[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares stumbled on Tuesday and the dollar hovered near two-week lows as prospects for a long-awaited Sino-U.S. trade deal were dealt another blow after the United States levelled sweeping criminal
U.S. charges China’s Huawei over alleged Iran sanctions violations
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday announced criminal charges against China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, escalating a fight with the world’s biggest telecommunications equipment maker and coming days before trade talks between
Australia’s TPG Telecom cancels Huawei-supplied mobile network
[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s TPG Telecom Ltd on Monday said it has halted construction of its mobile telephone network because it relied on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd equipment that has been banned by Australia’s
U.S. sanctions Venezuelan state oil firm, escalating pressure on Maduro
[ad_1] WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Monday imposed sweeping sanctions on Venezuelan state-owned oil firm PDVSA, aimed at severely curbing the OPEC member’s crude exports to the United States and at pressuring socialist
Exclusive: Snapchat weighs what was once unthinkable – permanent snaps
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Snap Inc is considering changes to its Snapchat app, known for disappearing photos and videos, that could make users’ public posts longer lasting or even permanent, people familiar with the
U.S. unseals indictments against China’s Huawei and CFO Meng Wanzhou
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Meng Wanzhou, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s chief financial officer (CFO), is seen in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters December 6, 2018. Huawei/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice
Caterpillar, Nvidia sound alarm on profit hit from China
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Warnings from Caterpillar and Nvidia on Monday about weakening demand from China signal investors could see more profit shortfalls from U.S. companies that count on the world’s No. 2 economy for a
Caterpillar stock slides on profit miss, China sales forecast
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Caterpillar Inc on Monday missed quarterly earnings estimates, hurt by soft Chinese demand, higher manufacturing and freight costs, sending shares of the heavy machinery maker tumbling as much as 10 percent. Industrial
U.S. shutdown costs pegged at $3 billion as government reopens
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy was expected to lose $3 billion from the partial federal government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall funding, congressional researchers said on Monday as 800,000
Insys founder’s lawyer rejects charge he fed U.S. opioid epidemic
[ad_1] BOSTON (Reuters) – A lawyer for Insys Therapeutics Inc’s one-time billionaire founder on Monday rejected claims that her client directed a scheme to bribe doctors to prescribe an addictive fentanyl spray and denied the