U.S. President Joe Biden holds a campaign rally ahead of the state’s Democratic presidential primary, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. February 4, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden has won Nevada’s Democratic primary, NBC News projects. The other Democrat on the ballot was self-help author and former 2020 Democratic candidate Marianne Williamson. Biden’s … Read more
PUNTLAND, SOMALIA – JANUARY 29: Puntland Maritime Police Forces (PMPF) are patrolling against the recently increasing pirate attacks off the coast in Puntland, Somalia on January 29, 2024. (Photo by Abuukar Mohamed Muhidin/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Somali pirates are back on the attack, with piracy around the Horn of … Read more
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign rally at the Indigo Hall and Events venue on Feb. 5, 2024 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley lost Nevada’s Republican presidential primary to “none of these candidates,” NBC News projected. … Read more
The Dubai skyline. Umar Shariff Photography Wheely, a luxury-focused competitor to ride-hailing giant Uber, is launching in Dubai as the company looks to reembark on an international expansion effort that was quashed by Covid in 2020. The company, founded by Russian-Swiss entrepreneur Anton Chirkunov, told CNBC it will offer rides in the United Arab Emirates … Read more
DBS Group Holdings suffered an outage in its digital services on March 29, 2023. Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — DBS Group reported record earnings for the full year in 2023, but cut compensation for its senior management to “hold them accountable” for a number of digital disruptions that year. Chief Executive Piyush Gupta received … Read more
American multinational technology company Google logo seen at Googleplex, the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore has “very high” potential as a global AI hub — thanks in part to an environment that fosters innovation, a Google … Read more
Bars of 100-ounce silver are stacked inside The Safe House, a vault operated by Silver Bullion Pte, in Singapore. Nicky Loh | Bloomberg | Getty Images This could be a banner year for silver, with prices potentially hitting a decade-high. Global silver demand is forecast to reach 1.2 billion ounces in 2024, which would mark … Read more
Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman said on Tuesday that he would not vote for President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical November rematch. “We have two candidates running. One’s bad, the other one’s worse. I don’t know who’s bad, I don’t know who’s worse,” Cooperman said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Cooperman, the … Read more
Ford Motor delivered an earnings beat Tuesday, along with a stronger-than-expected outlook as cost cuts and higher profits from its commercial car business are expected to more than offset the losses from electric vehicles. The cherry on top: Management announced a supplemental dividend of 18 cents per share. Automotive revenue increased 3% year over year, … Read more
A customer exits a Lawson Inc. convenience store in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Japan’s third-largest convenience store chain Lawson surged 18% it received an offer to go private. The offer would see conglomerate Mitsubishi and mobile carrier KDDI jointly manage the convenience store chain, … Read more
