WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is ramping up pressure against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government, and energy companies with ties to it, from Russia's Rosneft to U.S.-based Chevron Corp , should "tread cautiously," a senior administration official said on Wednesday. The ...
NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq surged to fresh records on Wednesday (Feb 5) following strong US jobs data as markets continued to bet the new coronavirus will not significantly crimp global growth. The broad-based S&P 500 jumped 37.10 points (1.13 per cent) to 3,334.69, while the...
PARIS: France's Hermes said on Wednesday it would start selling make-up from March, as the brand best known for its pricey Birkin handbags branches into a competitive beauty industry where its luxury rivals include Chanel. Hermes, which already sells perfumes, will make its first foray into ...
FACED with Singapore's growing expenditures in healthcare, security and other forms of social spending, the government had announced during Budget 2018 that it plans to raise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) by two percentage points from 7 per cent to 9 per cent, sometime between 2021...
