Worries
Asia: Equities tumble, oil extends gains on Middle East worries
ASIAN stocks tumbled on Friday (Apr 5) and oil extended the previous day’s surge on worries that Israel’s war with Hamas could widen to a regional conflict with Iran...
US: Stocks fall on worries over Middle East
WALL Street stocks finished sharply lower on Thursday (Apr 4), reversing course on a rise in oil prices blamed on worries over the Middle East.Analysts attributed the climb in...
US: Stocks mostly fall on inflation worries
WALL Street stocks mostly retreated on Monday following US manufacturing data that pointed to both rising activity and pricing pressure.The Institute for Supply Management’s March survey is the first to show...
Elon Musk defends ketamine use, dismisses investor worries
ELON Musk suggested his use of drugs benefits Tesla investors in an interview released on Monday, saying he takes prescribed ketamine to treat his “negative frame of mind.” The...
Asia: Markets sink on rate worries as US inflation surprises
ASIAN markets sank in line with Wall Street on Friday after a sharper-than-expected jump in US wholesale prices dealt a blow to hopes for interest rate cuts. The surprisingly...
Oil settles lower, demand worries offset geopolitical price support
OIL prices settled lower on Tuesday, with worries about global demand offsetting price support from the Israel-Hamas conflict. Brent futures settled down US$1.22, or 1.5 per cent, to US$82.34 a...
New AI-video tool by maker of ChatGPT worries media creators
A NEW artificial intelligence tool that promises to create short videos from simple text commands has raised concerns along with questions from artists and media professionals. OpenAI, the creator...
Oil falls by more than US$1 a barrel on US crude build, security threat worries
OIL futures sank by US$1 a barrel on Wednesday (Feb 14) as surging United States crude inventories pushed down prices and a possible security threat to the US that...
