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A view shows Samsung Electronics' chip production plant at Pyeongtaek, South Korea, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on September 7, 2022. Photo: Samsung Electronics/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Samsung sees chip shortage extending to 2028, signs long-term supply deals

Shares in the world's top memory chipmaker surged as much as 8% before trading down 1.1% on Thursday

A worker monitors the production line of drip tape fittings at a factory of DAYU Water Group Co, in Jiuquan, during an organised media tour in Gansu province, China October 18, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

China's factory activity expected to have stalled in July: Reuters poll

File Photo: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

Apple briefly tops $5t market value for first time

A China Airlines Cargo plane taxis at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan, January 7, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

AI race redraws Asian air cargo, replacing e-commerce as growth engine

Representational image. Photo: Reuters

Crude jumps on fresh Mideast flare-up, tech rout deepens

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on before posing for a family photo with ministers during a ministerial meeting at Granja do Torto official residence, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil seeks WTO consultations over latest US tariffs

Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration

Asian chip stocks slide as China competition fears rattle AI trade

Representational image. Photo: Reuters

Oil slips 5% after US, Iran pause fighting over weekend

Containers are transported by train near the Deendayal Port in Kandla, in the western state of Gujarat, India, 5 April 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

45% of India’s exports to US outside additional duty related to use of forced labour

US President Donald Trump waves aboard Marine One in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA on 15 July 2026. Photo: Reuters.

This wave of Trump tariffs is likely here to stay; more are coming

Bottles of Coca-Cola are displayed at a supermarket of Swiss retailer Denner, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Glattbrugg, Switzerland June 26, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

In India, Iran war forces Diet Coke to roll out a bigger can, heftier price tag

The sun sets behind a crude oil pump jack on a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, US November 24, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo

Oil passes $100 a barrel again: Why it is more serious this time

A pumpjack operates at the Vermilion Energy site in Trigueres, France, June 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Why oil prices haven't gone crazy despite 5 months of US-Iran war