The world’s largest social media site, with more than 2 billion users worldwide, marks its 15th anniversary Monday beset by scandals and accusations that it has failed to prevent, and even fostered, the mining of user data by private companies. Given its stated commitment to remaining a...

Asia stocks hovered near four-month highs on Monday after a mixed performance on Wall Street at the close of last week, while the dollar firmed against the yen following strong U.S. employment and manufacturing data. Spread-betters expect European markets to start on a cautious note, with...

nternational benchmark Brent crude traded at $62.90 per barrel at 06.39 GMT on Monday while American benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) saw prices of $55.09. Crude oil prices were down at trading start on Friday as investors focused on talks between the U.S. and China in the hope that...

Asian markets rose Monday as investors were cheered by a blockbuster US jobs report last week, while trade was thin owing to the three-day Lunar New Year break. Expectations that the Federal Reserve will take its foot off the gas in raising interest rates and optimism that China and the...