North Korea is widely expected to conduct another missile test within the next ten days to mark two major political events. Some kind of provocation could arrive as early as Tuesday, Oct. 10, as the rogue nation celebrates the 72nd anniversary of its ruling Workers Party, experts said. Oct. 18, which marks the beginning of […]
Read moreThe Chinese yuan strengthened in early Asian trade on Tuesday in what analysts see as the country’s attempt to engineer market stability one week before a key political gathering in Beijing. The U.S. dollar/yuan pair was trading around 6.597 at 10:10am HK/SIN, compared with 6.6147 at the close of the previous session. The strength of […]
Read moreWall Street closed slightly lower on Monday while the Turkish lira clawed back some of its overnight losses ahead of Asia’s Tuesday trading day. The Turkish lira pared some losses after steeply falling against the dollar on Monday after a diplomatic row between Turkey and the U.S. saw the countries suspend visa services for each […]
Read moreCommodities King Dennis Gartman is bearish on crude oil again. Last month, he told CNBC crude oil could hit $55 a barrel. On Monday, he backed away from that notion. “All things being otherwise equal, if things remain as they are right now, crude oil probably wants to continue to trend downward,” he said. “I […]
Read moreMicrosoft said on Monday it was looking into whether Russians bought U.S. election ads on its Bing search engine or on other Microsoft-owned products and platforms, after rival Google said it had discovered such ads on its products. A spokeswoman for Microsoft said in a statement in response to questions from Reuters that the company […]
Read moreWhen choosing between streaming service subscriptions, there are many things to consider — price, live channel offerings and number of simultaneous streams, for example. Another factor is the quality of original content. But if you can’t watch an episode of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” without a subscription, and you don’t know if you want a subscription […]
Read moreIf you really care about frequent flier miles, you end up doing all sorts of crazy things. The simple stuff is buying special credit cards or organizing your flight schedule around high-mileage promotions — but soon you’re using dummy transactions to pump even more miles out of the card or buying an empty seat on […]
Read moreESPN anchor Jemele Hill was suspended for two weeks after violating ESPN’s social media guidelines, according to the company. “Jemele Hill has been suspended for two weeks for a second violation of our social media guidelines,” ESPN said in a statement. “She previously acknowledged letting her colleagues and company down with an impulsive tweet. In […]
Read moreAmazon is taking meetings about launching programs to bring more advertisers to its video platforms and make it a stronger competitor against YouTube. The company has had multiple meetings where it suggested it would be launching more advertiser-friendly initiatives. Several people said Amazon suggested it would be more open to giving advertisers more data on […]
Read moreGoogle’s CEO is well aware that being one of the world’s biggest companies makes it a take-down target. “You always think there is someone in the Valley, working on something in a garage – something that will be better,” Sundar Pichai said in a rare interview published by The Guardian over the weekend. The Guardian […]
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