Fitch flags concerns over 'significant' US fiscal policy challenges

Congress has had frequent battles in recent years over the best way to tackle growing spending commitments, with lawmakers divided over whether to tax more, spend less, or do both at the same time.
8 January 2025, 09:28 AM

Samsung warns fourth-quarter profit to miss forecasts

The announcement comes after the world's largest memory-chip maker issued a rare apology in October acknowledging it was facing a "crisis" and that questions had arisen about its "fundamental technological competitiveness and the future of the company".
8 January 2025, 06:15 AM

US trade deficit widens in November on imports jump

With Trump set to take office later this month, trade imbalances in the world's biggest economy could again come under the spotlight.
8 January 2025, 06:11 AM

Top brands bought cotton grown by children in India: report

Some of the best-known global apparel brands procured cotton grown in Indian farms that employ child and bonded labourers, a report by a US-based rights group alleged Tuesday.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Germany’s EV sales go into reverse

Sales of new electric vehicles in Germany plunged last year, official figures showed Monday, as a slow switch to battery-powered cars deepened the woes of the country’s flagship auto industry.
7 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Samsung Q4 earnings expected to be hit by Nvidia AI chip supply delay

Samsung is expected to estimate its operating profit rose to 8.2 trillion won ($5.6 billion) in the quarter ended December
7 January 2025, 07:20 AM

Trump denies report that his team is eyeing pared-back tariffs

Trump responded on his Truth Social platform after the Washington Post cited three sources familiar with the matter as saying that Trump aides were exploring a narrower approach to tariffs
7 January 2025, 06:10 AM

US Fed's top banking regulator says he will step down early

Michael Barr, the Fed's vice chair for banking supervision, said in a statement that he would step down from his management role by February 28 at the latest
7 January 2025, 06:04 AM

Renata ships first batch of psychiatric disorder medicines to US

The tablet, Risperidone, is locally marketed as Sperid
6 January 2025, 14:26 PM

Import disruptions cripple Banglabandha land port operations

Protests by Indian truck operators over online slot-booking issues caused the disruption
6 January 2025, 11:52 AM

Helped by hybrids, US new car sales rose to 5-year high in 2024

US new-car sales in 2024 continued to rise from their pandemic lows, bolstered by replenished inventories, higher incentives and surging demand for hybrid vehicles, automakers reported on Friday.
5 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Foxconn beats estimates with record fourth-quarter revenue on AI demand

Revenue for Apple's biggest iPhone assembler jumped 15.2 percent to T$2.13 trillion ($64.72 billion), Foxconn said in a statement on Sunday
5 January 2025, 09:04 AM

AI will become a Madison Avenue sensation in 2025

Even companies such as Netflix and Amazon, which until recently relied mainly on subscriptions, are getting in on the action
5 January 2025, 06:28 AM

China's central bank vows 'moderately loose' monetary policy

Beijing last year struggled to lift the economy out of a slump fuelled by a property market crisis, weak consumption and soaring government debt
5 January 2025, 06:21 AM

Microsoft expects to spend $80b on AI this fiscal year

Microsoft president Brad Smith on Friday said the company is on track to pump about $80 billion into artificial intelligence (AI) this fiscal year.
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Politicians will hinder central banks’ easing plan

In 2025, the global economy will be in a much better place than at any time since the outbreak of Covid-19. Growth will be solid, and inflation will finally abate.
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Gold slips from three-week high

Gold prices retreated from a three-week high on Friday, pressured by a robust dollar, while markets braced for potential economic and trade shifts under US President-elect Donald Trump.
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Container handling at private ICDs rose 16% in 2024

KDS Logistics managed to retain its top position among ICDs in handling export and import containers in 2024
4 January 2025, 13:55 PM

US regulator warned banks on crypto but did not order halt to business

A judge ordered the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to provide versions of supervisory "pause letters", it sent to unidentified banks after History Associates Incorporated, a research firm hired by crypto exchange Coinbase, sued the agency to release them
4 January 2025, 06:51 AM

US manufacturing contraction improved in December

The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index was 49.3 percent last month, up 0.9 percentage points from November, it said in a statement.
4 January 2025, 06:12 AM