FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday that Facebook’s proposed move to encrypt its popular messaging program would turn the platform into a “dream come true for predators and child pornographers.”
Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee will not seek an extension to his term as director of the board of Samsung Electronics, the Korea Economic Daily newspaper reported on Friday.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, other business groups and companies including Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google have filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court opposing President Donald Trump's effort to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were ...
BRUSSELS: President Donald Trump has hailed a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) that gives the United States the right to hit Europe with tariffs, but his new-found satisfaction with the WTO's rules-based approach is expected to prove short-lived. In the coming week, Washington will be ...
REUTERS: U.S. stock index futures retreated on Friday ahead of a crucial jobs report in a dismal week for markets roiled by bleak economic data that raised fears of the world's biggest economy sliding into a recession. The Labor Department's report, due at 8:30 a.m. ET (1230 GMT), is...
SINGAPORE: Singapore has suspended the import of fresh quail eggs from a Malaysian farm that provides 20 per cent of its total quail egg supply, after finding a drug residue on the product. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) told CNA on Friday (Oct 4) that it suspended imports from Telic...
Bernard Looney, who will replace Bob Dudley as chief executive of BP when he retires next year, faces the tricky task of navigating the energy major through a rising tide of environmentalism and the transition to a low-carbon economy.
U.S. state officials are due on Friday to launch a counterattack against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP over its attempt to shield the company and its controlling Sackler family from thousands of lawsuits accusing the company of fueling the opioid epidemic.
Astronomers get to name comets and biologists get to name species, but come up with something cool in economics and you might be memorialized with a law or a rule or a "curve."
Global stocks were slightly higher on Friday, clawing back some ground lost in their worst week for months, and safe haven assets rose ahead of a key jobs report as investors hoped this week's dismal data would trigger more U.S. interest rate cuts.
