Australia's Woodside Energy Group said on Tuesday it had approved the development of the $7.2 billion Trion ultra deepwater oil project in the Gulf of Mexico, which is expected to provide a strong and quick return on investment.
New Zealand-based payments solutions provider Smartpay Holdings said on Friday that it faced a ransomware attack last week, becoming the latest victim in a slew of cyberattacks taking place in the region and in Australia since last year.
U.S. business groups on Thursday said a "hard-fought" six-year labor deal tentatively agreed between U.S. West Coast seaport employers and the union representing 22,000 workers should avoid economic harm and urged both sides to ratify it quickly.
Ransom-seeking hackers have increasingly turned a greedy eye toward the world of managed file transfer (MFT) software, plundering the sensitive data being exchanged between organizations and their partners in a bid to win big payouts.
Manufacturers in the U.S. Northeast grew more optimistic about the near-term business outlook this month even as current conditions remained mixed across the region.