WHO says e-cigarettes, ‘smoke-free’ products do not help reduce cancer
GENEVA (Reuters) – Electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products are not helping fight cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said…
Sanofi ends partnership with Lexicon to develop diabetes drug
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Sanofi is pictured during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit…
China detects African swine fever in pigs transported to Liaoning: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – China detected African swine fever virus in live pigs being transported to the northeastern Liaoning province, the…
California, four automakers defy Trump, agree to tighten emissions rules
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – Four major automakers said on Thursday they have reached an agreement with California on fuel efficiency rules,…
U.S. attorney general, state officials discuss big tech firms’ effect on competition
FILE PHOTO: The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are seen in a combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File…
Apple pays $1 billion for Intel unit in push for chip independence
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) took a major step toward supplying its own smartphone chips by purchasing the majority of…
Allergan recalls textured breast implants worldwide
(Reuters) – Allergan Plc said on Wednesday it was recalling its Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders across markets,…
Bristol-Myers releases mixed Opdivo lung cancer results
FILE PHOTO: Logo of global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb is pictured on the blouse of an employee in Le Passage,…
Eli Lilly’s hypoglycemia treatment wins FDA approval
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Lilly is seen on a wall of the Lilly France company unit, part of the…
CNOOC halts field work at western Uganda project over Ebola fears
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Oil producer China National Offshore Oil Corp said on Thursday it had halted field work at its…
Exclusive: White House preparing order that would cut drug prices for Medicare: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a sweeping executive order that would cut prices on virtually…
Drug makers met with Trump to argue against Senate pricing bill
(Reuters) – The main pharmaceutical industry lobbying group said on Thursday it and some drugmakers met with President Donald Trump…
Deployment of second Ebola vaccine would not be quick fix, experts warn
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – The resignation of Congo’s health minister in the midst of the country’s worst…
Prevagen maker must face FTC, New York claims that memory supplement does not work
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Quincy Bioscience failed to dismiss a lawsuit in which the Federal Trade Commission and New York…
Coca-Cola’s coffee and zero sugar soda mix lifts 2019 goals, shares
(Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) beat second-quarter earnings expectations and raised its organic revenue forecast for the full year thanks…
Facebook to create privacy panel, pay $5 billion to U.S. to settle allegations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission is set to announce on Wednesday that Facebook Inc (FB.O) has agreed to…
Exclusive: Deutsche Bank’s problem derivatives cloud recovery – sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank AG’s (DBKGn.DE) turnaround strategy rests in large part on shedding 288 billion euros of…
Sanofi signs U.S. rights deal with Roche for flu treatment Tamiflu
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Sanofi is pictured during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit…
China’s agri ministry emphasizes need to ensure stable hog market
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday that it would work to ensure the country’s pork supplies and…
Multiple sclerosis drug helps Biogen beat Wall St. profit expectations
(Reuters) – Biogen Inc reported better-than-expected second quarter profit and raised its 2019 earnings forecast on Tuesday, driven by higher…
Trump meets with tech CEOs on Huawei
U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.…
LG Display to invest $2.6 billion in OLED panel plant in South Korea
FILE PHOTO: A man walks out of the headquarters of LG Display in Seoul, October 20, 2011. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak/File Photo…
Trump agrees to prompt responses to license requests for Huawei sales
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump agreed at a meeting with the heads of top technology companies like Google on…
Huawei’s U.S. research arm slashes more than 70% of workforce
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd said it is slashing more than 600 jobs at its…
U.S. farmers look past trade fears to cash in on China’s hog crisis
WALCOTT, Iowa/LONDON (Reuters) – It might seem an unlikely time for U.S. farmers to look to China for more business…
Exclusive: WeWork to host Wall Street analyst day in IPO push – sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The We Company, parent of shared office space manager WeWork, plans to host an analyst day…
AmEx warns of higher costs as it boosts rewards program, shares fall
(Reuters) – American Express Co (AXP.N) warned of higher operating costs this year as the credit card issuer spends heavily…
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says ECB must buy equities to stimulate euro zone
NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackRock (BLK.N) Chief Executive Larry Fink said on Friday the European Central Bank will need to…
BlackRock profit misses estimates, hit by lower fees for lending stocks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), the world’s largest asset manager, took in less cash last quarter as investors…
Airbus mimics nature with ‘Bird of Prey’ concept plane
An Airbus concept aircraft with a wing design inspired by nature, dubbed Bird of Prey, is displayed at the Royal…
Exclusive: J.C. Penney taps debt restructuring advisers – sources
(Reuters) – J.C. Penney Co Inc (JCP.N) has hired advisers to explore debt restructuring options that would buy more time…
Four Republican lawmakers ask Trump to move forward with $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four Republican members of U.S. Congress, including House Armed Services Committee ranking member Mac Thornberry, sent a…
Ford to lay off around 200 workers at Canadian plant
TORONTO (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) will lay off about approximately 200 employees in September at a Canadian manufacturing…
Equifax nears deal to pay about $700 million to settle U.S. data breach probes: WSJ
FILE PHOTO: Credit reporting company Equifax Inc. corporate offices are pictured in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Tami Chappell…
White House to host meeting with tech executives on Huawei ban: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow will host a meeting with semiconductor and software executives on Monday…
American Airlines-Qantas joint venture wins final U.S. approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Friday granted American Airlines Group Inc and Qantas Airways Ltd…
China Southern Airlines to receive $4 billion capital injection
FILE PHOTO: The company logo of China Southern Airlines is displayed at a news conference in Hong Kong, China March…
Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan-Mitsubishi in the Netherlands: paper
FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Issei…
CBS stations go dark for DirecTV customers amid contract dispute with AT&T
FILE PHOTO: An AT&T logo is pictured in Pasadena, California, U.S., January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (Reuters) – CBS Corp…
UK parliamentary committee questions StanChart’s remuneration policy
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Standard Chartered is displayed at the financial Central district in Hong Kong, China November 23,…
Novartis’s older MS drug Gilenya wins Chinese approval
FILE PHOTO: Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ logo is seen at the company’s plant in the northern Swiss town of Stein, Switzerland…
Health Canada to keep importing Kaleo’s epinephrine shot amid shortages
(Reuters) – The Canadian health regulator said on Friday it would keep importing U.S.-based Kaleo Inc’s epinephrine auto-injectors and expects…
Biohaven’s treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease fails to win FDA nod
FILE PHOTO: The logo for Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company is displayed on a screen during the company’s IPO on the…
Ryanair Irish pilot union to decide on strike ballot next week
FILE PHOTO: Passengers disembark a Ryanair flight at Dublin International Airport in Dublin, Ireland. Aug 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay DUBLIN…
Transport app FlixMobility gets Germany’s biggest tech funding round to drive growth
FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) – Transport app FlixMobility has raised around 500 million euros ($561 million) in Germany’s biggest tech funding round…
Trump to meet airline executives to discuss ‘competition and transparency’
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for travel to Greenville, North Carolina from the…
Southwest schedules without Boeing 737 MAX until Nov. 2, freezes pilot hiring
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co (LUV.N) joined U.S. rivals on Thursday in cancelling more flights until early November due to…
BMW promotes Oliver Zipse to CEO
FILE PHOTO: Oliver Zipse, board member of German luxury carmaker BMW attends the company’s annual news conference in Munich, Germany,…
U.S. tells T-Mobile, Sprint to wrap up divestiture deal: source
FILE PHOTO: A smartphones with Sprint logo are seen in front of a screen projection of T-mobile logo, in this…
BMW picks Oliver Zipse as new CEO
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BMW (BMWG.DE) said Oliver Zipse will become chief executive on Aug. 16, picking the 55-year-old manufacturing expert…
U.S. Justice Department may sue to block Sprint, T-Mobile merger: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has told T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) and Sprint Corp (S.N) to wrap up…
Union Pacific cost cuts sheltered profit amid freight slowdown
(Reuters) – Union Pacific Corp (UNP.N) on Thursday reported a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street estimates, as the U.S.…
Netflix sinks on subscriber losses, analysts still see growth
(Reuters) – Wall Street brokerages stuck to a positive outlook on Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) on Thursday, betting that a strong…
Goldman Sachs’ equities-backed earnings results may face pressure
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Booming stock markets around the globe helped Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) offset declines in other…
U.S. airline group says it had a ‘productive meeting’ with Trump on Qatar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. airline industry group said it had a “productive” meeting on Thursday with President Donald Trump,…
Wall Street rises as Fed’s Williams cements rate-cut expectations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks moved higher on Thursday after a slow start as comments from New York Fed…
Trump meets with airline CEOs over Qatar subsidy accusations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met on Thursday with the chief executives of major American airlines to discuss…
Boeing takes $4.9 billion charge for prolonged grounding of 737 MAX planes
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Thursday it would take an after-tax charge of $4.9 billion in the…
Microsoft shares hit record highs, powered by growing cloud sales
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Thursday beat analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit, driven by continued sales increases…