Commodities
Di Maio quits as 5-Star leader revealing divisions within party
Luigi Di Maio, leader of Italy’s 5-Star movement, one of two parties in the coalition government, resigned on Wednesday, revealing divisions within the party and stoking political tensions.
US threatens retaliatory levies if UK presses ahead with digital tax
Tensions between London and Washington were growing on Wednesday after the US threatened to impose retaliatory tariffs if the UK introduced a tax on technology companies.
Jeff Bezos's phone hacked by crown prince of Saudi Arabia
The Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has suffered a mobile hack in 2018 by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, reported the Guardian on Wednesday.
Experts say Wuhan coronavirus closer to seasonal influenza
The far lower mortality rate of the new coronavirus identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan means that it is unlikely to have anywhere near the significance for the US economy of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003, Capital Economics said.