2024
Richard White, the Australian billionaire battling allegations of inappropriate behavior with women, has said he has a relaxed relationship with risk.
2024
Wang Bo-whei was 50 years old when he started working at Taiwan’s fourth nuclear plant, rising through the ranks to oversee its construction and — he thought — its eventual operation.
2024
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. will start using facial recognition technology to crack down on scams that use pictures of celebrities to look more legitimate, a strategy referred to as “celeb-bait ads.”
2024
SAP SE’s cloud revenue grew by 25% in the third quarter as Europe’s biggest software company worked to transition customers away from locally run systems with the promise of artificial-intelligence tools and analytics.
2024
Hollywood filmmaker Alcon Entertainment is suing Elon Musk, saying Tesla Inc. used imagery inspired by the 2017 movie Blade Runner 2049 at a recent event even after permission was denied.
2024
Most Asian shares were set for declines as Wall Street stocks took a breather after notching their longest weekly rally this year. Bonds tumbled on cooling expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts.
2024
Australia’s wine exports jumped by more than a third, boosted by an increase in shipments to China after the Asian nation lifted tariffs.
2024
An ex-Taiwan central bank official criticized the island’s monetary policy as being inconsistent, blaming Governor Yang Chin-long for failing to communicate policy intentions clearly and sparking market volatility.
2024
Oil steadied — after surging almost 2% on Monday — as traders tracked tensions in the Middle East, and broader markets carried a risk-off tone.
2024
Money managers that used Western Asset Management Co. to help invest their bond portfolios are being pressed about their dealings with the firm, as US authorities ramp up their investigation of how once-star trader Ken Leech allocated winning bets.