SAN FRANCISCO: US securities regulators shot down attempts by Amazon.com to stop its investors from considering two shareholder proposals about the company's controversial sale of a facial recognition service, a sign of growing scrutiny of the technology. Decisions including one on Wednesday (Apr ...
NEW YORK: Bitcoin's trading volume dropped to a two-year low in March, digital currency trading tool provider TradeBlock said in a report on Thursday, as investors remained spooked by increased regulatory scrutiny. Bitcoin volume in the top five digital currency exchanges totalled US$2.14 billion ...
SEOUL: LG Electronics's operating profit likely fell by a smaller-than-expected 19 per cent in the first quarter, even as losses in its mobile business and rising competition in the television segment pushed its revenue down to below consensus. Shares of the South Korean firm trimmed earlier gains ...
A new feature, called Venues, uses pictures and words to guide commuters from where they are to the pick-up point they had indicated on the map.
The US$35 billion (S$47.41 billion) divorce settlement sees Bezos retaining voting control of his entire US$143 billion (S$193.67 billion) stake in the company.
Oil prices fell on Friday, with Brent slipping away from the US$70 mark after briefly rising above that level in the previous session, as traders fretted about progress in U.S.-China talks to end a trade war.
Fitch Ratings said on Friday the impact on the airline industry in Asia from the grounding of Boeing 737 Max jets has been muted so far but may worsen in the second quarter of 2019.
Asian share markets consolidated weekly gains on Friday as Sino-U.S. talks dragged on with no concrete conclusions, while caution ahead of U.S. payrolls and a holiday in China and Hong Kong dampened volatility.
Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA expects its crucial crude upgraders to operate well below capacity this month, according to industry sources and documents seen by Reuters, as U.S. sanctions and energy blackouts hit the OPEC nation's oil industry.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday (Apr 4) a trade deal with China was getting very close and could be announced in about four weeks, but warned it would be difficult to let China keep trading with the United States if remaining issues were not resolved. Speaking to...
