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Uber has also notified the U.S. authorities about payments made by staff to police officers in Indonesia, a source told Reuters.
The long-term battle on trade between the U.S. and China shows no sign of ending as a war of words ensued this week between the two.
Taizo Son, founder and CEO at VC firm Mistletoe, says initial coin offerings will be a major way to raise funds.
The ultra-wealthy are allocating more of their money to equities and less to hedge funds and real estate, a survey found.
London tech firm TransferWise's "borderless" accounts allow businesses to hold money in many currencies, which could mean big savings.
The move comes after Reuters previously reported that Toshiba was considering selling the business to a group backed by Western Digital.
A technical glitch caused Amazon.com to email some customers erroneously that they had received a gift, the company said on Tuesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told PBS he and Trump spoke on the phone about a May clash involving Turkish bodyguards.
Asian shares closed mostly unchanged as investors awaited monetary policy clues from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
North Korea sends an unspoken message ahead of President Trump's speech at the U.N. General Assembly.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke about keeping pressure on North Korea with economic sanctions imposed through the UN.
It's not the Vision Fund, but SoftBank Ventures Korea is another unit of the Japanese conglomerate looking to invest in start-ups.
William Bao Bean, general partner at early stage VC firm SOSV, says there is massive amounts of money flowing into AI in China.
It's not too late for South Korean leaders to "reflect on the lessons" from Seoul's THAAD deployment, Chinese state media said on Tuesday.
Three global VCs share where start-ups go wrong when pitching their ideas.
Former consultant Geoffrey See has bet on North Korea's business potential for nearly a decade.
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New leadership at the Fed could bring in policy changes that differ markedly from the Janet Yellen-led FOMC, says Dwyfor Evans, MD, head of Asia-Pacific Macro Strategy, State Street Global Markets.
The Bank of Japan has a neutral stance when it comes to politics although it's possible a new regime might not re-appoint BOJ Governor Kuroda, says Eisuke Sakakibara, professor at Aoyama Gakuin University.
Bond investors could consider reallocating into cheaper equity markets as the Fed begins unwinding its balance sheet, says Ken Wong of Eastspring Investments.
