African leaders met on Sunday to launch a continental free-trade zone that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a US$3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era of development.
Financing group Greensill Capital, which is backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group and General Atlantic of the U.S., last year provided a false statement to market participants relating to bonds it had issued in 2017 on behalf of commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta.
Supported by Singapore’s expertise in the maritime industry, the port of Singapore is expected to continue to flourish, says SMU’s Joyce Low.
Jordan on Saturday (Jul 6) banned the hugely popular but brutal online game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, citing its "negative effects" on the kingdom's citizens.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sacked the governor of Turkey's central bank and replaced him with his deputy, a presidential decree said Saturday, after months of tension with the government over high interest rates.
Cruise, a U.S. self-driving vehicle company majority-owned by General Motors Co, told Reuters on Friday that a U.S. national security panel approved a US$2.25 billion investment in the firm by Japan's SoftBank Corp.
Cruise, a U.S. self-driving vehicle company majority-owned by General Motors Co, told Reuters on Friday that a U.S. national security panel approved a US$2.25 billion investment in the firm by Japan's SoftBank Corp.
Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos' divorce from his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Bezos, was finalised by a Seattle-area judge on Friday, paving the way for her to receive US$38.3 billion worth of Amazon stock, Bloomberg reported https://bloom.bg/2NBemcm.
A U.S. national security panel on Friday approved a US$2.25 billion investment by Japan's Softbank in Cruise, a self-driving vehicle firm majority owned by GM , the unit told Reuters, signaling some leeway for investors with deep ties to China.
Even as record highs this week in the major U.S. stock indexes telegraph confidence on Wall Street, caution abounds in other U.S. markets, where falling bond yields and flailing small-cap stocks indicate investors are torn about where to place bets.
