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Facebook currency plan under scrutiny in Congress
Associated Press, Published on 16/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: Facebook's ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it's shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve.
China demands Canada release Huawei executive
Associated Press, Published on 06/12/2018
» BEIJING: China on Thursday demanded Canada release a Huawei Technologies executive who was arrested in a case that adds to technology tensions with Washington and threatens to complicate trade talks.
Canada arrests CFO of China's Huawei Technologies
Associated Press, Published on 06/12/2018
» TORONTO: Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies for possible extradition to the United States.
US charges Singaporean laundered funds for N. Korea
Associated Press, Published on 26/10/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on the Singapore-based director of a commodities company accused of laundering money for North Korea through the US financial system.
HSBC appoints new CEO
Associated Press, Published on 12/10/2017
» LONDON: London-based bank HSBC says John Flint will be its new chief executive, replacing the retiring Stuart Gulliver.
The ATM at 50: How it’s changed consumer behaviour
Associated Press, Published on 22/09/2017
» An automated teller machine. The cash machine. In Britain, a cashpoint.
Lawsuit challenges US border searches of computers, phones
Associated Press, Published on 14/09/2017
» WASHINGTON: A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims the US government's growing practice of searching laptops and cellphones at the border is unconstitutional because electronic devices now carry troves of private personal and business information.
20 years on, scars from Asian financial meltdown linger
Associated Press, Published on 29/06/2017
» It's been 20 years since a financial meltdown spread through much of Asia, wrecking economies and bringing down governments.
The sad saga of N. Korea's ATMs
Business, Associated Press, Published on 25/04/2017
» PYONGYANG: No modern airport terminal is complete without an ATM, and Pyongyang's now has two. But they don't work -- because of new Chinese sanctions, according to bank officials -- and it's not clear when they will.
Investors flee once-popular emerging markets
Associated Press, Published on 02/09/2015
» NEW YORK: If you think investors in US stocks have had it rough, consider the hapless folks who followed Wall Street’s advice to buy emerging-market stocks.