China reviews Meta’s $2 bln Manus AI deal over export control concerns - FT

Investing.com-- Chinese officials are reviewing Meta Platforms’ (NASDAQ:META) $2 billion purchase of artificial intelligence platform Manus for possible violations of China’s technology export control ...

Oil prices sink 1% after Trump says Venezuela to ship crude to the US

Brent oil futures for March fell 1% to $60.11 a barrel by 20:13 ET (01:13 GMT), while West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 1.1% to $56.29 a barrel. Trump said in a social media post that ...

US adds more nations, including Venezuela, to costly visa bond policy

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration has put 25 more countries on a list of nations whose ...

Lenovo announces AI cloud ‘gigafactory’ tieup with Nvidia

Lenovo debuted the AI Cloud Gigafactory program at the CES tradeshow in Las Vegas, with CEO Yuanqing Yang and Nvidia CEO ...

Trump freezes $10 billion child care, family assistance funds to 5 US states

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is freezing more than $10 billion in federal child care and family assistance funds to California, Colorado, Illinois, ...

Newmont sees 60 koz gold production hit from West Australia bushfire

Investing.com-- Newmont Goldcorp (NYSE: NEM ), the world’s largest gold miner said on Tuesday it expects production to fall by about 60,000 ounces in the first quarter of 2026 due to damage caused by ...

Trump administration freezes some child care funds to five states

Jan 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s administration is freezing some federal child care and family assistance funds to the states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, the ...

Lenovo, Nvidia unveil AI cloud gigafactory

Jan 6 (Reuters) - Lenovo unveiled an artificial intelligence cloud gigafactory with NVIDIA at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday, while also showcasing a slew of other products, ...

Futures flat, CES 2026 takes central stage- what’s moving markets

Shares in Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan led gains in Asia, building on solid advances in U.S. markets earlier. Chipmakers were at the forefront after fresh updates from Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices ...

Australia’s inflation slows in November, but core sticky

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that its monthly consumer price index (CPI) was unchanged in November ...

Australia CPI cools more than expected in Nov, but core inflation remains sticky

CPI inflation rose 3.4% year-on-year in November, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday. The ...

Crude oil slumps, Asian shares edge lower as global tensions climb

U.S. crude fell 1.1% to $56.48 a barrel and Brent fell to $60.22 per barrel, down 0.8% on the day. MSCI’s broadest index of ...