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A smartphone with the Electronic Arts logo is seen in front of a displayed character from the Battlefield 2042 game in this illustration taken September 16, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

'Battlefield' maker Electronic Arts to go private in record-setting $55 billion LBO

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners and private equity firm Silver Lake came together to buy the popular videogame maker with a combination of $36...

A man walks past a screen displaying Japan's Nikkei share average and exchange rate between Japanese yen and US dollar outside a brokerage,in Tokyo, Japan, August 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato

Asian shares, gold rise on US shutdown watch; crude falls

South Korean 10,000 won note is seen on US 100 dollar notes in this picture illustration taken in Seoul, South Korea, December 15, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

US agrees South Korea not a currency manipulator: Seoul

A container ship is seen near the Hai Phong International Container Terminal, after US President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for many countries, in Hai Phong, Vietnam, April 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

Hardest-hit Vietnam risks losing $25 billion from US tariffs: UN estimates

A view shows a Microsoft logo at Microsoft offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, 25 January 2023. Photo: Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes

UK and US agree $42 billion tech pact to mark Trump's visit

A 3D-printed miniature model of US President Donald Trump, the South Korea flag and the word "Tariffs" are seen in this illustration taken July 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

South Korea's top trade envoy heading to US amid stalled trade talks

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng pose during US-China trade and economic talks at Santa Cruz Palace, Spain’s main foreign ministry office, in Madrid, Spain, September 14, 2025. Photo: United States Treasury/Handout via Reuters

US, China talks in Madrid on trade, TikTok carry over into second day

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepare to shake hands as they attend a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, US, February 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

US, India eye trade reset as Trump plans talks with Modi

Container ships are loaded at a loading terminal in the port of Hamburg Germany October 28, 2019. Picture taken October 28, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo

Chinese goods redirected to Germany because of US tariffs: researchers

A drone view shows a worker checking super sacks with coffee beans at a farmers' cooperative warehouse in Franca, Brazil, August 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Joel Silva/File Photo

Brazil coffee exports to US fall in August but surge elsewhere: industry

A load of soybeans is dumped into an elevator hopper during harvest season at Deerfield AG Services grain elevator facility in Massillon, Ohio, US, October 7, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Dane Rhys/File Photo

US misses out on billions in China soybean sales midway through peak season

A view shows a pressure gauge near oil pump jacks outside Almetyevsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia July 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Oil rises on modest OPEC+ output hike, Russia supply concern

People walk past an installation depicting barrel of oil with the logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Oil gains on prospect of more sanctions on Russia; OPEC+ output hike seen modest