Oil eases as dollar rises, US inventories expected to riseSINGAPORE: Oil prices fell on Wednesday, weighed down by a rebound in the US dollar from three-year lows hit last week and by an expected rise in US crude production. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI)...
Gold hits one-week low on strong dollar; Fed minutes awaitedGold prices hit their lowest in a week on Wednesday as the dollar steadied after a recovery from last week’s three-year low, while investors awaited the minutes of the US Federal Reserve’s last policy...
Zero yen: Japanese cryptocurrency exchange briefly trips up tradeTOKYO: A Japanese cryptocurrency exchange undergoing checks by regulators has said a system failure let investors briefly trade a digital currency for zero yen, highlighting security concerns about su...
South Korea regulator flags better deal for cryptocurrency industrySEOUL: A better deal for South Korea’s cryptocurrency industry might be in the offing as the market regulator changes tack from its tough stance on the virtual coin trade, promising instead to help pr...
Experts warn against ‘malicious use’ of AIArtificial intelligence could be deployed by dictators, criminals and terrorists to manipulate elections and use drones in terrorist attacks, more than two dozen experts said Wednesday as they sounded...
GM proposes $2.8 billion, 10-year investment in South Korea: government officialSEOUL: General Motors has proposed investing $2.8 billion into its loss-making South Korean operations over the next 10 years and has asked Seoul to provide funds for the investment, a South Korean go...
Asian markets rise as focus turns to release of Fed minutesHong Kong led Asian markets higher Wednesday as traders brushed off a retreat on Wall Street, with attention turning to the release later in the day of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent p...
Samsung set to launch new flagship smartphonesSamsung Electronics will unveil its next flagship smartphones — the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ — on Sunday, after it reported record profits in recent weeks and its vice chairman was released from priso...