Brexit seen threatening UK links in EU supply chain
SHIPLEY, England (Reuters) – Mandy Ridyard knew Brexit was going to be a challenge for her aviation components firm, but…
WHO hopes to use Ebola vaccine to stem outbreak in remote area of Congo
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Friday it hopes to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine to tackle…
BlackRock may keep fees despite executive’s U.S. campaign donation: SEC
NEW YORK (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc can keep fees from the state of Ohio despite a donation one of its…
China Three Gorges launches $10.8 billion bid for Portuguese power firm EDP
LISBON (Reuters) – China’s state-owned utility China Three Gorges on Friday launched a bid to take control of Portugal’s biggest…
AT&T CEO: We made ‘big mistake’ hiring Cohen, chief lobbyist out
(Reuters) – AT&T Inc (T.N) on Friday ousted its top lobbyist, and the No. 2 wireless carrier’s chief executive said…
China’s ZTE paid over $2.3 billion to U.S. exporters last year, ZTE source says
(Reuters) – Chinese technology company ZTE Corp 0000063.SZ (0763.HK), which this month suspended its main operations after a U.S. Commerce…
Exclusive – AT&T CEO: We made ‘big mistake’ hiring Cohen, chief lobbyist out
(Reuters) – AT&T Inc (T.N) on Friday ousted its top lobbyist, and the No. 2 wireless carrier’s chief executive said…
Health charity Wellcome pledges funds, calls for rapid response to Ebola in Congo
(Reuters) – Britain’s Wellcome Trust global health charity called for a rapid response to an outbreak of Ebola in the…
Seventeen deaths reported in Congo as Ebola outbreak confirmed
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health…
Victims of Japan’s forced sterilizations demand justice after decades of silence
TOKYO (Reuters) – One day when Saburo Kita was 14, he was taken from an institution for troubled children to…
U.N. food agency aims to boost aid to North Korea but lacks funds
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations food agency said its chief would visit North Korea on Tuesday to look into…
Exclusive: Qatar Petroleum CEO says pushing ahead with expansion despite Gulf embargo
DOHA (Reuters) – State energy giant Qatar Petroleum will push ahead with its production expansion and foreign asset acquisition strategy…
Conoco moves to take over Venezuelan PDVSA’s Caribbean assets: sources
HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – U.S. oil firm ConocoPhillips (COP.N) has moved to take Caribbean assets of Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA to enforce…
ZTE says asked U.S. Commerce Department to suspend business ban
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ZTE Corp (0763.HK) (000063.SZ) has submitted an application to the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry…
Iowa governor signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban into law
(Reuters) – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law on Friday a bill outlawing abortion after a fetal heartbeat is…
Four found guilty in insider trading case linked to U.S. health agency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday…
FDA chief questions protections on drug rebates, stocks fall
(Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Thursday questioned whether rebates that drugmakers provide to health…
Ex-Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn charged in U.S. over diesel scandal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday disclosed the filing of criminal charges against former Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE)…
Breast cancer screening failure may have shortened 270 lives in England
LONDON (Reuters) – As many as 270 women’s lives may have been shortened after an IT failure in England’s breast…
Exclusive: U.S. EPA grants biofuels waiver to billionaire Icahn’s oil refinery – sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a financial hardship waiver to an oil refinery owned…
OPEC April oil output hits year low on Venezuela slide: Reuters survey
LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC oil output fell in April to a one-year low due to declining production in Venezuela and…
China eases restrictions on foreign ownership of securities ventures
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s securities regulator has released new guidelines for foreign investment in Chinese security joint ventures in which…
Zimbabwe says will issue cannabis licences to growers
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabweans can now apply for licences to grow cannabis for medical and research purposes, the government has…
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,…
China’s ZTE seeks resolution of U.S. export ban
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ZTE (0763.HK) (000063.SZ) is seeking a resolution to a U.S. ban on selling it parts and…
Treasury chief may visit China as trade tensions simmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday he may travel to China, a move that could…
U.S. sanctions on Vekselberg have $1.5-$2 billion assets frozen: sources
ZURICH/MOSCOW – Assets totaling between $1.5 billion and $2 billion have been frozen as a result of sanctions imposed on…
U.S. regulator permits China’s ZTE to submit more evidence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department has granted ZTE Corp’s (000063.SZ) (0763.HK) request to submit more evidence after…
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.…
Trump rails against high oil prices, OPEC pushes back
WASHINGTON/JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump accused OPEC on Friday of “artificially” boosting oil prices, drawing rebukes…
U.S. said to investigate AT&T, Verizon over wireless collusion claim: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. has opened a probe into alleged coordination by AT&T Inc (T.N), Verizon Communications (VZ.N) and…
China’s ZTE slams U.S. ban on sales, says company’s survival at risk
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s ZTE Corp (0763.HK) (000063.SZ) said on Friday that a U.S. ban on the sale of…
U.S. appeals court blocks Indiana ‘selective’ abortion law
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday declared unconstitutional an Indiana law signed by then-Governor Mike Pence that banned…
Global leaders seek to reignite fight against deadly malaria
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – Renewed action and boosted funding to fight malaria could prevent 350 million cases of the…
U.S. bans American companies from selling to Chinese phone maker ZTE
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Commerce has banned American companies from selling components to Chinese telecom equipment…
U.S., Mexico and Canada hasten NAFTA talks as elections loom: Pena Nieto
LIMA/MEXICO (Reuters) – The United States, Mexico and Canada will expedite NAFTA talks in a push to reach a deal…
‘Boiled frog syndrome’: Germany’s China problem
SCHROBENHAUSEN, Germany (Reuters) – Bauer, a big producer of construction equipment, is better placed than many German companies that invested…
Union chief upbeat on prospects for deal in German wage talks
POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) – Negotiators for both Germany’s public sector unions and employers signaled a willingness to compromise at the…
Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Concern about Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it…
Starbucks chief executive apologizes for arrests of two black men
(Reuters) – Starbucks Chief Executive Kevin Johnson apologized late on Saturday for the arrests of two black men at a…
China slows review of chip company mergers amid trade tensions: WSJ
(Reuters) – Two multi-billion dollar takeovers of semiconductor makers are being stalled by Chinese regulatory reviews amid rising U.S.-China trade…
German interior minister rejects union’s six percent wage demand
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Saturday he would press for “reasonable results” in the next…
Trump says U.S. will only rejoin Pacific trade pact if terms are improved
WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would only join the Trans Pacific Partnership, a multinational…
Volkswagen rushed revamp triggers labor concern: sources
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – Labor representatives at Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) are concerned by a sudden rush by the German carmaker’s board to…
Google poised to emerge unscathed from European antitrust crackdown
BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The European Union’s top antitrust regulator, Margrethe Vestager, has made it her mission to stem alleged…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg faces Senate hearing but little hope for action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s No. 1 mission during his appearance before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday…
No new NAFTA deal this week, but 80 pct chance for early May: Mexico minister
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s economy minister on Monday said he saw an 80 percent chance of a new NAFTA…
Indian special court issues warrants against two accused in PNB bank fraud
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A special court of India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) issued non-bailable warrants against two Indian…
Fed’s Evans says he’s optimistic on inflation, wants rate hikes
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans, one of the Fed’s most dovish policymakers, said Saturday that…
Trump threatens more China tariffs; Beijing ready to hit back
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China warned on Friday it was fully prepared to respond with a “fierce counter strike” of fresh…
Britain’s sugar tax on soft drinks comes into effect
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s sugar tax on soft drinks came into effect on Friday, a move that will lead to…
U.S., China rivalry poses risks, benefits for Latin America
MENDOZA, Argentina (Reuters) – As the trade dispute between the United States and China was gaining steam last month, a…
Trump taking ‘serious look’ at policy options on Amazon
Aboard Air Force One (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would take a serious look at…
Exclusive – Hospital contract disarray highlights challenges to Saudi healthcare reform
DUBAI (Reuters) – London-listed NMC Health’s (NMC.L) bid to take over the running of a top Saudi hospital has stalled…
Ryanair’s 67 percent UK gender pay gap widest among airlines
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) has reported an average gender pay gap for its British-based staff of 67 percent, the…
British passport maker to appeal loss of ‘Brexit blue’ contract
LONDON (Reuters) – The company that makes British passports will challenge the decision to use a foreign firm in future,…
Russian tycoon Magomedov arrested on embezzlement charges
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities on Saturday arrested billionaire Ziyavudin Magomedov on charges of embezzling more than $35 million, in…