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 International Air Tattoo at Raf Fairford, near Fairford, Britain July…
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 Kato AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Carlos Ghosn has launched a court…
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 to date to back investments in its expansion, sources familiar…
Gilead invests $5 billion to deepen ties with biotech Galapagos
(Reuters) – U.S. antiviral drugmaker Gilead Sciences (GILD.O) will invest $5.1 billion in a major expansion of its partnership with Belgo-Dutch biotech Galapagos NV (GLPG.AS), news that lifted Galapagos’s shares…
Colgate to buy skin care business of France’s Filorga for $1.69 billion
FILE PHOTO – Anti-ageing cosmetics by French Laboratoires Filorga are displayed at the company’s showroom in Paris, France, September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (Reuters) – Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL.N) said on…
Ford, Volkswagen promise details on electric, autonomous vehicle alliance
HAMBURG/DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) said on Thursday they are expanding their global alliance announced in January with deals expected to involve collaboration on electric…
France will end healthcare refunds for homeopathic drugs
PARIS (Reuters) – France will end social security reimbursements for homeopathic drugs and the new policy – which has drawn the fire of alternative medicine advocates – will take full…
France will end healthcare refunds for homeopathic drugs – minister
FILE PHOTO: Agnes Buzyn, French Minister for Solidarity and Health arrives for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 11, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier PARIS (Reuters) – France…
France’s Macron trying to save Iran nuclear deal by July 15
French President Emmanuel Macron says he is trying to find a way by July 15 to resume dialogue between Iran and Western partners. Macron’s office said in a statement that…
Boxing with giants: Italy’s packing robots are not just cardboard cutouts
(This June 28 story corrects Romaco’s nationality to German, not Italian, in paragraph 17) By Silvia Aloisi CITTÀ DI CASTELLO, Italy (Reuters) – Amazon’s new recruit comes from a medieval…