Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, who are on trial for the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, are escorted as they revisit the Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 in Sepang, Malaysia October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin October 24, 2017 KUALA […]
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China’s economy seen growing 6.8 percent in 2017 and 6.4 percent in 2018: Reuters poll
FILE PHOTO: Workers survey the construction site of the terminal for the Beijing New Airport in Beijing’s southern Daxing District, China October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo October 24, 2017 By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy will likely grow 6.8 percent in 2017, topping the state target and […]
Asian stock markets slightly higher after Wall Street loss
BEIJING – Asian stock markets edged up Tuesday after Wall Street slid overnight as investors looked for new drivers for trading activity. Continue Reading Below KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index rose 12 points, or 0.05 percent, to 21,708.89 and the Shanghai Composite Index added 2.5 points to 3,383.24. Hong […]
Doing the heavy lifting: investors eye tech-tonic shifts for Europe’s industrials
FILE PHOTO: Siemens AG headquarters in Munich, Germany June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo October 24, 2017 By Kit Rees LONDON (Reuters) – Investment funds seeking to invest at the intersection of Europe and technology are finding rich pickings in places that some may find surprising: sprawling industrials like trains-to-turbines […]
Cryptocurrencies: A New Kind of Money That’s Breaking All the Rules
On this week’s Rule Breakers podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner takes on a topic that he’s never hit before, but that plenty of his listeners want to hear about from him: cryptocurrencies. To answer their questions about bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain technology, and more, he’s enlisted the help of Fool […]
Sears stops selling Whirlpool appliances after price dispute
Sears Holdings will no longer sell Whirlpool appliances after a pricing dispute and changing market dynamics fractured a partnership that stretched back more than a century. Continue Reading Below The struggling department store chain has stopped carrying products made by the biggest U.S. appliance manufacturer, including Maytag, KitchenAid and Jenn-Air […]
Toshiba says considering measures in case chip unit sale uncompleted by March
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Toshiba is seen as a shareholder arrives at Toshiba’s extraordinary shareholders meeting in Chiba, Japan March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo October 24, 2017 Chiba, JAPAN (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp is considering various measures in case it will not be able to complete the $18 […]
Motor racing – Toro Rosso drop Kvyat and give Hartley another go
Oct 21, 2017; Austin, TX, USA; Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat (26) of Russia during qualifying for the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports October 24, 2017 By Alan Baldwin MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Toro Rosso have dropped Russian Daniil Kvyat […]
Oil prices inch up, drop in southern Iraq exports supports
Oil prices inched up on Tuesday, supported by declining exports from southern Iraq. Continue Reading Below Oil exports from southern Iraq have fallen by 110,000 barrels per day this month, according to shipping data and an industry source, adding to the drop in flows caused by a shortfall from the […]
‘He died fighting for his brothers,’ Niger ambush survivor says of fallen US soldier
Nearly three weeks after the deadly ambush on U.S. Special Ops forces in Niger, ABC News has learned chilling new details about the mission gone wrong from a survivor of the attack and a senior U.S. intelligence official. Their accounts, provided in separate interviews, raise questions about why a second, […]