Asian shares ease into trade talks, Fed test
Asian shares slipped on Monday as markets anxiously counted down to a likely cut in U.S. interest rates this week with much riding on whether or not the Federal Reserve signals yet more are in the pipeline.
Higher costs negate rising beer sales for Heineken
Heineken NV , the world’s second-largest brewer, missed estimates for first-half profit on Monday, as rising input costs offset higher beer sales.
From Belarus to Bahrain, the small states going big on cryptocurrency
When Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya in March 2017, their discussion was scheduled to last for an hour but went on for three times that long.
Grab says to invest $2 billion in Indonesia using funds from SoftBank
Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab on Monday said it will invest $2 billion into Indonesia over five years using capital received from Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group Corp.
Exclusive: First big U.S. offshore wind project hits snag due to fishing-industry concerns
Trump administration infighting is holding up approval of the first major U.S. offshore wind energy project, with agencies sparring over whether the proposal does enough to protect the fishing industry, according to interviews and agency documents.
That bad? How the U.S. economy stacks up to past rate cut cycles
Spooked by a global economic slowdown, the U.S. Federal Reserve is seen launching on Wednesday its fifth interest rate-cutting campaign since 1995. It will come despite many signs of strength in the U.S. economy.
A Fed interest rate cut is in the bag. What then?
U.S. central bankers are expected to lower borrowing costs this week for the first time since the depths of the financial crisis more than a decade ago. That’s the easy part.
SoftBank Group CEO says to invest $2 billion in ride-hailing app Grab
Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp will invest $2 billion in ride-hailing app Grab, its chief executive, Masayoshi Son, told reporters in Jakarta on Monday.
Asian shares drift into trade talks, Fed test
Asian shares drifted lower on Monday as markets anxiously counted down to a likely cut in U.S. interest rates this week with much riding on whether or not the Federal Reserve signals yet more are in the pipeline.
Asian shares guarded as investors count down to Fed
Asian shares got off to a cautious start on Monday as markets count down to a likely cut in U.S. interest rates this week with much riding on whether or not the Federal Reserve signals yet more are in the pipeline.
