OTTAWA: Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland and Mexican officials on Tuesday (May 14) called for the United States to lift steel and aluminium tariffs in order to create "true free trade" on the continent. The US, Canada and Mexico signed a revamped North American free trade pact last ......
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission plans to vote in June on launching a new review of a key spectrum band reserved for automakers that could boost Wi-Fi use, a person briefed on the matter said on Tuesday. In 1999, the FCC reserved 75 megahertz of spectrum in the...
WASHINGTON: US farmers who are major exporters of pork and soy, are caught in the middle of President Donald Trump's trade wars. And farmers along with the industries that support them, are also key voters. So with 18 months to go before the presidential election, Trump is hoping to put...
RATINGS agency Moody's Investors Service said in a report that the proposed final Basel III rules are "credit positive for Singapore banks" as they would maintain their "very strong capital ratios".
DOES OCBC Bank need that much capital? What does it want to do with all that excess capital?
ASIA venture debt firm InnoVen Capital has secured US$200 million of additional capital commitment from shareholders Temasek and United Overseas Bank (UOB) as it steps up its pursuit of startups in the region.
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks finished solidly higher on Tuesday (May 14), bouncing from the prior session's rout amid ongoing uncertainty over the prospects for a US-China trade deal. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at 25,532.05, up 207.06 points (0.82 per cent), winning back about one ...
A U.S. labor agency has concluded that ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc's drivers were independent contractors and not its employees, which could prevent them from joining unions.
Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had hit "rock bottom" with a 45per cent drop in annual operating profit. The automaker's troubles in the United States, including a failure to deliver on a slew of promises to dealers, are a major reason why.
Oil prices rose nearly 2per cent on Tuesday after top exporter Saudi Arabia said explosive-laden drones launched by a Yemeni-armed movement aligned to Iran had attacked facilities belonging to state oil company Aramco.
