Disney creates task force to explore AI and cut costs -sources
By Dawn Chmielewski and Krystal Hu (Reuters) – Walt Disney has created a task force to study artificial intelligence and…
Drug user cannot be barred from owning guns, US court rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal…
UK considers response to U.S ban on tech investments in China
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it was weighing how to respond to a decision by U.S. President Joe…
Japan’s struggling Rakuten to combine credit card and mobile payments business
By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Rakuten Group will fold its payments and points businesses into its credit card unit,…
Siemens CEO says customers looking outside China for new investments
ZURICH (Reuters) – Siemens is seeing changing investment patterns by some customers regarding China as tensions rise between Washington and…
India, Japan, US, Australia hold first Malabar naval exercise off Australia
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – India, Japan, the United States and Australia will hold the Malabar navy exercise off…
Japan wholesale inflation slows again, bolstering case for stimulus
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s wholesale inflation eased for a seventh month in July as pressure from high global…
Analysis-ECB is on back foot and for once it’s down to Germany
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is on the back foot again and this time the…
Analysis-US military mission in Niger in focus after coup
By Idrees Ali and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Last month’s coup in Niger has raised questions over whether the…
Refiners make hay as global profit margins rebound
By Mohi Narayan, Laura Sanicola and Ahmad Ghaddar NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Global refiners are raking in hefty gains, fuelled…