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President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to withdraw recognition of the special "developing nation" status of China and other relatively rich countries at the World Trade Organization unless changes are made to the body's rules.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he wanted Apple Inc to build its plants in the United States and expects the technology firm to announce it will build one in Texas.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp , which is being bought out by rival Occidental Petroleum Corp , reported a 10.4per cent fall in quarterly adjusted profit on Friday, hit by lower oil and gas prices.

The US government will not intervene to weaken the value of the dollar, despite persistent concerns about actions by other countries to influence their currencies, a top White House economic aide said Friday.

The project by Facebook Inc former chief security officer Alex Stamos to battle online abuses has received US$5 million from Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, the Stanford Internet Observatory said this week.

US economic growth in 2018 missed the Trump administration's 3per cent target by any measure, which could renew criticism of the White House's US$1.5 trillion in tax cuts.

WASHINGTON: T-Mobile US Inc won US antitrust approval for its US$26 billion takeover of rival Sprint Corp, the Justice Department said on Friday, clearing a major hurdle to a deal that would merge the nation's third and fourth largest wireless carriers. The companies have agreed to divest Sprint's ...

The International Monetary Fund plans to select a new leader to replace Christine Lagarde at the global crisis lender by Oct 4, the IMF board announced on Friday (Jul 26).

The London Stock Exchange Group Plc is in talks to combine with financial data analytics and trading platform Refinitiv, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people briefed on the matter.

President Donald Trump's administration faces a growing list of hurdles that could scuttle its ambitions to remove U.S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from their government lifeline.