At the entrance to Bab Tadmor, a neighbourhood of Homs that was once a rebel stronghold, an election billboard showing a smiling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hangs down the side of a bombed out building.
Israel’s Paz Oil (PZOL.TA) swung to a first-quarter profit, saying on Tuesday there was higher demand for fuel as the country emerged from a coronavirus lockdown.Paz, Israel’s largest distributor of refined oil products, said it earned an adjusted 30 million shekels ($9.3 million)in the quarter, versus a loss of 97 million a year prior. Revenue…
Young startup Atlan, which has built a SaaS data collaboration platform and is courting customers in international markets, has now won the trust of some high-profile investors. Atlan said on Tuesday it has raised $16 million in its Series A financing round that was led by Insight Partners. Bob Muglia (former CEO of Snowflake), Bob…
New York City-based vertical farming startup Bowery Farming this week has announced a $300 million Series C. The round, which brings its total funding north of $472 million, values the company at $2.3 billion. Fidelity Management & Research Company led the beefy round, with participation from existing investors GV (formerly Google Ventures), General Catalyst, GGV…
2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the city skyline in Singapore December 31, 2020. Picture taken December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su 2/2 By Chen Lin and Aradhana Aravindan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s economy expanded more than first thought in the first quarter and the government maintained its growth forecast for the year, but…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A packet of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln five-dollar bill currency is inspected at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington March 26, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar coasted at the bottom of its recent range on Tuesday, as softer-than-expected U.S. data and…
Asian shares climbed in morning trade on Tuesday, tracking a Wall Street rally overnight, while the dollar held near a fourth-month low as investors tempered fears about inflation-driven rate hikes.
Japanese shares rose on Tuesday, as a strong finish on the Nasdaq overnight boosted heavyweight local technology stocks, although gains were capped by continued worries of a sluggish economic recovery because of slow vaccine rollouts in the country.
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said in a court filing it would appeal a court decision faulting former U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s handling of the 2019 special counsel report on then-President Donald Trump, a move congressional Democrats had opposed.U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson had given the Justice Department until May 24 to…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinElon Musk, the meme-loving Tesla TSLA chief executive that moves markets with his irreverent tweets, is apparently readying for war. Musk, who’s recently gone all-in on the somewhat satirical cryptocurrency dogecoin—helping its price soar many thousands of percent to a mind-blowing $42 billion market capitalization—sees a “battle” coming between…





