New orders for key U.S.-made capital goods rose by the most in six months in January and shipments increased, but the trend in both measures of business spending on equipment remained soft, leaving fo
Unless you’re the parent of an elementary-school child or you attend a disproportionate number of retirement parties, it may have been a while since you last encountered a frosted, bakery- or grocery-bought sheet cake. Think back to that most recent sheet-cake experience. What did the cake look like? What color was…
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LABOUR shadow minister Angela Rayner last night claimed a second referendum on Brexit would be “disastrous”.
SINGAPORE: A S$20-million research centrewhich aims to develop greener ways of recycling electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) was launched on Wednesday (Mar 13) by the Nanyang Technological Unive
British department store Debenhams on Wednesday rejected what it said were "unfounded and self-serving complaints" from shareholder Sports Direct about its communications to the market befor
Philip Morris International Inc's Indian partner charges machinery-related costs for manufacturing its Marlboro cigarettes in India, the company said on Wednesday, following a Reuters article that
WASHINGTON: The United States aims to cut Iran's crude exports by about 20 per cent to below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) from May by requiring importing countries to reduce purchases to avoid
A California jury on Wednesday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay US$29 million to a woman who alleged that asbestos in the company's talcum-powder-based products, including Johnson's Baby Powde
We may be rushing to judge the reasons behind Ethiopian Airlines ET302s crash, says SafePros Ross Darrell Feingold.
Brookfield Asset Management Inc said on Wednesday it will buy most of Oaktree Capital Group LLC in a roughly US$4.8 billion deal, creating an alternative-asset manager that would rival industry leader
The United States aims to cut Iran's crude exports by about 20 percent to below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) from May by requiring importing countries to reduce purchases to avoid U.S. sanction
Purdue Pharma's Chief Executive Officer Craig Landau said the company is considering bankruptcy, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, as the OxyContin maker faces a slew of lawsuits alleging
Walmart plans to introduce a low-priced, kid-friendly electronic tablet under its ONN store brand, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Mar 14). The tablet will be made by a Chinese supplier and will run o
A consortium that includes SoftBank Group Corp is in late-stage talks to invest US$1 billion or more into Uber Technologies Inc's self-driving vehicle unit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wed
NEW YORK:Wall Street held on to solid gains on Wednesday (Mar 13), rallying as British lawmakers ruled out a no-deal Brexit and President Donald Trump became among the last world leaders to ground Boe
The leader of the United Auto Workers union on Wednesday warned that job security and preventing the shift of U.S. jobs to Mexico would be top priorities in contract talks with Detroit's automaker
Wells Fargo & Co gave Chief Executive Tim Sloan a 5 percent pay raise for 2018, prompting the Federal Reserve to release a statement saying that it does not sign off on executive pay.
A global oil surplus is allowing the United States to accelerate its plan of bringing Iranian crude exports to zero, a U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday.
BENGALURU: Travel website Kayak is making changes to let customers exclude specific aircraft types from searches, and booking sites are looking to reroute passengers, after an unexplained Boeing jet c
U.S. prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook Inc struck with some of the world's largest technology companies, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Exxon Mobil Corp is considering exploring for oil and gas in Israel, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter, in what would make Exxon the first oil major to operate in the country still tec
Asian shares paused on Thursday as investors awaited data from China for clues about the health of the world's second largest economy while the pound shot up to near nine-month highs as the risk o
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Mar 13) he sees a "very good chance" of reaching a trade deal with China but is in "no rush" to reach an agreement. "I
Nissan Motor is considering asking ex-Toray Industries chief and Japan Inc heavyweight Sadayuki Sakakibara to chair its board meetings while leaving vacant the chairman post previously held by Carlos
Dashcam video released on Wednesday captures the moments from a deadly deputy-involved shootout in Huger on Tuesday, Feb. 26. The footage shows the chaotic situation when a man repeatedly fired shots at a Berkeley County Sheriff's Deputy. Officials say it all started as the deputy tried to initiate a traffic stop. It escalated when the deputy pulled into a gravel driveway where the suspect, 51-year-old Joseph Hart, immediately fired shots. For roughly 30 minutes, the deputy hid behind his patrol car as he tried to de-escalate the situation.