Hong Kong police fire rubber bullets as extradition bill protests turn to chaos
Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators who threw plastic bottles on Wednesday as protests against an extradition bill that would allow...
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Facebook to create 500 jobs in new London engineering center
Facebook will create 500 new tech jobs in London by the end of 2019, including 100 roles in artificial intelligence, with many working on systems to...
Motorbike taxi firms rev up for race into West Africa
Motorcycle taxi companies are expanding in West Africa with backing from investors betting that the meteoric rise of two-wheeled taxi firms in Asia can be replicated...
ABN AMRO fund invests in financial crime detection firm ThetaRay
ABN AMRO's Digital Impact Fund said on Wednesday it has taken a stake in ThetaRay, an Israeli provider of big data analytics to combat financial cybercrime...
Philip Green's Arcadia faces key vote as administration looms
Creditors will decide the fate of Philip Green's Arcadia group and its 18,000 workers at a vote on Wednesday on a sweetened restructuring plan to save...
BAT warns of steeper declines in cigarette sales, shares slip
British American Tobacco (BAT), the world's No. 2 tobacco company, warned on Wednesday of steeper declines in cigarette sales globally mainly due to waning demand in...
Global shares snap seven-day winning streak; U.S. inflation next hurdle
World share markets snapped a seven-day winning streak on Wednesday as the White House took a tough line on trade talks with China, while an impending...
Hong Kong police fire rubber bullets as protests turn to violent chaos
Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at demonstrators who threw plastic bottles on Wednesday as protests against an extradition bill that would allow...
Hong Kong shops, workers in rare strike to 'defend freedom'
Hong Kong retailer Alan Li shut up shop on Wednesday, joining about 100 businesses and numerous workers in a rare strike to protest against an extradition...
China reiterates support for Hong Kong government on extradition law
China's central government firmly supports the Hong Kong government in passing an extradition law allowing people to be sent to mainland China for trial, the foreign...
Explainer: Why proposed changes to Hong Kong's extradition law are fueling protests
Hong Kong's government has indefinitely delayed the second round of debate on an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for...
THIS TIME ISN'T DIFFERENT: Billionaire investor warns about the lazy thinking taking over markets
Howard Marks is worried to hear investors say "this time it's different" or openly wonder if the bull market "can only get better forever."
THIS TIME ISN'T DIFFERENT: Billionaire investor warns lazy thinking is taking over markets
Howard Marks is worried to hear investors say "this time it's different" or openly wonder if the bull market "can only get better forever."
This branchless bank quadrupled its customer base to 4 million in a single year
Big banks have talked about the threat from tech-powered upstarts for years, but it's only recently that online banks like Chime have begun to make inroads.
Proxy advisers lob rare rebuke against Nissan CEO Saikawa
Two leading proxy advisory firms have urged Nissan shareholders to vote against reappointing its chief executive as a director, heaping more pressure on Hiroto Saikawa as...