International

The European Central Bank would be “wise” to deliver another interest rate cut in September, French policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said, warning there was a risk of undershooting its ...

The global smart personal audio market, which includes True Wireless Stereo (TWS) devices, wireless earphones, and wireless headphones, experienced a robust recovery in the second quarter of 2024.  According to a ...

The African smartphone market experienced modest growth in the second quarter of 2024, with shipments rising by 6 per cent year-on-year to reach 17.8 million units, according to the latest research from Canalys.  ...

The sudden resignation of a high-profile Intel board member came after differences with CEO Pat Gelsinger and other directors over what the director considered the US company’s bloated workforce, ...

Facebook owner Meta Platforms has struck a deal to buy geothermal power from Sage Geosystems to supply its US data centres, as it races to build out the infrastructure to ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has called for digital sex crimes to be thoroughly investigated after media reported that sexually explicit deepfake images and videos of South Korean women ...

UBS Global Wealth Management has raised the odds of a US recession to 25 per cent from 20 per cent, citing weakness stemming from softer jobs growth and the July unemployment data ...

The US Commerce Department has announced that it plans to award $50 million to HP (HPE.N) to support the expansion and modernization of an existing company facility in Oregon that ...

South African authorities should introduce regulatory ‘sandboxes’, or controlled testing grounds, to spur innovation in the country’s growing digital platform sector, according to tech investor Naspers (NPNJn.J) and ...

OPEC+ is set to proceed with a planned oil output hike from October, as Libyan outages and pledged cuts by some members to compensate for overproduction counter the impact of ...

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD (002594.SZ) has signed an agreement with Huawei (HWT.UL) to use the Chinese tech conglomerate’s advanced autonomous driving system in its off-road Fangchengbao ...

Nasdaq (NDAQ.O) is seeking the green light from regulators to launch and trade options on a bitcoin index, according to an announcement from the exchange operator. The US Securities ...

Sony announced this week that it is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 (PS5) games console in Japan by about 20 per cent. The Japanese company cited a difficult external environment ...

India will launch a platform to transfer credit to small and rural borrowers, catering to the large unmet demand across various sectors, especially agricultural and small companies, according to the ...

The Bank of Israel kept interest rates unchanged this week for the fifth-straight meeting, citing geopolitical uncertainty that has raised economic risks, along with rising inflation, and said rates would ...

US technology companies are pursuing energy assets held by bitcoin miners as they race to secure a shrinking supply of electricity for their rapidly expanding artificial intelligence and cloud computing ...

Lego’s sales of its colourful plastic bricks outpaced the overall toy market in the first half of the year, driven by strong demand in Europe and North America, according ...

German online takeaway food company Delivery Hero (DHER.DE) on Thursday reported stronger than expected growth it its second-quarter gross merchandise value and confirmed its full-year outlook on the back ...

Britain’s car production fell for the fifth consecutive month in July, hurt by manufacturers shifting to new models and temporary disruptions in the supply chain, industry data showed on ...

British retailers reported a third straight month of falling sales in August and they expect another decline in September, prompting them to lower their hiring and investment plans, the Confederation ...

Jobs in the US clean energy industry in 2023 grew at more than double the rate of the country’s overall jobs, and unionization in clean energy surpassed for the first ...

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Wednesday it would launch a market study into so-called pure protection insurance product sales, amid fears that the design of some commission structures ...

SAS said on Wednesday it has exited US Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, with the Scandinavian airline’s CEO hailing a “new era” with a stronger balance sheet and new owners. Sweden-based ...

Oil prices slipped on Wednesday on persistent concern over Chinese demand and elevated risks of a broader slowdown, though the decline was capped by potential supply losses from the Middle ...