TOKYO: A majority of Japanese firms want top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga to become the next prime minister as many see no need to change the status quo on stimulus policy at least until the coronavirus crisis ends, a Reuters poll found. Highlighting worry about snowballing public debt ......
Microsoft said Thursday it had thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, as technology giants scrambled to protect election security less than two months ahead of the US vote.
"Fortnite" creator Epic Games said on Thursday Apple Inc has given its users an "indefinite extension" to log into the game using an Apple sign-in system.
SINGAPORE: Last year, the Singapore International Energy Week welcomed more than 13,000 delegates from more than 80 countries to its event in Singapore. This year, the number of physical attendees will number, at most, 250. The event is one of the hybrid conferences that will be piloting a new way...
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday rejected a US$2.4 billion financing plan for struggling LATAM Airlines on the grounds that a convertible loan included as part of the package would amount to "improper" treatment of other shareholders.
Bayer's Chief Executive Werner Baumann was given an extension of his contract until 2024, months after agreeing an US$11 billion settlement of US lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller.
Shares of Portland General Electric plummeted as much as 16per cent after media reported that the utility has received unconfirmed information that some fires in Oregon region may have been started by its electrical equipment.
Walt Disney Co expects to have reopened "a little over 50 per cent" of its hotels and resorts by the end of the fiscal year, according to Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy
Exercise bike maker Peloton Interactive Inc posted a 172per cent rise in quarterly revenue on Thursday, benefiting from a surge in subscribers and demand for its fitness products during the coronavirus pandemic.
Business software maker Oracle Corp beat quarterly revenue expectations on Thursday as more companies signed up for its cloud services and software to support their remote workforce amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
