SYDNEY (Reuters) - PwC Australia on Wednesday said it would cut an additional 329 jobs, part of a major restructuring that follows a national scandal in which a former partner leaked government tax plans. The headcount reduction is equivalent to about 5% of staff and up to 37 partners will be accelerating their retirement over the next nine months. This...

TOKYO, March 13 (Reuters) - Japan's Space One's small, solid-fuelled Kairos rocket exploded shortly after launch on its inaugural trip on Wednesday as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to put a satellite in orbit. The an 18 metre (59 ft), four-stage solid-fuel rocket exploded seconds after lifting off just after 11:01 a.m. (0201 GMT), leaving behind...

SAO PAULO, March 12 (Reuters) - Bayer rejected on Tuesday a claim by a Brazilian farmers' lobby group that the country's top court had ordered the diversified German company to return about $2 billion in royalties to soybean farmers. The case, which is related to a law dispute in Brazil about extensions of patents for more than 20 years, is...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD on Wednesday launched a new version of e2 EV hatchback with a lower starting price than its predecessor. The model now starts at 89,800 yuan ($12,507), 12.7% lower than the previous version, Reuters calculations showed. ($1 = 7.1800 Chinese yuan) ...