DBS Reports 31% Rise in Q3 Net Profit as Singapore Banks Flag Recovery The performance of Singapore banks is being powered by a strong showing in their wealth management businesses. Nov 5, 2021 Coronavirus
Fed to Begin Paring Back Asset Purchase, Investors Call it 'Dovish Taper' The Federal Reserve sticks to the view that high inflation would prove "transitory" and likely not require a fast rise in interest rates. Nov 4, 2021
Democrat Eric Adams Wins Election, Becomes New York's Second Black Mayor The 61-year-old Adams takes over in January from Democrat Bill de Blasio, who was term-limited after eight years in office. Nov 3, 2021
Glasgow Summit: Biden 'Committed' to Unleash $555 Billion in Climate Spending Biden is set to join leaders from over 100 countries in Glasgow for the start of the COP26 climate conference. Nov 1, 2021
Saudi Aramco's Third-Quarter Net Profit More than Doubles Aramco's net income jumped to $30.4 billion for the quarter to Sept. 30 from $11.8 billion a year earlier. Oct 31, 2021
Biden Will Warn Turkey's Erdogan Over Rash Diplomatic Moves - Report Turkey had made a request to the United States to buy 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16s and nearly 80 modernization kits for its existing warplanes. Oct 31, 2021
Coronavirus Did Not Originate as a Bioweapon, US Spy Agencies Conclude U.S. spy agencies believe they will not be able to produce a more definitive explanation for the origin of COVID-19. Oct 30, 2021 Coronavirus
Facebook Renamed as Meta to Reflect 'Metaverse' Vision; Shares Close Higher Facebook shares closed 1.5 percent higher at $316.92 on Thursday, after Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement. Oct 29, 2021 Facebook Mark zuckerberg
Crypto Slowdown Hits Robinhood, Shares Drop Below IPO Price Crypto revenue rose 860% from a year earlier to $51 million, but was 78% off its second quarter level, Robinhood said. Oct 28, 2021
Singapore Battling Unusual Covid-19 Surge; Record Infections, 10 More Deaths Singapore recorded 10 new deaths from the disease on Wednesday, taking the toll to 349. Oct 28, 2021 Coronavirus
Texas Governor Abbott Signs Law Banning Transgender Girls From Female Sports At least 35 bills to exclude transgender youth from athletics have been introduced in 31 states this year, up from 29 in 2020 and two in 2019. Oct 26, 2021
Tesla Setback: Elon Musk Rolls Back Full Self-Driving Software Over False Warnings The setback comes as Tesla is under regulatory scrutiny over the safety of its semi-autonomous driving technology, which it calls FSD. Oct 25, 2021 Elon musk
Afghanistan Will Shortly Collapse Into Chaos, Ministers Warn Many countries and multilateral institutions have halted development assistance but increased humanitarian aid. Oct 24, 2021
US Stocks: Investors Wait for Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook Earnings Companies representing 46% of the S&P 500's market value are due to post quarterly results next week. Oct 23, 2021 Facebook
US Business Activity Posts Solid Growth, But Shortages Hamper Factories he pick up in business activity this month was driven by the services sector. Oct 23, 2021 Coronavirus
Biden Fires Ominous Warning to China, Says Will Defend Taiwan Against PLA Attack Military tensions between Taiwan and China are at their worst in more than 40 years, Taiwan's Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said this month. Oct 22, 2021
Russia Scrambles Fighter Jets to Escort US Strategic Bombers Over Black Sea B-1B bombers are being used in a series of exercises with NATO allies across Europe encompassing the Arctic, the Baltics and the Black Sea. Oct 20, 2021
China's Economy Posts Slowest Pace of Growth in a Year as Power Crunch and Property Crisis Worsen Global worries about a possible spillover of credit risk from China's property sector have intensified as China Evergrande Group wrestles with more than $300 billion of debt. Oct 18, 2021
Iranian Supertanker Departing From Venezuela to Transport Heavy Oil The bilateral oil trade could be a breach of U.S. sanctions on both nations, the U.S. Treasury Department had said last month. Oct 17, 2021
Janneke Parrish: Apple 'Fires' Employee who Led Movement Against Harassment Last month, two Apple employees told Reuters they had filed charges against the company with the National Labor Relations Board. Oct 16, 2021