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Asia: Markets mixed as traders track tariff talks
[ad_1] [HONG KONG] Asian markets were mixed in holiday-thinned trade on Friday (Apr 18) as investors keep tabs on countries’ tariff talks with the White House, while Donald Trump’s remarks...
Adani to sell Australian terminal to his port firm in stock deal
[ad_1] More than 30 million tonnes of thermal and metallurgical coal are exported annually through the terminalPublished Fri, Apr 18, 2025 · 10:48 AM[MUMBAI] Billionaire Gautam Adani will transfer ownership...
Trump signals tit-for-tat China tariffs may be near end; TikTok deal on ice
[ad_1] [WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Apr 17) signalled a potential end to the tit-for-tat tariff hikes between the US and China that shocked markets, and that a...
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan flattens leadership structure, names new AI chief: memo
[ad_1] [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, is flattening the semiconductor giant’s leadership team, with important chip groups reporting directly to him, according to a memo from Tan seen...
Nvidia CEO visits Beijing after US bars chip sales to China
[ad_1] [HONG KONG] Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang arrived in Beijing on Thursday (Apr 17), shortly after the Trump administration barred the company from selling H20 artificial intelligence (AI)...
Congressmen sound alarm over data privacy following 23andMe bankruptcy
[ad_1] Three congressmen from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are raising concerns over data privacy weeks after the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy, putting millions of...
Google held a monopoly in online ad tech, U.S. judge finds
[ad_1] In another major legal blow to Google, a federal judge on Thursday ruled that the search giant held an illegal monopoly over some advertising technology.Judge Leonie Brinkema of the...
US dollar benefits from selling exhaustion, ECB cuts rates
[ad_1] [NEW YORK] THE US dollar rallied on Thursday (Apr 17) after its recent weakness across peer currencies appeared exhausted for the time being, while the euro weakened slightly after...
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher; UnitedHealth weighs on Dow
[ad_1] Published Thu, Apr 17, 2025 · 09:44 PM[NEW YORK] The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Thursday (Apr 17), with focus on US-Japan tariff talks, while a...
ECB cuts rates again to help economy weather erratic US trade policy
[ad_1] [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time in a year on Thursday (Apr 17), looking to prop up an already struggling eurozone economy that...
OCBC Centre is ‘anchor’ for the bank; no plans to sell heritage site: board chairman
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] OCBC has no plans to sell its properties in Singapore’s central business district – and this includes the OCBC Centre, which has heritage value for the lender, said...
Singapore shares settle higher on Thursday; STI extends rally, up 1.6%
[ad_1] The benchmark index’s gains mirror major regional indices, such as the Kospi, which rose 0.9%[SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Index (STI) continued to rally on Thursday (Apr 17), tracking regional...