WASHINGTON DC (BE USA Team): Applied Materials came under pressure in premarket trading on Friday, with its shares declining around 5% despite issuing a stronger-than-expected revenue forecast…

HOUSTON [Agency Report]: Crude oil prices moved higher on Friday as renewed security threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and escalating tensions between the United…

TOKYO (Business Emerge/Asia): Japan will send its remaining two giant pandas to China in late January, marking the first period in more than five decades when the…

NEW YORK (Business Emerge): Amazon is engaged in discussions to make a significant financial investment in OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT. The talks involve a…

LONDON (Business Emerge): Uber and Lyft have confirmed plans to introduce autonomous taxi trials in the United Kingdom through separate partnerships with Chinese technology company Baidu, marking…

HANOI (Business Emerge Energy Desk): Industrial facilities in Hanoi have been asked to limit their operations as the city experiences a period of severe air pollution that…

SYDNEY: (Business Emerge/Australia) Westpac’s annual meeting recorded a significant level of dissent over the reelection of non executive director Peter Nash, marking another instance of shareholder concern…

PARIS (BE Tech Desk): France’s Finance Ministry has confirmed that a cyberattack targeting the country’s tax administration resulted in taxpayer information being accessed and extracted, with authorities…