Economy

Japan's core inflation rate slows in September
Japan's core inflation rate slows in September

Japanese inflation slowed in September with prices up 2.4 percent on-year, not including volatile fresh food, official data showed Friday. Excluding both fresh food and energy, Japanese prices rose 2.1 percent in September.

Netflix adds millions of subscribers but growth slows
Netflix adds millions of subscribers but growth slows

Netflix on Thursday said it added more than five million subscribers in the recently ended quarter but signaled slowing growth. While Netflix gained 5.1 million subscribers overall in the quarter, it was a drop from the 8.8 million subscribers it added in the same period a year earlier, with the boost from its password-sharing crackdown appearing to abate.

China expected to post slowing growth as economic woes drag
China expected to post slowing growth as economic woes drag

China is expected to post its slowest growth in a year and a half on Friday, as Beijing struggles to steady an economy shaken by sluggish spending and persistent property sector woes. Analysts surveyed by AFP expect China's economy to have only expanded 4.5 percent in the third quarter of the year.

'Deeply misguided' to wall US off with tariffs: Yellen
'Deeply misguided' to wall US off with tariffs: Yellen

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pushed back Thursday on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's proposals of high tariffs on allies and rivals, calling such moves "deeply misguided" weeks before the November 5 election.

Instagram moves to face rising tide of sextortion scams
Instagram moves to face rising tide of sextortion scams

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, on Thursday announced new measures to fight sextortion, a form of online blackmail where criminals coerce victims, often teens, into sending sexually explicit images of themselves.