Chinese telecoms giant ZTE is helping Venezuela build a system that monitors citizen behavior through a new identification card. The "fatherland card," already used by the government to track voting, worries many in Venezuela and beyond.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis defended the deployment of thousands of troops to the border with Mexico as he traveled there on Wednesday, saying the mission was "absolutely legal" and justified, and that it was improving military readiness.
Clouds crowded the Illinois sky as Nick Harre walked away from his combine at the peak of harvest to join four fellow farmers in greeting some unlikely visitors.
Oil rose about 2 percent on Wednesday, recouping some of the previous session's heavy selloff, on the growing prospect of OPEC and allied producers cutting output at a meeting next month to prop up the market.
U.S. stocks turned lower on Wednesday as Apple Inc led a decline in technology stocks, offsetting early support from tame U.S. consumer prices data and a rebound in oil prices.
Tax enforcement agencies from the United States and four other countries are leading a crackdown on "professional enablers" of international tax fraud, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service head of criminal investigations said on Wednesday.
Bitcoin fell to a more than one-year low on Wednesday, falling below a key support level of $6,000, with traders and analysts unclear on what caused the sudden drop in price.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+3.140
|
-0.005 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.393
|
-0.007 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.110
|
-0.002 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1282 | 0.0088 |
| EUR | 0.8861 | 1 | 0.0078 |
| JPY | 113.7000 | 128.3100 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,199.20
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Nov 18
|
| Copper |
2.69
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Nov 18
|
| Crude Oil |
56.51
USD
|
+0.82
Exp: Nov 18
|
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