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SINGAPORE: Parliament passed changes to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) on Monday (Nov 2), including an amendment that allows organisations to use data without consent in more cases as well as stiffer penalties for data breaches. Under the PDPA's "exceptions to the consent requirement" ...

Progressive groups and investors hope Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden can win on Tuesday and quickly end Trump administration rules that stifle their ability to pick stocks using environmental, social or governance factors, setting up a renewed fight with corporate groups that backed the ...

U.S. stock index futures bounced on Monday after Wall Street recorded its steepest weekly loss since March as investors geared up for an event-packed week starting with the U.S. presidential election.

From the beach towns of Pinellas, Florida, to the suburbs of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Wall Street will be closely watching a few dozen counties on Tuesday night for hints on who will win the U.S. presidential race.

China International Capital Corporation (CICC) has broken into the world's top two investment banks for new listings for the first time since the global financial crisis due to its role leading in fintech giant Ant Group's mega float, Dealogic figures show.

Russian government-backed social media accounts nurtured the QAnon conspiracy theory in its infancy, earlier than previously reported, according to interviews with current and former Twitter executives and archives of tweets from suspended accounts.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has promised to push his own tax proposals on "day one" if he wins the election on Tuesday - including raising the corporate tax rate to 28per cent and doubling the rate to 21per cent on overseas profits from patents, copyrights and trademarks.

Over the past four years the U.S. Federal Reserve has navigated a global trade war, absorbed verbal blows from a volatile president, and confronted a once-in-a-century pandemic.

U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" trade policy torched a 70-year consensus on trade liberalization, drew a harder line against China's state-driven economic model and erected new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, alienating allies.

Pilots at KLM, the Dutch arm of Air France-KLM , on Monday said they were willing to discuss extending a wage freeze, a demand of the Dutch government in return for state aid.