Jeff Bezos sells Amazon stock worth $2.8 billion last week
Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos offloaded $990 million worth of shares in the company last Thursday and Friday, taking the total value of...
After shootings, tech companies pressured to pull plug on 8chan
Critics pressed Twitter and other tech companies to shun online message board 8chan on Monday, after it was used by a mass shooter to announce...
North Korea threatens to take ‘new road’, launches more missiles
North Korea fired missiles into the sea off its east coast for the fourth time in less than two weeks, the South Korean military said...
Stock losses steepen as U.S. puts yuan in crosshairs
Global stocks extended already substantial losses on Tuesday as China’s yuan currency dropped to an 11-year low after Washington designated Beijing a currency manipulator in...
Trump imposes total U.S. freeze on Venezuelan government assets
U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States on Monday, sharply escalating a diplomatic and sanctions drive...
With China a ‘manipulator,’ heightened pressure on Fed to ease
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who last week cut U.S. interest rates as an insurance policy against the effects of “simmering” trade tensions, may need...
After shootings, Trump reins in his attacks – for now
After back-to-back mass shootings in two states over the weekend spurred widespread condemnation of his rhetoric and style, President Donald Trump chose to suppress his...
Offshore yuan hits record low after U.S. brands China a currency manipulator
China’s offshore yuan hit a record low on Tuesday, fuelling fresh selling in global financial markets, after the United States branded Beijing a “currency manipulator”...
Explainer: U.S. branding of China as currency manipulator offers few new remedies
Formally declaring China a currency manipulator may scratch a long-term itch for U.S. President Donald Trump, but the move provides few new tools that have...
China to counter U.S. deployment of intermediate-range missiles in Asia
China will take countermeasures if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range missiles in Asia, a Chinese foreign ministry official said on Tuesday....