Oracle to hire 2,000 workers to expand cloud business to more countries
Seeking to better compete with bigger rivals Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Corp, the move will also help transition Oracle's business software for finance, sales and other functions to new systems over the next year.
Gold edges lower as dollar strengthens ahead of trade talks
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan inched up 0.13% and the U.S. dollar against a basket of currencies firmed around 98.98.
Asian shares inch up in cautious mood over trade, lira stumbles
U.S. and Chinese deputy trade negotiators on Monday launched two days of talks aimed at paving the way later this week for the first minister-level negotiations in months.
Dollar steadies as markets hit holding pattern, eyeing US-China trade talks
The greenback had gained overnight as risk aversion, and low expectations for a breakthrough trade deal, drove trade-exposed currencies such as the Australian and New Zealand dollars, the Chinese yuan and Korean won lower.
Brain-controlled exoskeleton helps paralysed man walk again!
A man paralysed from the shoulders down has been able to walk using a pioneering four-limb robotic system, or exoskeleton, that is commanded and controlled by signals from his brain.
Oil prices slip again amid gathering gloom over global economy
Brent crude futures edged down 24 cents to $58.13 a barrel by 0147 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was at $52.69, down 12 cents.
Gold rises ahead of US-China trade negotiations
Spot gold was up 0.3% to $1,508.23 per ounce as of 0101 GMT. Prices had edged 0.5% higher in the previous week on fears of global economic slowdown.
Asian shares buoyed by US jobs, trade talks in focus
The focus will shift to the next round of U.S.-China trade negotiations expected in Washington on Oct. 10-11 to see if the two sides can end a bruising year-long trade war that has hurt global growth and raised the risk of re
Will use every possible way to export oil: Iran
Iran’s crude oil exports were cut by more than 80% when the United States re-imposed sanctions
Hong Kong metro system partially reopens as city braces for further protests
The operator's closure on Saturday had largely paralysed most of the city with its network typically carrying about 5 million passengers a day.
North Korea breaks off nuclear talks with US in Sweden
"The negotiations have not fulfilled our expectation and finally broke off," Kim told reporters outside the North Korean embassy, speaking through an interpreter.
US President Trump suspends entry of immigrants who cannot pay for healthcare
The document listed the types of insurance considered approved, such as employer-sponsored plans and the Medicare program for the elderly.
EXPLAINED: Deadly civil unrest — what is happening in Iraq?
There is no mention so far of reshuffles or resignations. Parties that agreed to bring Abdul Mahdi to power, and which control the weak premier, are likely to want to keep him there.
US trade deficit rises 1.6 per cent in August
The import bill was boosted by a $1.9 billion surge in capital goods imports to the highest on record. Cellphone imports rose by $1.1 billion.
US jobs growth rises moderately; unemployment rate falls to 3.5 per cent
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 136,000 jobs last month, the government said. August data was revised to show 168,000 jobs created instead of the previously reported 130,000 positions.
Brexit: UK PM Boris Johnson may ask for extension if no deal by October 19
Anti-Brexit campaigners began legal action in Scottish courts on Friday to order him to comply with the Benn Act or have judges write to the EU on his behalf asking for the extension.
PMI survey: India’s services sector contracts in September on weak demand
It was the second month this year the index had fallen below the 50-mark separating growth from contraction - the last one being in June. A manufacturing survey earlier this week also showed a cooling in activity.
Facebook says it removed 211 accounts in UAE, Nigeria and Egypt
Facebook Inc on Thursday said it removed several pages, groups and accounts on its platforms that were engaged in "coordinated inauthentic behavior", originating from the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Nigeria.
Gold gains on soft US service sector data, focus on jobs report
Spot gold was up 0.2% at $1,508.12 per ounce, as of 0132 GMT. It climbed to $1,518.50, its highest since Sept. 25 in the previous session.
PC maker HP to cut up to 9,000 jobs in restructuring push
HP estimates the plan will result in annual gross run rate savings of about $1 billion by the end of fiscal 2022, it added.
Dollar on back foot after US service sector survey fans recession worries
Coming on the heels of a similar survey on manufacturing, announced on Tuesday, showing activity plunging to a more than 10-year low, the weak data increased fears of a U.S. recession.
Oil edges higher but on track for big weekly loss
Brent crude oil futures rose 8 cents, or 0.1%, to $57.79 a barrel by 0138 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 12 cents, or 0.2%, to $52.57 a barrel.
Asia stocks edge higher but markets on tenterhooks ahead of US payrolls
Investors have been caught out by a set of weak U.S. data this week, including surveys on services and manufacturing sectors, deepening fears the Sino-U.S. trade war is starting to hurt growth in the world's biggest economy.
Apple chief Tim Cook weighs in against setting up digital currency
Three months ago, Facebook announced plans to launch a digital currency in June 2020, in partnership with other members of the Libra Association set up by the U.S. tech giant to manage the project.
Wall Street gains as weak services data raises rate-cut expectations
The market dropped after the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said its non-manufacturing activity index fell to a reading of 52.6 in September, the lowest since August 2016.
Gold rises as weak US data fuels global slowdown worries
Spot gold was up 0.1% at $1,500.59 per ounce at 0105 GMT. Prices rose 1.4% on Wednesday, the biggest one-day percentage gain since Aug. 23.
Oil steadies in rebound after jitters over economic outlook, US inventories
World equity benchmarks hit their lowest levels in a month on Wednesday as signs of a slowdown in U.S. economic growth and weak earnings in Europe fanned fears the global economy could slip into recession.
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