United States
US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected amid labour market stability
Claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 23,000 to a seasonally adjusted 206,000 in the week ended Feb 14
Indonesia, US firms sign US$38.4 billion in trade, investment deals
These are for partnerships in mining, energy, agribusiness, textiles, furniture and technology sectors
US judge rejects Live Nation bid to dismiss antitrust lawsuit over ticket pricing
Fans and politicians had long urged regulators to reexamine Live Nation’s 2010 purchase of Ticketmaster
US banks build tokenised deposit network to guard their turf
The full service is expected to be available for customers of the banks involved in the fourth quarter
Japan to invest US$36 billion in US projects under US$550 billion Trump deal
This is the first tranche of Tokyo’s US$550 billion commitment; the most significant investment is a natural gas facility in Ohio
US homebuilder sentiment dips to five-month low on affordability
Mortgage rates are near the lowest in more than a year, but still double the level that prevailed throughout much of 2021
Reaction to death of US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson
US CIVIL rights leader Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minister from the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and ran twice for the Democratic presidential nomination, has d...
US agencies have developed critical minerals price floor system
It’s the latest update to progress being made by the US and its allies to ringfence Western companies from China’s pressure on those markets
US forces board second sanctioned oil tanker in Indian Ocean
THE US military boarded an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel for thousands of miles, saying it tried to circumvent President Donald Trump’s energy blockade in the Caribbean agai...
Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute: Axios
It is pushing AI companies to let the military use their tools in areas such as weapons development and intelligence collection
