Nvidia set to report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell
Nvidia is scheduled to announce fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday in a highly anticipated report that will give Wall Street a sense of how long the AI boom can last.
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London's famed BT Tower sold to U.S. hotel group for $347 million
LONDON — British telecoms group BT said Wednesday it had agreed to sell London's iconic BT Tower — once an important piece of network infrastructure — to developer MCR Hotels for £275 million ($346.6 million).
Germany slashes 2024 growth forecast to just 0.2% as economy in 'tricky waters,' minister says
Germany's gross domestic product is now expected to grow by just 0.2% this year, as the country wades in "tricky waters," German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Wednesday.
More than $400 million needed for western Afghanistan to recover from October earthquake, UN says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — More than $400 million is needed for western Afghanistan to recover and rebuild after a devastating earthquake last October that killed around 2,000 people, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Japan's economic presence in Southeast Asia is not fading away
Guanie Lim is an assistant professor of development studies at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo.
Indonesia and OECD to start accession discussions
TOKYO -- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development announced Tuesday that it will open accession talks with Indonesia. If it joins, Indonesia will be the first OECD member from Southeast Asia.
Japan aims to export metro railway tech to Dominican Republic
TOKYO -- Japan's government is backing a bid to export underground railway technology from the country for a metro project in the Dominican Republic, Nikkei has learned.
In Malaysia, money squabbles cast long shadow over death of Sarawak’s ex-governor Taib Mahmud
But on Wednesday morning, a tearful Raghad Kurdi Taib and her husband’s four children appeared to have set aside their differences for Taib’s wake at the national mosque.