A new Trump administration policy aimed at lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare patients could ultimately apply to only four pharmaceutical companies, after the government created exemptions for manufacturers that have reached separate pricing agreements with the White House.

Several Federal Reserve policymakers are signaling that the central bank may wait for additional economic data before deciding whether to raise interest rates again, sharply reducing market expectations for an increase at the Fed's October meeting.

Thousands of travellers were left in limbo as a major system failure crippled automated immigration gates at Malaysia’s two principal land checkpoints with Singapore, creating hours-long queues at one of the world’s busiest border crossings