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At the world's biggest industry show in Las Vegas luxury jets are luring buyers with their sleek silhouettes, plush cabins - and increasingly, their use of alternative fuels.

Harley-Davidson Inc reported a 24 per cent drop in quarterly profit on Tuesday, hit by a slide in U.S. sales and higher costs from tariffs imposed by Europe on motorcycles produced at home.

Three US lawmakers active in tech issues will introduce a bill requiring social networks like Facebook to allow users to pack up their data and go elsewhere, Warner's office said in a statement on Tuesday.

After completing a credit review in a half-hour phone call, a BMO Harris Bank underwriter cleared US$12 million in loans for Ohio corn and soybean producer Greg Kruger in 2013.

Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday on growing optimism that China and the US will sign a partial trade deal next month, while the pound held firm around five-month highs as dealers bet Britain will leave the EU with a Brexit agreement.

At one of the world's showpiece tech conferences in China, jibes at the United States for its 'bully behavior' lent a Cold War tone to proceedings as trade tensions once again reared its ugly head in an event that drew a dearth of top U.S. executives.

Goldman Sachs wound back its forecast for growth in U.S. shale output in 2020, and slightly reduced its outlook for 2020 global oil demand growth.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced on Tuesday (Oct 22) fresh relief measures of HK$2 billion (US$255 million) to support the economy as protests roil the Chinese-ruled city which is bracing for its first recession in a decade. The move follows a HK$19.1 billion (US$2.4 ......

Swiss bank UBS is axing high-paying investment banking staff after a disappointing performance at the division prompted a 16per cent slide in third-quarter net profit and put the group's 2019 profit goals further out of reach.

The time may not be far off when more adults need diapers than babies as the population grows older, potentially a huge opportunity for manufacturers of incontinence products - if they can lift the stigma that has long constrained sales.