TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia to boost e-commerce business

By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) -Short video app TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security. Southeast Asia, a region with a collective population of 630…

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U.S. business inventories rebound in April

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. business inventories rebounded in April, boosted by stocks at manufacturers, suggesting that inventories could contribute to economic growth in the second quarter. Business inventories increased 0.2% after dropping 0.2% in March, the Commerce Department said on Thursday. The rebound in inventories, a key component of gross domestic product, was in line…

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CoinEx accepts New York ban, to pay $1.8 million to resolve attorney general lawsuit

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – CoinEx agreed to pay $1.8 million and be banned from operating in New York to settle state Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit accusing the cryptocurrency exchange of operating illegally because it failed to register with the state. A proposed settlement was filed on Wednesday in a New York…

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US targets North Korea’s missile development in fresh sanctions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States targeted North Korea’s missile development in fresh sanctions, issuing the punitive action after South Korea earlier on Thursday said its neighbor fired two short-range missiles. The South Korean military said North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast on Thursday, less than an hour after Pyongyang warned…

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Outlook brightens among US Northeast manufacturers

(Reuters) – Manufacturers in the U.S. Northeast grew more optimistic about the near-term business outlook this month even as current conditions remained mixed across the region. Monthly surveys of goods producers from the Federal Reserve banks of Philadelphia and New York on Thursday both showed the six-month outlook at 15-month highs. Manufacturers in both districts,…

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