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THE way to forecast cashflow in a supply chain can be as uncertain as a coin toss, but technology solutions rolled out by Dutch bank ING from its innovation post in Singapore are showing that there is some science in this trillion-dollar market.

NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks tumbled on Monday (Dec 2) after President Donald Trump announced new tariff actions on Brazil and Argentina and US manufacturing showed further sign of weakness. Trump said he was reinstating tariffs on steel and aluminium from the South American countries due to a ...

SAN FRANCISCO: The Federal Bureau of Investigation considers any mobile app developed in Russia to be a "potential counterintelligence threat," it said on Monday, responding to a U.S. lawmaker's query about face-editing photo app FaceApp. The viral smartphone app saw a surge in popularity this ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak will take the stand to defend his conduct in the 1MDB scandal on Tuesday (Dec 3), as the first of several trials linked to the multi-billion-dollar fraud enters a crucial stage. Huge sums were stolen from sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development ......

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview to CBS on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump did not discourage him from banning political ads on the social media platform during a secret meeting in October.

A federal judge on Monday rejected Apple Inc's bid to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit by customers who said it knew and concealed how the "butterfly" keyboards on its MacBook laptop computers were prone to failure.

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday joined several Democratic senators in urging the cancellation of an auction of wireless spectrum used by U.S. law enforcement agencies because of the costs and difficulty of moving them to alternatives.

The World Trade Organization on Monday rejected European Union claims that it no longer provides subsidies to planemaker Airbus , underscoring tariffs recently imposed by the United States on European goods.

Roku Inc's high-flying stock tumbled 15per cent on Monday after Morgan Stanley downgraded the video streaming company, warning that revenue and profit growth could slow next year.

U.S. oil producers could expand daily output by 1 million barrels next year, or by as little as 100,000 barrels, with the wide gap creating huge uncertainty as OPEC officials gather this week to weigh production curbs.