 | | | | Oil prices edged higher on Thursday on expectations that OPEC will extend an output cut agreement, while investors awaited a meeting between the United States and China that could produce a breakthrough on trade talks. | | | | | | Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex in late 2018 deploying a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. | | | | | | Global equity markets gained and the dollar held steady on Thursday ahead of the G20 summit where a much-anticipated meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping may lead to a truce in the U.S.-China trade war. | | | | | | Twitter Inc said on Thursday it would identify and deemphasize tweets that broke its rules but came from important sources, such as politicians, in order to strike a balance between free expression and accountability. | | | | | | Ford said it will cut 12,000 jobs in Europe by the end of next year to try to return the business to profit, part of a wave of cost reductions in an auto industry facing stagnant demand and huge investments to build low emission cars. | | | | | | State Street Corp agreed to pay $94.3 million to settle federal and state regulatory charges it routinely overcharged mutual fund customers and other clients over roughly 17 years by adding hidden markups on back-office expenses. | | | | | | Wall Street gained ground in a broad-based rally on Thursday as market participants looked to the G20 summit this weekend for signs of progress in the long-running U.S.-China trade dispute, which has agitated markets for months. | | | | | | America's trade war with China is once again poised to switch off the nation's last television factory. | | | | | | A pullback in prices of bitcoin deepened on Thursday, falling over 16% to below $11,000 after jumping to 18-month high of nearly $14,000 earlier this week amid optimism about the widening usage of digital currencies. | | | | | | Japan Display Inc said on Friday it would receive a $100 million investment from a customer, which a source said was Apple Inc , as part of a bailout deal led by a Chinese investment firm for the smartphone screen maker. | | | | | |
