Japan’s markets watchdog likely to recommend $22 million fine against Nissan: NHK
FILE PHOTO: A Nissan logo is pictured at the Tokyo Motor Show, in Tokyo, Japan October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su…
Global stocks falter on trade uncertainty; sterling gains
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar slid and global equity markets traded little changed on Thursday as enthusiasm over Apple…
Asian stocks rise as trade talks gain momentum
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Tuesday as an apparent olive branch from Beijing in trade talks with Washington…
New Roche flu drug can drive resistance in influenza viruses: researchers
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Roche’s influenza treatment Xofluza, a one-dose pill that can clear flu symptoms within days, may cause a…
Longer-term data fail to clear concern over Takeda’s dengue vaccine
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An additional six months of data from a late-stage trial of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co’s experimental dengue vaccine…
Takeda says cancer drug Alunbrig shows longer benefit vs. crizotinib
(This Nov. 23rd story corrects fiscal year of expected regulatory approval in the 10th paragraph to March-end 2021, not March-end…
Japanese hotel group Unizo gets six new buyout offers
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Hotel Unizo, operated by Japanese hotel operator Unizo Holdings, is seen at the entrance of…
SoftBank to go ahead with WeWork stock tender offer this week
NEW YORK/BANGALORE (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) will this week launch a previously agreed tender offer for as much…
China attacks U.S. at G20 as the world’s biggest source of instability
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States is the world’s biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the…
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Asia shares in waiting mode ahead of Fed, ECB events
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets got the week off to a muted start on Monday as jaded investors awaited…
Dollar, stocks slip amid trade deal uncertainty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar slid and global equity markets fell on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks…
SoftBank to tighten governance at start-ups after WeWork debacle: FT
FILE PHOTO: The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at the SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July…
Asian shares rally on U.S.-China trade deal hopes
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares closed in on their July peak on Tuesday on increasing signs the United States and…
Two charities to pay $6 million to resolve U.S. pharma kickback probe
BOSTON (Reuters) – Two charities will pay $6 million to resolve claims they operated as pass-throughs for seven pharmaceutical companies…
SoftBank clinches WeWork takeover deal, bailing out co-founder
(Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp agreed to spend more than $10 billion to take over U.S. office-space sharing startup WeWork…
FCC approves merger of T-Mobile, Sprint on vote split on party lines: sources
FILE PHOTO: A smartphones with Sprint logo are seen in front of a screen projection of T-mobile logo, in this…
Stocks flat on data, earnings; pound volatile
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of world stock markets was flat on Wednesday as U.S. data that raised concerns…
U.S., Chinese teams working on Phase 1 trade deal text: Mnuchin
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks about sanctions against Turkey at a news briefing at the White House in Washington,…
WeWork chief Neumann’s top lieutenants step up as successors
(Reuters) – As WeWork parent We Company’s CEO Adam Neumann asked Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham to separately take care…
Asian shares edge lower as U.S. House readies Trump impeachment inquiry
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks fell on Wednesday after the U.S. lawmakers called for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald…
WeWork’s Neumann surrenders control, CEO role following investor revolt
(Reuters) – WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann agreed on Tuesday to resign as chief executive and give up majority voting control,…
Explainer: Why Asia’s biggest economies are backing hydrogen fuel cell cars
TOKYO (Reuters) – China, Japan and South Korea have set ambitious targets to put millions of hydrogen-powered vehicles on their…
Hydrogen hurdles: a deadly blast hampers South Korea’s big fuel cell car bet
SEOUL (Reuters) – Aiming to cash in on a major push by South Korea to promote fuel cell vehicles, Sung…
Trump’s China trade rhetoric turns harsh at U.N., says won’t take ‘bad deal’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a stinging rebuke to China’s trade practices on Tuesday at the…
SoftBank mulls bringing 40 companies to Brazil
FILE PHOTO: The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at the SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July…
Shares edge up after Fed rate cut, oil prices gain
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global equity performance edged higher on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve…
House Democrats ask if Trump interfered in DOJ automaker antitrust probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked the White House to turn over documents that would show…
Electric vehicle startup Rivian gets a jolt from big Amazon.com van order
DETROIT (Reuters) – Electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive LLC got a big boost from one of its investors on Thursday…
Tech investors: No broad lessons seen in WeWork valuation drama
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two top technology investors cautioned against drawing broadconclusions about the valuation of private companies from questions…
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…
Shares rise after Fed rate cut, oil prices gain
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gauge of global equity performance rose within 1% of a record high on Thursday, a…
Waning ECB stimulus bets push bond yields higher
LONDON (Reuters) – Global bond yields rose on Monday, amid growing caution over the extent to which the European Central…
U.S. launches antitrust probe into California automaker agreement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the decision of four automakers in July to reach a…
EPA, DOT say California actions on auto emissions appear to be ‘unlawful’
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sign is seen on the podium at EPA headquarters in Washington, U.S.,…
Exclusive: WeWork to press on with IPO launch despite valuation concerns – sources
(Reuters) – WeWork owner The We Company plans to proceed with an investor roadshow for its initial public offering (IPO)…
Drugmakers file second court challenge to Canada’s new drug price rules
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main pharmaceutical industry lobby group, along with 16 of its member companies, filed a lawsuit on…
Asia shares rise on trade talks hope, firm U.S. data; safe havens sold
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks gained on Friday, joining a global trend as investors took heart from firm U.S. economic…
Vaccines group seeks $7.4 billion to save up to 8 million lives
FILE PHOTO: A Rohingya refugee child gets an oral cholera vaccine, distributed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) with the…
Oklahoma hospital used dirty gastroscopes on almost 1,000 patients; no infections reported
(Reuters) – An unnamed hospital in Oklahoma used contaminated gastroscopes in procedures performed on nearly a thousand patients in recent…
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…
Volkswagen discussing Turkish car tax as it seeks deal on plant: sources
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – German carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) is holding talks with officials in Ankara over Turkey’s vehicle tax regime as…
Shares rally, bond yields rise as China fuels trade deal hopes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. and European shares advanced on Thursday as China struck a hopeful tone on trade relations…
Trump, Abe say U.S. and Japan have agreed in principle on trade deal
BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) – The United States and Japan agreed in principle on Sunday to core elements of a trade…
Trump regrets not raising tariffs on China higher, White House says
BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) – President Donald Trump wishes he had raised tariffs on Chinese goods even higher last week, the…
Japan, U.S. reach framework trade pact, no tariff cuts on Japan cars: Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States and Japan have reached the broad framework of a trade agreement, with Washington maintaining…
Japan, U.S. reach framework trade pact, no U.S. concessions seen – Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States and Japan have reached the broad framework of a trade agreement, Japan’s Nikkei business…
E-cigarette firms probed over health concerns by U.S. House panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four dominant e-cigarette manufacturers face a probe into the health impacts of their products, as the U.S.…
SoftBank plans to lend up to $20 billion to employees to invest in new fund: WSJ
Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon…
E.coli in water forces Tokyo to cancel swimming at Paratriathlon World Cup
TOKYO (Reuters) – High levels of E.coli bacteria forced Tokyo officials to cancel the swimming segment of Saturday’s Paratriathlon World…
Dollar firms, global stocks soar on ECB rate cut expectations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. and European stocks surged on Friday on expectations the European Central Bank will cut interest…
Take Five: Fed in a hole
(Reuters) – FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Leah…
ViacomCBS is just the beginning of Shari Redstone’s media deals
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than two months before CBS Corp (CBS.N) and Viacom Inc (VIAB.O) succeeded at a third…
Stocks, oil tank on growing signs of global slowdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equity markets tanked and oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday after a closely watched bond indicator…
FCC chairman circulates order to approve Sprint, T-Mobile tie-up
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with Sprint logo are seen in front of a screen projection of T-mobile logo, in this…
Beyond Meat shelves plans for Japan push, Mitsui says
FILE PHOTO: Products from Beyond Meat Inc, the vegan burger maker, are shown for sale at a market in Encinitas,…
Exclusive: PSA, Dongfeng to drop two China auto plants, halve workforce – document
BEIJING/PARIS (Reuters) – Peugeot maker PSA Group (PEUP.PA) and partner Dongfeng Group (0489.HK) have agreed to cut thousands of jobs…
U.S. FDA approves Daiichi Sankyo’s treatment for rare joint tumor
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd’s treatment for adult patients with…
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,…
Easing hopes prop up global stocks, pound sags as Britain eyes new PM
TOKYO (Reuters) – Expectations of policy easing by major central banks such as the Federal Reserve propped up global stocks…