Oil prices fell on Friday as market fundamentals are expected to weaken with the upcoming end of the peak demand period during the Northern Hemisphere winter. Continue Reading Below Brent crude futures were at $70.18 per barrel at 0504 GMT, down 24 cents, or 0.3 percent, from their last close. […]
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Oil dips as dollar halts slide, short-term demand outlook weakens
Oil prices fell on Friday as the U.S. dollar halted its slide and as crude market fundamentals are expected to weaken in the near future. Continue Reading Below Brent crude futures were at $70.26 per barrel at 0355 GMT, down 16 cents, or 0.2 percent, from their last close. Brent […]
Netflix Stock Reaches New Heights as Spending Ramps Up
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) just delivered another stellar quarter, and the stock is up double digits on its fourth quarter 2017 results. Continue Reading Below In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Vincent Shen is joined by Fool.com contributor Danny Vena as they dive into the latest developments at the […]
Asian stocks mostly steady; dollar wobbles following overnight gains
Asian markets were subdued on Friday as the dollar wobbled after gaining overnight following comments from President Donald Trump. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.19 percent. Major exporters traded mixed as the dollar slipped while financial names were largely in negative territory. Automakers were a mixed picture. Toyota rose […]
Getting an MBA in Asia: Top scholarships for women
Thinking of doing an MBA in Asia but worried you don’t have the money to pay for it? You’re not alone, but if you’re a woman you may be in luck. In a bid to address gender imbalances, a number of Asian business schools have created women-only scholarships to promote […]
Fire sweeps through hospital, kills more than 30
Last Updated Jan 25, 2018 10:43 PM EST SEOUL, South Korea — A fire swept through a hospital in southeastern South Korea on Friday, killing more than 30 people and injuring dozens in one of the country’s most deadly fires in recent years. The fire at Sejong Hospital in the city […]
Deadly fire sweeps through hospital, kills more than 30
SEOUL, South Korea — A fire swept through a hospital in southeastern South Korea on Friday, killing more than 30 people and injuring dozens in one of the country’s most deadly fires in recent years. Fire official Choi Man-wu said in a televised briefing that the fire at Sejong Hospital in […]
NVIDIA Is Primed and Ready for Robotaxis
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been viewed as a leader in supplying the chips that will power the brains of self-driving cars. At the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NVIDIA made three important announcements to solidify its position in this multibillion-dollar market opportunity. Continue Reading Below The graphics specialist […]
Retailers Try to Find the Sweet Spot for Surviving in the Age of Amazon
Traditional retailers have taken different paths in their quests to compete against Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). While some, like Kenneth Cole and bebe, went to the extreme of closing their bricks-and-mortar stores and becoming online-only outfits as a means of survival, others have collected a broad assortment of websites to give […]
Harvey Weinstein’s former assistant sues for sexual harassment
In a lawsuit filed today in New York federal court, Harvey Weinstein‘s former assistant Sandeep Rehal said she “was forced to work in a pervasive and severe sexually hostile work environment at The Weinstein Company LLC.” Rehal worked for The Weinstein Company as the producer’s personal assistant for two years […]