Germany's Merck KGaA will pay US$20 per ADS in cash for UK-based Silence Therapeutics, a 130% premium, to secure divesiran, a phase 3-ready siRNA…
AEP, X-energy and Amazon will study a 12-reactor, 960MW small modular reactor project at a retired coal plant site in Indiana, with Amazon funding…
Global equity markets declined, driven by tech stock sell-off, rising oil prices, and inflation concerns amid geopolitical tensions.
Economists polled by Yonhap, Money Today and Seoul Economic Daily expect the Bank of Korea to keep its base rate at 3% on Thursday…
Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama told the IMF's steering committee in Bangkok that Tokyo's food tax cut and new income-based benefits will be funded…
China's central bank chief told the IMF's steering committee in Bangkok that the Fund should step up scrutiny of fiscal risks in major advanced…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump's waiver of new Russia-linked tariffs is a pause to assess the…
ECB President Christine Lagarde told the IMF's steering committee that the Middle East energy shock warrants a measured policy response, with euro area inflation…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an Iran war-driven energy shock is behind America's rising inflation and promised prices will fall once the conflict…
South Korean Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il told CNBC that chip demand still outstrips supply and the boom should last at least through 2027, after…
Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 1.39% to 65,324.29 on Friday as AI and chip stocks recovered from Thursday's rout, but the index still lost 5.37%…
Chinese EV maker Xpeng has begun volume shipments of its flagship GX SUV to the Middle East and Africa, with regional orders already above…
Truist's adjusted Q3 earnings rose 12% to US$1.16 a share, topping forecasts, but reported revenue of US$3.75 billion missed estimates after a US$1.45 billion…
The STOXX 600 rose 0.7% on Friday to a three-week high, gaining more than 2% for the week as strong results from Aixtron, Nordex…
The Nasdaq fell 2.1% on Friday and 4.5% for the week as worries over the debt financing behind the AI build-out hammered chipmakers and…
South Korea's Kospi climbed 2.05% on Friday to end a seven-session losing streak, but still closed the week down about 14.5% after a chip-led…
