Oil up on weaker dollar, supply glut caps gain Oil prices rose for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday boosted by a weaker dollar and investors covering short positions, but worries over persistent oversupply capped gains. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, had gained 25 cents […]
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Apple CEO touts India impact in push for deeper market access Apple CEO Tim Cook on Sunday highlighted the economic impact the company is having on India in a meeting with its prime minister as the iPhone maker seeks deeper access to the world’s third-largest smartphone market behind the United […]
Charter, Comcast explore wireless partnership with Sprint U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp is in talks with Charter Communications Inc and Comcast Corp about a partnership to boost the two U.S. cable companies’ wireless offerings, according to sources familiar with the matter. Sprint, controlled by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp, has entered […]
Stocks, dollar ease ahead of slew of central bank speeches Commodity-related shares rebounded on the back of firmer oil and metals prices, helping to limit losses in other sectors, while the dollar eased in anticipation of a possible hint from the Federal Reserve on the timing of an expected rate […]
EU antitrust regulators hit Google with record 2.42 billion euro fine EU antitrust regulators slapped a record 2.42-billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine on Alphabet unit Google on Tuesday by illegally favoring its shopping service. The European Commission said the world’s most popular internet search engine has 90 days to end its […]
New U.S. ambassador to China says North Korea a top priority The new U.S. ambassador to China has said that stopping the threat posed by North Korea will be a top priority, along with resolving the U.S.-China trade imbalance, according to a video message to the Chinese people released on […]
U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to press Modi on trade, investment U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to press Modi on trade, investment:- Leading U.S. congressmen have called on President Donald Trump to press Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove barriers to U.S. trade and investment when they meet for the first […]
California father buries wrong man after coroner mistake Eleven days after laying his son to rest, Frank J. Kerrigan got a call from a friend. “Your son is alive,” he said. “Bill (Shinker) put my son on the phone,” Kerrigan said. “He said ‘Hi Dad.’ “ Orange County coroner’s officials […]
BlackBerry misses sales forecasts, shares tumble BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO) (BBRY.O) posted quarterly revenue that missed analysts’ forecasts due to an unexpected sales decline, pushing shares down as much as 13 percent, which would be their biggest one-day drop in more than two years. The company reported that software and professional […]
Facebook launches UK initiative to counter online extremist material Facebook Inc is launching a UK program to train and fund local organizations to combat extremist material online, as internet companies attempt to clamp down on hate speech and violent content on their services. Facebook, which outlined new efforts to remove […]
