By Emily Chow SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices gained around $1 on Thursday as investor sentiment rose on news that China is considering a cut in the duration of quarantine for inbound visitors. Brent crude futures for December settlement rose 80 cents, or 0.9%, to $93.21 a barrel at 0610 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate…
By Sarah McFarlane, Timothy Gardner and Susanna Twidale WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. firms developing a new generation of small nuclear power plants to help cut carbon emissions have a big problem: only one company sells the fuel they need, and it’s Russian. That’s why the U.S. government is urgently looking to use some of its…
TOKYO (AP) — Japan marked a trade deficit for the 14th month in a row, government data showed Thursday, with exports and imports ballooning to record highs, as the declining value of the yen added to the soaring costs of imported energy, food and other goods. Imports totaled 10.9 trillion yen ($72.7 billion) in September,…
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s biggest health insurer said on Thursday a criminal had apparently stolen customers’ medical information as part of a massive breach of data, fuelling concern about a wave of high-profile cyber attacks. Medibank Private Ltd, which covers one-sixth of Australians, said an unidentified person had shown the company stolen personal…
