9+ hour, 23+ min ago   (361+ words) (Sept 14): China's Ligent Technologies seeks to raise about HK$5.67 billion (US$723 million) in a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) to fund product development and expand production, showed a prospectus filed at the stock exchange on Monday. The maker of…...

11+ hour, 37+ min ago   (579+ words) SYDNEY (Sept 14): Share markets slid in Asia on Monday as supply concerns caused oil prices to spike anew, while investors braced for possible interest rate hikes in both the United States and Japan this week. Brent climbed 3% as new strikes…...

20+ hour, 56+ min ago   (302+ words) BANJARMASIN/JAKARTA, Indonesia (Sept 13): At least six people died and another 129 are still missing after an Indonesian passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea during bad weather early on Sunday, the search and rescue agency said. Crews managed to rescue…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (695+ words) STOCKHOLM (Sept 13): Swedes were voting in a closely fought election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism it has long been known for. Sweden's…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (817+ words) ADEN/DUBAI (Sept 13): Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to global energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline....

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (244+ words) (Sept 11): Prime Minister Mark Carney said this week’s round of US trade measures against Canada will hurt some businesses but will have a “modest” impact overall — and signalled that his government isn’t planning to retaliate. “We fully recognise that for…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (396+ words) SINGAPORE (Sept 10): Singapore's prime minister said on Thursday he deliberated "long and hard" over an increase in ministerial and lawmakers' salaries, already among the highest in the world, but felt it was necessary to attract talent into government ranks. Lawrence…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (443+ words) WASHINGTON (Sept 10): US producer prices increased in line with expectations in August amid a rebound in the cost of energy products. The producer price index for final demand rose 0.4% last month after an upwardly revised 0.1% gain in July, the Labor…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (660+ words) KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 10): Rubber glove counters on Bursa Malaysia rallied broadly on Thursday, lifted by higher crude oil prices and a recent price hike by China's leading glove maker Intco Medical Technology Co Ltd. Higher oil prices raise the cost…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (835+ words) CAIRO/WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Sept 10): Iran-aligned Houthi militants seized control of Yemen's port city of Mocha on Thursday, military sources said, posing a further threat to global energy supplies hours after President Donald Trump said he expected the war to end…...