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WhatsApp's Koum gets $458 million in stock before Facebook exit 17 May 2018 - 08:15 pm
Jan Koum, 42, confirmed in an April 30 Facebook post that he’s leaving the social-media giant, without saying exactly when that will happen
Canada says ready to compensate pipeline builder for losses 16 May 2018 - 11:54 pm
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Oil, dollar combo sends $141 billion manager to Indian hedges 16 May 2018 - 06:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: A US five dollar note is seen in this illustration, June 1, 2017. (Reuters / Thomas White)
Indian rupee's slide to 15-month low said to have spurred intervention 16 May 2018 - 05:32 pm
A worker fills diesel in a car as he holds 500 Indian rupee banknotes at a fuel station in Kolkata, India, November 9, 2016. (Reuters / Rupak De Chowdhuri)
Nissan profit hit by strong yen, higher materials, R&D costs 14 May 2018 - 11:38 pm
Nissan Motors CEO Hiroto Saikawa attends a press conference to announce the company's fiscal year 2017 financial results at the Nissan Global Headquarters in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture on May 14, 2018. AFP / Behrouz Mehri
Airbus CFO Wilhelm to leave in 2019 along with CEO Enders 14 May 2018 - 11:38 pm
FILE PHOTO: Airbus Chief Financial Officer Harald Wilhelm during the company's news conference on 2017 financial results in Blagnac near Toulouse, France, February 15, 2018. Reuters/Regis Duvignau
Legal sports betting coming soon to several US states 14 May 2018 - 09:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: A US five dollar note is seen in this illustration photo, June 1, 2017. Reuters/Thomas White
Trump: US will help penalized Chinese company 14 May 2018 - 01:32 pm
This picture taken on May 3, 2018 shows the ZTE logo on an office building in Shanghai. AFP / Johannes Eisele
Rhetoric over US exit from Iran deal rises amid sanctions threat 14 May 2018 - 12:14 am
White House national security adviser John Bolton said U.S. sanctions on European companies that maintain business dealings with Iran were
In concession, Trump will help China's ZTE 'get back into business' 13 May 2018 - 11:47 pm
This picture taken on May 3, 2018 shows the ZTE logo on an office building in Shanghai. AFP / Johannes Eisele
Few teeth in Trump's prescription to reduce drug prices 12 May 2018 - 01:04 am
In Rose Garden remarks at the White House, President Donald Trump called his plan the
Argentine peso heads for worst week since 2015 after IMF meeting 12 May 2018 - 12:57 am
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde poses for a photo with Argentinian Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne prior to talks at IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on May 10, 2018. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Garuda cancels some flights as Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupts 11 May 2018 - 11:45 pm
A view of Mount Merapi following an eruption as seen from Donoharjo village, near Yogyakarta, on the island of Java, Indonesia May 11, 2018. Reuters/Dwi Oblo
Bank of England is losing time to create breathing room before Brexit 11 May 2018 - 11:02 am
Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, attends the central bank's quarterly Inflation Report press conference in London, on May 10, 2018.  AFP / Frank Augstein
'Superman': Hong Kong's richest tycoon Li Ka-shing 11 May 2018 - 11:02 am
Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing, 89, speaks to the press after a meeting with shareholders at the Harbour Grand hotel in Hong Kong on May 10, 2018, on the official day of his retirement.  AFP / Anthony Wallace
Social investors see the light on clean energy for the poor 10 May 2018 - 08:14 pm
Fikile Mthiyane takes a break from cooking a family meal in KwaNdengezi, South Africa, August 31, 2017. REUTERS/Rogan Ward
Trump's Iran nuclear deal withdrawal has oil shippers in limbo over insurance 10 May 2018 - 07:05 pm
Oil tankers pass the skyline of Singapore,  June 8, 2016. (Reuters /Edgar Su)
Apple scraps $1 billion Irish data centre over planning delays 10 May 2018 - 12:41 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 23, 2018 shows Apple logos on a computer screen in Beijing. AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI