Green hydrogen’s time has come, say advocates eying post-pandemic world
LONDON (Reuters) – Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Now, as major economies prepare…
After betting its future on Boeing, jetmaker Embraer scrambles for elusive plan B
SAO PAULO/PARIS (Reuters) – Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA (EMBR3.SA) has been thrust into an uncertain future with no immediate plan…
Coronavirus could be knockout blow for Hong Kong’s once-thriving tourism, retail sectors
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tom Bennell’s olive oil distribution business took a heavy beating during months of pro-democracy protests that…
Investors left exposed as Trump’s SEC gives America Inc helping hand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ top market cop is slowly taking the shackles off corporations. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO:…
Southeast Asia’s mobile payments face shakeout as market booms
HO CHI MINH CITY/HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Just next to Ho Chi Minh City’s financial district, two dozen street vendors’…
Saudi attacks rattle shippers’ plan to switch fuels
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Refinery outages in Saudi Arabia following weekend attacks on its oil facilities could deal a blow…
Stockpiles of tomatoes? UK retailers bristle at demands of no-deal Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – A British demand for supermarkets to prepare for a potentially chaotic no-deal Brexit by stockpiling food is…
Japan’s curbs on high-tech materials exports to South Korea could backfire
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) – Japan’s curbs on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea could backfire in the long run, eroding…
As U.S. Treasuries sizzle, some bond investors brace for possible sell-off
NEW YORK (Reuters) – While there seems to be no end on the horizon to this year’s dramatic rally in…
Three U.S. bond kings wield same strategy, get same result: lag their peers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three names dominate the U.S. world of bond investing – Jeffrey Gundlach, Dan Ivascyn and Scott…
No ready spark seen for lagging U.S. energy shares
NEW YORK (Reuters) – There may be little relief on the horizon for investors in U.S. energy companies, whose shares…
Wall Street looks to earnings after strongest June in decades
NEW YORK (Reuters) – On the heels of the S&P 500’s best June performance in more than six decades, investors…
Canada aboriginal pipe dream might end Trudeau’s Trans Mountain nightmare
CALGARY, Alberta/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – An indigenous-led group plans to offer to buy a majority stake in the Trans Mountain…
Preserve your ammunition, BIS urges top central banks
LONDON (Reuters) – Bank for International Settlements (BIS) chief Agustin Carstens has urged top central banks to preserve their ammunition…
Deutsche Bank board to meet July 7 to decide on cutting jobs: sources
FILE PHOTO: The Deutsche Bank headquarters are pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo FRANKFURT (Reuters) –…
Under pressure, Biden drifts leftward on abortion, climate change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Joe Biden Express to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination went a bit off track this week.…
Bayer bets on ‘silver bullet’ defense in Roundup litigation; experts see hurdles
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bayer AG plans to argue that a $2 billion jury award and thousands of U.S. lawsuits…
Bayer bets on ‘silver bullet’ defense in Roundup litigation; experts see hurdles
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bayer AG plans to argue that a $2 billion jury award and thousands of U.S. lawsuits…
No call for simulators in new Boeing 737 MAX training proposals
SEATTLE/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Boeing Co said it will submit by the end of this week a training package that…
Chinese smartphone firms jazz up products, seize turf in home market from Apple
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Smartphone retailers in China say it’s a tough sell of late with consumers reluctant to upgrade, put…
Beneath Fed’s positive spin, an embrace of a tepid future
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers see a U.S. economy that is rapidly losing momentum. They predict inflation will…
German lawmakers challenge deputy finance minister’s Goldman link in bank merger
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German lawmakers on Monday criticized deputy finance minister Joerg Kukies and Goldman Sachs, alleging a conflict of…
California jury awards $29 million to woman with cancer who used J&J talc
(Reuters) – A California jury on Wednesday awarded $29 million to a woman who said that asbestos in Johnson &…
Qatar’s real estate market faces reality check ahead of World Cup
DOHA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s Doha Tower, a spike-tipped cylinder that glows orange at night, won an award when finished in…
Slump persists, China fails to stimulate markets hobbled by pledged shares
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is struggling to restore confidence in its stock markets, which are being weighed down by a…
Machines take the blame as U.S. stock market sells off
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors searching for perpetrators and victims in this week’s U.S. stock market selloff pointed to a…
Danske shares slide as U.S. criminal inquiry spooks investors
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danske Bank’s (DANSKE.CO) deepening money laundering scandal dragged its shares to a four-year low on Friday as…
Trade war threatens reign of luxury stocks
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – An escalating trade war between the United States and China could abruptly end a glittering stock market…
J&J vows to overturn $4.7 billion talc verdict but experts see hurdles
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson has vowed to appeal a $4.7 billion verdict awarded to 22 women who…
Italy’s euroskeptics and their currency ideas take center-stage
ROME (Reuters) – If Italy leaves the euro, it will be late on a Friday night. FILE PHOTO: A two…
U.S. sanctions on Iran threaten vital Afghanistan trade project
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord and re-impose sanctions on…
Asia oil thirst tab $1 trillion a year as crude rises to $80
SINGAPORE/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Oil prices are poised to break through $80 per barrel and Asia’s demand is at a record,…
Credit raters put pressure on Deutsche Bank over new strategy
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) new chief executive Christian Sewing needs to come up with a convincing strategy swiftly…
Japan may soften trade stance as U.S. keeps up pressure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Despite calls to resist protectionism and for the United States to rejoin a multilateral trans-Pacific trade pact,…
Trump’s next $100 billion tariff dilemma: hit Wal-Mart or Apple Store?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumers may be about to directly feel the effects of the trade fight started by U.S.…
J&J Baby Powder litigation takes new focus with asbestos claims
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A $117 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) and a supplier in favor of a…
Spotify puts bank IPO paydays under fund manager scrutiny
LONDON (Reuters) – After shaking up the music industry, Spotify (SPOT.N) is now prompting investors to question the value they…