SAN FRANCISCO: Apple chief Tim Cook saw his annual pay decline to US$11.6 million in 2019 after the company registered a weaker financial performance compared with the previous year, according to documents filed on Friday (Jan 3). Cook, who took home US$15.7 million in 2018, is paid a base salary...
BASRA, Iraq: US citizens working for foreign oil companies in the southern Iraqi city of Basra were leaving the country on Friday, the oil ministry said, after a U.S. air strike killed a top Iranian commander in Iraq. Hours after the killing of Iranian Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani and...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday challenged police body camera maker Axon Enterprise Inc's completed acquisition of rival Vievu, saying it allowed the company to impose substantial price increases.
Nissan's business challenges are no laughing matter, says the Financial Times' Leo Lewis.
AMID the liberalisation of Singapore's banking sector with digital-only entrants, the incumbents "at best" face significant competition for 3 to 5 per cent of their asset base, according to a report by Jefferies on Friday.
SINGAPORE'S mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity totalled US$35.3 billion last year, up 125.6 per cent from 2018, deal intelligence service Mergermarket said in a report on Friday.
Wall Street's major indexes fell from record highs on Friday after a U.S. air strike in Iraq ratcheted up tensions in the Middle East and a bigger-than-expected contraction in the U.S. manufacturing sector raised concerns of slowing economic growth.
A Turkish court ruled on Friday to formally arrest five suspects who were detained as part of an investigation into ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn's transit through Turkey after fleeing Japan, state-owned Anadolu news agency reported.
Tesla Inc's short sellers have suffered US$3 billion in losses since the end of 2018, including a US$500 million hit on Friday after the electric carmaker's quarterly deliveries beat investors' expectations and drove its stock to a record high.
A Chinese-Russian resolution aimed at easing international sanctions on North Korea is a "timely" step in the "right direction," China's UN ambassador Zhang Jun said Friday.





















