Asian stock markets fell sharply on Friday, led by a sell-off in technology firms as investors worried that recent jumps in share prices had gone too far.   Trading on South Korea’s, Kospi was temporarily halted as an 8% fall in the benchmark index triggered a mechanism intended to curb panic selling. The index closed […]

US President, Donald Trump has said he has ordered an investigation into major energy companies, accusing them of “gouging” customers by not cutting petrol prices after wholesale oil costs fell on global markets.   Trump wrote on social media that he had expected to see petrol prices fall “a lot faster than what I’m seeing”. […]