Benz, world famous German automakers have joined to express their interest for hydrogen fuel powered cell cars. Remaining one step ahead of Mercedes, Audi has already introduced its H-tron Quattro at the North American International Auto show, held at Detroit. Industry insiders assume, Mercedes, the lavish German carmaker will introduce its first hydrogen fuel cell car at the 2017 Frankfurt Auto Show.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently revealed his ambitious project, Startup India. The Rs10,000-crore plan is meant to encourage a thriving startup culture by reducing government regulations and hurdles from the way. This government aid should prevent the young entrepreneurs from fleeing to another country with better bureaucratic policies.

India-based Tata Steel is reducing manpower by 1,050 in the UK operations. Tata Steel is among other steel producers suffering from falling steel prices and cheaper imports from China. The UK steel industry is urging European Commission to take necessary action against unfair trade imports.

China, as part of a wider drive into progressive industries to boost its GDP growth, plans to combine over 40 entities to work on the giant $22 billion plane-engine project. Under the plan, the government of China along with companies like Aviation Industry Corp. would invest 35 billion yuan.

The child labor reported is taking place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in cobalt mines. The estimation says that about 40,000 children are working for the mines. Companies listed in the report gave various responses following the accusations.

Chevron said that its subsidiaries in Australia have entered into a non-binding Heads of Agreement with ENN LNG Trading Co. Ltd to sell liquefied natural gas to China. The delivery of LNG will be commenced in the first six-month of 2019, according to the company.

As its international subscription soared, Netflix plan to collect more revenues. CEO Reed Hastings on Tuesday announce to increase its U.S. subscription fee.

World’s oldest man Yasutaro Koide died Tuesday at the age of 112 in Japan. World's oldest man died Tuesday at 112 in a hospital in Nagoya central Japan.

British Prime Minister pledged £20 million to fund English classes for Muslim women migrants in hopes to solve extremism.

Time Warner Cable raises its cable and internet rates in New York after its $55 billion merger with Charter Communications got approved.

Gold supplies peaked at 3,155 tonnes in 2015, while global gold production is expected to fall 3 percent in 2016, which means prices could increase this year.

Apple has been aggressively getting into the infosec industry and TechCrunch gives its top 16 security advancement options to look forward to in 2016.

Malaysia’s Petronas will cut $11.4 billion from its capital and operating expenditure for the next four years as rout in oil prices continues, sending Brent crude price to $28 per barrel.

Japan gave the go signal for the 2012 clean energy projects that could produce up to 85,550 megawatts of renewable power, the bulk of which is from solar energy.

Wearable IoT (Internet of Things) World launched Monday its Hong Kong operation after receiving $4.5 million worth of funding from China-based investor Radiant Venture Capital.

South Korea’s Ministry of Environment will file criminal charges against Volkswagen AG’s Korean office head, citing that the car makers proposed plan falls short from the country’s legal requirements.

Mitsubishi Research Institute and UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities plans to raise 50 billion yen to revive struggling Japanese megasolar power plants.

China grew 6.9 percent in 2015 indicating the slowest growth rate in 25 years. The growth rate was 6.8 for the fourth quarter of 2015. The world's second largest country recorded 7.3 percent growth rate in 2014. Investors are cautious about the impact of slowdown in China's economy. IMF forecasts China's economy growth rate at 6.3 percent in 2016 and six percent in 2017. Chinese government has set a target of seven percent growth for 2016.

Local carpooling app Ryde, which started in September 2014, has announced plans to expand to Hong Kong. Ryde app helps cut road congestion, pollution, and commuting cost.

Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to launch its third and final Lumia handset on 1 February in the form of the cheap and cheerful Lumia 650.

Despite the spreading rumors that speculate new Apple Watch model would be introduced on March, an Apple-watcher wrote why it's unlikely that the model would arrive that soon. But it stays likely that Apple will have a major event on March, although not related to the new Apple Watch.

Saudi Arabia oil minister Ali al-Naimi said that stability in the oil market will be attained only through the cooperation amid major manufacturers and this would take time. Ali al-Naimi added that although the worldwide oil market has been experiencing an instability for over 12 months, he is hopeful regarding the return and future of the oil market.

The Hyundai Elantra 2017 has been priced starting at $17,985, which is near $100 lesser than its previous model. The Elantra 2017 has the most advanced packages including Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

WhatsApp ditched its $1 annual subscription fee and instead will look for other means of income to pay the service to contact consumers.

With the lifting of international sanctions from Tehran, India would be able to recommence its unobstructed oil import from the Persian Gulf country. Iran is anticipated to boost its oil export of 1.1 million barrels per day by 500,000, according to the Indian Oil Cooperation.

China is set to report its weakest full-year growth figure in 25 years. The official GDP data will be published by China’s National Bereau of Statistics on Tuesday.

Chipotle has been reported to embattle with the series of epidemic outbreaks and adopt new food safety measures. The restaurant giant is facing a subpoena investigating a norovirus outbreak at one of its restaurants in California. Both share price and restaurant sales have been reduced following the epidemic outbreaks. To regain the customers back, the chain has adopted certain marketing policies including offering more food free to the customers.

Microsoft is probably going to bury the business with Lumia handsets and going to introduce the last smart phone by February, the Lumia 650. The Lumia 750 and 850 are still in line, but the tech giant intends to concentrate on surface phone. Burying the “Lumia” name, most likely means Microsoft has something else in mind for the near future.

Trader Joe’s recalled all its Raw Cashew Pieces in stores in 30 states on fears of one group may have Salmonella contamination.

France is now under “a state of economic and social emergency”. To keep up with the world's economy, French President Francois Hollande also unveiled a 1-billion-euro budget.