Stock selloff snowballs as investors price in slowing world economy
LONDON (Reuters) – Losses on global stocks snowballed on Monday, with Wall Street set to follow Europe and Asia lower…
Huawei CFO seeks bail, cites health fears behind bars: court documents
Meng Wanzhou, Executive Board Director of the Chinese technology giant Huawei, attends a session of the VTB Capital Investment Forum…
Huawei CFO bail hearing to resume in Canada as Beijing steps up pressure
TORONTO/BEIJING (Reuters) – A top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies is due back in a Canadian court on…
Exclusive: Odebrecht Peru agrees to plea deal with Peruvian authorities over bribery scandal – sources
(Reuters) – Brazilian builder Odebrecht’s Peruvian unit has signed a deal with Peruvian authorities to pay a multimillion dollar fine…
China’s November export, import growth shrinks, showing weak demand
BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported far weaker than expected November exports and imports, showing slower global and domestic demand and…
China calls on Canada to free Huawei CFO or face consequences
BEIJING/OTTAWA (Reuters) – China warned Canada on Saturday that there would be severe consequences if it did not immediately release…
Canadian PM: no political interference in Huawei arrest decision
FILE PHOTO – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa,…
Exclusive: U.S. probe of China’s Huawei includes bank fraud accusations – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s chief financial officer was arrested as part of a U.S.…
Brazil court blocks proposed Embraer-Boeing tie-up
The logo of Brazilian aviation company Embraer is seen during the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition fair (LABACE)…
Trump coy on China trade deal before meeting Xi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump sent mixed signals on Thursday about the prospects for a trade deal with…
China orders halt to gene-editing after outcry over babies
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese government on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to research activities for people involved in the…
Egypt says U.S. oil firms showing appetite for offshore projects
ROME (Reuters) – Egypt sees increasing interest from U.S. energy companies in developing its offshore oil and natural gas resources…
Egypt says U.S. oil firms showing appetite for offshore projects
ROME (Reuters) – Egypt sees increasing interest from U.S. energy companies in developing its offshore oil and natural gas resources…
Egypt says U.S. oil firms showing appetite for offshore projects
ROME (Reuters) – Egypt sees increasing interest from U.S. energy companies in developing its offshore oil and natural gas resources…
New blow to China as African swine fever found in wild boar
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s efforts to stem the spread of African swine fever were dealt a fresh blow on Friday…
Spenders or thrifters: As Singles’ Day nears, are China’s shoppers about to drop?
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is gearing up for the biggest shopping event of the year on Sunday, a day dominated…
China’s Sinopec signs purchase agreements worth $45.6 billion at Shanghai Expo
The company logo of China’s Sinopec Corp is displayed at a news conference in Hong Kong, China March 26, 2018.…
Wall Street futures, Asia stocks jump back on GOP’s house prospects
TOKYO (Reuters) – Wall Street stock futures and Asian shares erased losses to eke out small gains on Wednesday as…
Trade war, spy claims cloud horizon for China airshow
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Trade frictions with the United States and accusations of industrial espionage are set to cast a cloud…
All-UK customs Brexit deal report is ‘speculation’: PM May’s office
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office has dismissed as “speculation” a newspaper report that suggests an all-UK…
Emirates seeks Rolls-Royce A380 engine deal, nothing finalised
DUBAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Emirates is edging towards a deal with Rolls-Royce (RR.L) to power its latest Airbus (AIR.PA) A380…
One trillion yuan: China state carmaker FAW gains huge credit line
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s state-owned automaker FAW Group said it signed a deal with 16 banks for a credit line…
China reports new African swine fever outbreak in Guizhou province
BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported a new African swine fever outbreak in the province of Guizhou on Thursday. The new…
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…
Netflix adds to growing debt pile with $2 billion bond issue
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) announced on Monday it will tap debt markets for a second time this year, aiming…
UBS warns staff over China travel after banker held in Beijing: source
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Swiss bank UBS Group AG. (UBSG.S) has asked its China wealth management staff to reconsider their…
China moves to lift confidence as economic growth hits weakest pace since 2009
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest quarterly pace since the global financial crisis, with regulators moving…
Asia shares ride Wall Street bounce, China muted
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian equities got some welcome relief on Wednesday after upbeat U.S. earnings reports drove a rebound on…
China’s Dabeinong reports suspected African swine fever case on related farm: media
BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China’s top animal feed producers said on Tuesday an affiliated firm has culled nearly 20,000…
Unwelcome guest: U.S. tariffs loom at China’s biggest trade fair
BEIJING (Reuters) – Amid gathering gloom over the state of the Chinese economy, exporters of motorcycles, tractors, photocopiers and Christmas…
Exclusive: HNA held talks with Ant, others as it weighs options for IT unit Pactera – sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s HNA Group is exploring an outright sale and other options for its IT outsourcing unit…
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…
Bird flu detected at poultry farm in southern Bulgaria
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria has reported an outbreak of bird flu virus on a farm in the southern district of…
Dollar and global bonds track surge in Treasury yields, stocks sag
LONDON (Reuters) – A rise in U.S. Treasury yields to their highest levels since mid-2011 pulled global bond yields higher…
Exxon Mobil eyes multi-billion dollar investment at Singapore refinery: executive
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is considering a multi-billion dollar investment at its Singapore refinery, the company’s largest,…
Canadian dollar, stocks rise as NAFTA salvaged
LONDON (Reuters) – Optimism about a reconstituted free trade agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico and what it…
China to lift restrictions where second African swine fever outbreak found
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is set to lift restrictions on an area in central Henan province, where the country’s second…
NAFTA talks run up against deadline; U.S. tariffs remain tough issue
OTTAWA (Reuters) – With little time left ahead of a deadline to agree to a renewed NAFTA, Canadian and U.S.…
Canada, U.S. make progress in bid to save NAFTA, no deal yet: sources
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada and the United States on Saturday narrowed their differences in last-ditch talks to save NAFTA but…
GM will recall more than 3.3 million vehicles in China: market regulator
BEIJING (Reuters) – General Motors’ joint venture in China, Shanghai GM, will recall more than 3.3 million Buick, Chevrolet and…
Oil above $80 lifts stocks, offsets trade and bond market chill
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares rose and Wall Street was set for a stronger open on Tuesday, as oil above…
AstraZeneca plots China robot offensive to counter price cuts
WUXI, China/LONDON (Reuters) – With smart cancer diagnostics, one-stop-shop diabetes kits and AI systems to improve ambulance pick-ups for patients…
Headwinds before takeoff for new Thai Airways team
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Struggling national carrier Thai Airways International PCL is pinning hopes of a revival to its 1990s heyday…
Global shares knocked after new U.S. tariff threat on Chinese goods
LONDON (Reuters) – European share markets followed Asian counterparts lower on Monday as investors took fright at news Washington was…
U.S. regulator approves Teva migraine drug, shares rise
(Reuters) – Shares of Israeli drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries rose over 5 percent in after-hours trading on Friday after the…
China says battling swine fever is ‘complex and challenging’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Battling the spread of African swine fever in China is “very complex and challenging”, the country’s agriculture…
Take Five: World markets themes for the week ahead
LONDON (Reuters) – Following are five big themes likely to dominate the thinking of investors and traders in the coming…
China bans feeding of food waste to hogs in provinces with African swine fever
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has banned the use of food waste as pig feed in provinces that have reported African…
U.S. firms in China feeling ‘clear and far reaching’ trade war pinch: survey
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – American companies in China are being hurt by tariffs in the growing trade war between Washington and…
Russia says ASF might have come to China from the EU
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The African Swine Fever (ASF) virus may have came to China from the European Union, Russian agriculture…
Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency in capital after death toll rises to 20
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe declared a cholera outbreak in the capital Harare after 20 people died from the disease and…
Ebola fight has new science but faces old hurdles in restive Congo
BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – When Esperance Nzavaki heard she was cured of Ebola after three weeks of…
South Korean man infected by MERS virus, first case in 3 years
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean man, 61, was diagnosed with the potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and…
China’s record trade surplus with U.S. adds fuel to trade war fire
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s trade surplus with the United States widened to a record in August even as the country’s…
China detects more African swine fever cases in cities already infected
BEIJING (Reuters) – China discovered three more outbreaks of the deadly African swine fever on Thursday in Heilongjiang and Anhui…
Steinhoff’s former CEO says not aware of accounting irregularities at company
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Steinhoff’s former chief executive, Markus Jooste, told a parliamentary inquiry investigating an accounting scandal at the…
Steinhoff’s former CEO rues joint venture with Austrian businessman Seifert
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Steinhoff’s (SNHJ.J) former chief executive Markus Jooste told a parliamentary inquiry his main mistake during his…
Emerging markets and equities reel as dollar flexes muscles
LONDON (Reuters) – The sell-off in emerging markets gathered pace on Wednesday and global stocks fell for the fourth day…
Steinhoff’s former CEO says not aware of accounting irregularities
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Steinhoff’s (SNHJ.J) former chief executive Markus Jooste was not aware of any accounting irregularities when he…