(Reuters) – Oil prices fell further in early Asian trade on Friday, and were on track for the worst week in months over U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, stoking concerns over a global trade war that could weigh on oil demand. Brent futures fell 31 cents, or 0.4%, to $69.83 a barrel by 0157...

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar struggled to regain its footing with the safe-haven yen hovering near a six-month peak on Friday, as traders took stock of the fallout from President Donald Trump’s aggressive and far-reaching new tariff measures. The dollar was steady after bouncing off six-month troughs to the euro and...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Sweden’s AB Volvo will increase its investment in the truck factory it is building in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon to $1 billion, Mexico’s Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Thursday. Volvo announced in August that it had chosen a site on the outskirts of the industrial hub Monterrey in...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Several Australian pension funds have been hit by coordinated hacking that compromised thousands of member accounts in the A$4.2 trillion ($2.66 trillion) industry, the government’s cyber security chief said on Friday. National Cyber Security Coordinator Michelle McGuinness said in a statement she was aware of cyber criminals targeting account holders of pension funds...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Trade Minister Yoji Muto said on Thursday that Japan is leaving all options open to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs. In a press conference, Muto said he had held an online meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick just before Trump’s announcement, to repeat Japan’s demand for...

TAIPEI (Reuters) – The Taiwan-U.S. partnership is a driver of shared economic prosperity and central to supply chain security and stability in the region, the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan said on Thursday after U.S. tariffs were announced. U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced across the board import tariffs, with much higher duties...

By Joe Cash, Xiuhao Chen and Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Thursday urged the United States to immediately cancel its latest tariffs and vowed countermeasures to safeguard its own interests, after President Donald Trump declared sweeping levies on all U.S. trading partners around the world. The U.S. move disregards the balance of interests reached...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Planned new U.S. tariffs could have a huge impact on world trade, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday, warning of a possible hit to global growth hours before President Donald Trump is set to unveil reciprocal tariffs. The expected move will come on top of U.S....

If the stock market is a country’s report card, Singapore is currently outperforming of the US today. Last Friday, the NASDAQ Composite (^IXIC) closed 14.3% below its peak, putting the index in correction territory. At the same time, Singapore’s Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI) or STI broke past the 4,000 mark for the first time...