Bayer AG plans to argue that a US$2 billion jury award and thousands of U.S. lawsuits claiming its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup causes cancer should be tossed because a U.S. regulatory agency said the herbicide is not a public health risk.
Both France and Singapore are mature economies, enjoying a high per capita income but reaching the limits of growth through increases in factor inputs.
DBS has partnered Singapore-based edutech firm LittleLives to digitalise payments for one in three Singapore pre-schools.
CITI is aiming to launch its digital consumer payments business in Asia and elsewhere by the first quarter of 2020, so it can ride the wave of the region's growing flows and digital ecosystems, said a senior executive of the US bank on Thursday.
THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*Star) commercialisation arm, A*ccelerate, said there has been no collaboration with fintech group Marvelstone Group, despite an agreement signed with Marvelstone late last year.
WASHINGTON: China's US Treasury holdings fell in March to their lowest level in two years, with Beijing trimming its lending to the United States amid a protracted trade war, government data shows. However, the modest decline came before this month's sudden crack-up in negotiations aimed at ...
WASHINGTON: US housing starts increased more than expected in April and activity in the prior month was stronger than initially thought, suggesting declining mortgage rates were providing some support to the struggling housing market. Land and labour shortages, however, continue to constrain ...
NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks sprinted higher for a third straight session on Thursday (May 16) following solid economic data and good earnings from Dow members Cisco and Walmart. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 214.66 points (0.84 per cent) to 25,862.68, only about 80 points below the ...
U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday, as upbeat earnings from Cisco and Walmart overshadowed concerns over strained trade ties between the United States and China after Washington blacklisted telecom equipment giant Huawei.
Worried that current low inflation expectations will sap the U.S. central bank's ability to combat a future downturn, two Federal Reserve officials on Thursday made an unusual pitch: if inflation rises unexpectedly, the Fed should lay out the welcome mat.
