By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar slipped on Thursday to stand just off recent peaks as cooling U.S. inflation data knocked down bond yields, while the yen hit a one-month high on rising bets on a rate hike in

By Cynthia Kim and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank unexpectedly left its policy interest rate unchanged on Thursday, weighing the impact of its back-to-back cuts last year while supporting the won which weakened to a 15-year low

Investing.com– South Korea’s central bank unexpectedly kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday amid heightened political uncertainty in the country after the recent arrest of impeached President Yung Suk Yeol.  The Bank of Korea left its benchmark rate at 3%, compared to

BEIJING (Reuters) – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) smartphone shipments in China fell 25% in the fourth quarter, while Huawei’s rose 24%, data from research firm Canalys showed on Thursday. Apple shipped 13.1 million units versus Huawei’s 12.9 million, the data showed. That give

By Andrea Shalal NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to set up a new government agency to collect tariffs would duplicate an existing agency and was unlikely to save money. Yellen,