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Not so SWIFT to address weak points
More than a dozen current and former board directors and senior managers of SWIFT, the bank messaging system that helps transmit billions of dollars around the world every day, have told Reuters that the organisation for years suspected there were weaknesses in the way smaller banks used its messaging terminals – but did not address such vulnerabilities.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
NY Fed, SWIFT renew pledge on stolen fund recovery
The New York Federal Reserve Bank and global payments network SWIFT have reiterated their pledge to help Bangladesh Bank retrieve the $81 million fund stolen from its reserve account.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Tesla removes 'autopilot' from China website after Beijing crash
Tesla removed the word "autopilot" and a Chinese term for "self-driving" from its China website after a driver in Beijing who crashed in "autopilot" mode complained that the car maker overplayed the function's capability and misled buyers.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Oil rises on talk of producer action, but excess looms
Oil prices rose on Monday to their highest in nearly a month, with benchmark Brent crude trading more than 10 percent above the start of August, as speculation intensified about potential producer action to support prices in an oversupplied market.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Japan's economic growth fizzles out in second quarter
Japan's economy stalled in the April-June quarter, data showed Monday, missing market forecasts and rekindling worries about the government's faltering bid to stoke a recovery.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Porsche training is prize for lucky few refugees
Ammar Alkhouli "dreamed of owning a Porsche" when he lived in Syria, but he never imagined that he would one day get training from the German automobile giant to help build its luxury cars.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Pokemon hunt leads to glory for Google-born Niantic
Born in Google's shadow, Niantic strode into the spotlight with a mobile internet spin on hunting Pokemon but can the obsession with the game lead to long-term financial success?
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Gold firm on lower dollar
Gold rose on Monday as the dollar edged lower after sluggish US retail sales data lowered expectations of a US interest rate increase this year.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Calling China: phones everywhere in world's biggest market
Sometimes it seems that no one in China, from toddlers to octogenarians, ladies in swimming pools to delivery men mid-manoeuvre, is without a cellphone to hand -- and statistically it is more or less true.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh officials to meet Fed, US investigators over heist
A team from Bangladesh will meet officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US Department of Justice this week in New York in connection with the cyber theft of $81 million from the South Asian country's central bank in February, sources said.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Japan negotiating with banks to borrow at zero rate
Japan's Ministry of Finance is negotiating with the country's major banks to lend to the government at a zero interest rate in auctions beginning in October or November, a government official familiar with the procedure said on Monday.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Thailand risks losing 200,000 visitors after blasts
Thailand could lose up to 200,000 foreign visitors and $293 million in tourism revenue this year, the head of its tourism authority said on Monday, after a series of deadly blasts in tourist towns last week.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt, IHG hit by malware
A data breach at 20 US hotels operated by HEI Hotels & Resorts for Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt and Intercontinental may have divulged payment card data from tens of thousands of food, drink and other transactions, HEI said on Sunday.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Nissan revolution: could new petrol engine make diesel obsolete?
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co has come up with a new type of gasoline engine it says may make some of today's advanced diesel engines obsolete.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Brexit vote to have 'limited' economic impact on Germany: Bundesbank
Britain's vote to leave the European Union should have limited immediate economic impact on Germany, the country's central bank said on Monday, noting the mood among enterpreneurs remained positive.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Can Singapore's labour crunch spark a robot revolution?
Sherine Toh says her best days at work are when none of the 600-or-so staff at Singapore's Tung Lok Restaurants quits, though such days are rare.
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Huawei plans big for handset sales
HUAWEI aims to be a vital player in the smartphone market in Bangladesh within a short time.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Global glut of oil products threatens crude recovery
Gasoline and diesel stockpiles have swollen to record highs across the globe, leaving refiners and traders few places to dump excess supplies and threatening large-scale production cuts that could derail an oil price recovery.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM
France reports 'alarming' output drop
French industrial production dropped for a second straight month in June, statistics bureau Insee said Wednesday, alarming analysts who had been looking for a modest increase.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM
City job vacancies drop after Brexit vote: study
Vacancies in the City of London finance hub sank 12 percent in July from the previous month following the shock Brexit vote, a study by consultancy Morgan McKinley showed Wednesday.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM