Biden tells Russia to release US reporter
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Friday (31st of March, 2023) called for Russia to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is being held on espionage charges, while rebuffing…
Wall Street opens lower on Friday
NEW YORK: Wall Street indices were solidly lower in early trading Friday, suggesting a downbeat conclusion to an unpredictable week for equities amid Covid-19 concerns and a Federal Reserve policy…
The pandemic made 2020 a wild year for Wall Street
NEW YORK: Quincy Krosby, chief market strategist at Prudential Financial, does not hold back in describing 2020 on Wall Street: "a year of extreme extremes." From the start of the…
US probe finds no ‘misconduct’ in Kodak loan: report
WASHINGTON: A US watchdog report has found no "evidence of misconduct" in the processing of a government loan to Kodak that was subsequently suspended pending investigations into the deal, the…
White House’s Kushner headed to Saudi, Qatar: reports
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week in a bid for further diplomatic deals in the region before…
TikTok rejects Microsoft offer, Oracle sole remaining bidder
NEW YORK: American tech giant Microsoft said Sunday its offer to buy TikTok was rejected, leaving Oracle as the sole remaining bidder ahead of the imminent deadline for the Chinese-owned…
E-cigarette maker Juul plans layoffs, Europe and Asia exit: report
NEW YORK: Troubled e-cigarette maker Juul plans to pull out of Europe and Asia and lay off more workers after already shedding a third of its workforce, the Wall Street…
Survey says two thirds believe U.S. handling of COVID-19 crises unsuccessful
BEIJING: Results of an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday showed 61 percent of participants believe Washington's COVID-19 management strategy has been unsuccessful. Among the unsatisfied, about 40 percent…
Wall Street Journal says containing of COVID-19 is IK’s Triumph
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan experience surprisingly steep decline of COIVD-19 infections from 6,825 cases a day in mid June to just 553 today (2nd of August, 2020), the medical experts say…
US antitrust regulator may question Facebook chief: report
SAN FRANCISCO: US regulators may question Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and his right-hand executive to determine if the social network has broken monopoly laws, according to a Wall Street Journal…
Johnson & Johnson told to pay $2.1 billion over cancer-causing talc powder
WASHINGTON: A US court has upheld a verdict that talcum powder sold by Johnson & Johnson caused ovarian cancer and ordered the pharmaceutical giant to pay $2.1 billion in damages.…
Trump asked China’s Xi for re-election help, claims Bolton
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump pleaded with China's leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president's former national security advisor John Bolton writes in an explosive new…
Facebook says CEO did not ignore personal data issues
Facebook says CEO did not ignore personal data issues
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg did not knowingly violate an agreement with the regulator supervising the company's management of users' personal data, the social media giant said Wednesday as…
US preparing antitrust probe of Google
US preparing antitrust probe of Google: report
SAN FRANCISCO: The US Department of Justice is preparing an antitrust investigation of Internet titan Google, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Journal cited unnamed sources close to…
White House wanted USS John McCain out of sight of Trump
White House wanted USS John McCain ‘out of sight’ of Trump: report
WASHINGTON: The White House requested a Navy ship bearing the name of US President Donald Trump's late rival senator John McCain be kept "out of sight" during a recent presidential…
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World’s largest cancer-drug maker’s lead narrows as rivals catch up: report
WASHINGTON: Swiss-based cancer-drug giant Roche Holding AG is expected to lose its almost two-decade lead in the industry worldwide in a few years as competitors are catching up, U.S. media…
Uber aiming for stock market debut value of up to $90 bn: report
SAN FRANCISCO: Uber is aiming to make its stock market debut at a share price that would value the leading ride-share startup between $80 billion and $90 billion, Bloomberg reported…
US denies report it is leaving up to 1000 troops in Syria
US denies report it is leaving up to 1,000 troops in Syria
WASHINGTON: The United States strongly denied Sunday a report that it intended to leave almost 1,000 troops in Syria, adding plans for a residual force of around 200 troops had…
Tokyo stocks open higher on US China trade rumours
Tokyo stocks open higher on US-China trade rumours
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street as investors took heart from a report the US could lift trade tariffs on China. The benchmark Nikkei…
US Newspaper criticizes Trumps Afghanistan claims
US Newspaper criticizes Trump’s Afghanistan claims
NEW YORK: A major American newspaper Friday editorially criticized President Donald Trump for comments he made about the Soviet Union's decade-long war in Afghanistan, and what it called was his…
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Modi’s anti-Muslim policies encouraging India’s hardliner Hindus: report
WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anti-Muslim policies and silence over attacks on poor beef sellers show his turn toward hardline identity politics ahead of national elections in 2019, a Wall…