Malaysia's palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation (SDP) said on Thursday (Jul 15) it had dissolved its human rights commission, after the resignation of two of the three experts on the panel that the company had set up to help lift a US import ban.
A U.S. appeals court in Washington on Thursday dismissed the Justice Department's legal challenges to court rulings that barred a Trump-era effort to ban new downloads of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok.
An 18-year-old physics student whose father heads an investment management firm is set to take the place of a person who put up US$28 million in an auction to take part in the inaugural space tourism flight for billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company.
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell faced sharp questions about inflation and banking regulation in a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday (Jul 14), issues likely to be at the forefront in his possible renomination to the top Fed post.
Bishijie, a Chinese cryptocurrency community and information provider, on Thursday ceased operation of its app and website in mainland China, saying it violated central bank regulations.
Toronto-Dominion Bank is having an unexpected technical issue in its U.S. operations affecting both customers and employees, the Canadian lender said on Twitter on Thursday.
SINGAPORE: New private home sales in Singapore declined for a third consecutive month in June, with analysts attributing the drop to a lack of project launches and stricter COVID-19 measures in the first half of the month during Phase 2 (Heightened Alert). According to data released by the Urban...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday said he had not made up his own mind on the merits or demerits of a central bank digital currency, but he would want authorization from Congress before taking any action to create one.
An Israeli group sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday, shedding light on the growing business of finding and selling tools to hack widely used software.
Output at U.S. factories unexpectedly fell in June as motor vehicle production dropped amid an unrelenting global semiconductor shortage.
