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Investment flows into U.S. equity funds jumped to a five-week high in the week ended March 17, buoyed by optimism over a massive stimulus package and on expectations that the Federal Reserve's monetary policy stance would remain dovish.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating if Visa Inc is engaging in anticompetitive practices in the debit-card market, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

SINGAPORE: All batches of Sunflower Brand Peanut Powder have been recalled in Singapore after excessive levels of aflatoxins were found in the product. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Friday (Mar 19) directed manufacturer Yiak Say Hang Food Industries to issue the recall. The product was ...

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has directed several importers to recall eggs from Linggi Agriculture in Malaysia, after detecting the presence of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in the product. This is the second time in a week that SFA has recalled eggs from a Malaysian farm due to ......

Big U.S. banks will have to resume holding an extra layer of loss-absorbing capital against U.S. Treasuries and central bank deposits from next month after the Federal Reserve said it would not extend a temporary waiver that had exempted those assets from a key bank leverage rule.

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The supply chain hiccups that dented Nike Inc's third quarter sales are mostly behind them, analysts said on Friday, after executives said the sporting goods giant had adjusted inventories and other areas to avoid a recurrence.

Volkswagen luxury unit Porsche AG is open to the idea of a potential stock market listing, with finance chief Lutz Meschke saying the advantages of such a move had been laid out.

Brazil planemaker Embraer on Friday reported its best quarter so far during the COVID-19 pandemic, narrowing losses to just US$3 million while delivering more jets in the period than in the first nine months of the year combined.

U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday following a steep pullback in the prior session as bond yields withdrew from 14-month peaks and oil prices retraced some losses.