Trade optimism lifts stocks, but 2018 ends in red
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equities around the world rose on Monday as possible progress in resolving the trade dispute between…
After damaging Reuters report, J&J doubles down on talc safety message
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson Inc’s statement was unequivocal. FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Johnson & Johnson baby…
Wall Street rises, limps across the finish line of a turbulent year
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street advanced in low-volume trading on Monday as revelers gathered to ring in 2019, marking…
Exclusive: Netflix poaches CFO from Activision Blizzard – source
The Netflix logo is shown in this illustration photograph in Encinitas, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo (Reuters) –…
Wall Street rally pauses, but stocks mint weekly gain
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 ended marginally lower in a choppy session on Friday, but major indexes posted weekly gains…
Defensive stocks top 2019 playbooks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Perceived safe havens like utilities and consumer staples, often an afterthought in Wall Street’s cascade of…
Sears Chair Lampert makes $4.4 billion bid to keep retailer alive
(Reuters) – Sears Holdings Corp Chairman Eddie Lampert submitted a $4.4 billion takeover bid for the bankrupt U.S. retailer, representing…
Japan court extends Ghosn detention by 10 days
FILE PHOTO: Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, attends a press conference on the second press day…
Exclusive: Global traders halt new Iran food deals as U.S. sanctions bite – sources
LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Cargill, Bunge and other global traders have halted food supply deals with Iran because new U.S. sanctions…
Global stock indices edge lower as U.S. government shutdown looms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stock markets continued a week-long sell-off on Friday as the threat of a U.S. government…
U.S. third-quarter growth trimmed; business spending slowing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy slowed slightly more than previously estimated in the third quarter and momentum appears to…
Wall Street rises in volatile trading led by defensive stocks
(Reuters) – Wall Street rose in volatile trading on Friday, after two days of heavy losses, with the biggest gains…
J&J moves to limit impact of Reuters report on asbestos in Baby Powder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson on Monday scrambled to contain fallout from a Reuters report that the healthcare…
Global stocks drop, where is ‘Santa Claus rally’?
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Broad stock declines in Europe and the United States dragged world equity markets lower on Monday,…
Asian shares perk up ahead of key policy events in China, U.S.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian share markets ticked up on Monday as investors cautiously looked to whether key policy events in…
J&J kept a guiding hand on talc safety research
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson developed a strategy in the 1970s to deal with a growing volume of…
Special Report: J&J knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. Darlene Coker is shown…
Wall St. looks to Fed outlook Wednesday for early Christmas gift
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are eager for a touch of Christmas cheer from the U.S. Federal Reserve next week,…
Wall St. tumbles on global growth worries, J&J decline
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s three major indexes tumbled on Friday and the Dow confirmed a correction as weak data from…
Tencent Music debut strikes a chord with investors
(Reuters) – Shares of China-based music streaming company Tencent Music Entertainment TME.N rose more than 13 percent in their U.S.…
Canadian said to be detained in China, Huawei CFO due back in court
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – A former Canadian diplomat has been detained in China, two sources said on Tuesday, just hours before…
Tech stocks lead Wall Street higher on China-U.S. trade talk progress
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday, rising for the second day in a row, led by technology companies on…
SoftBank’s record IPO reaches $23.5 billion after extra share sale
TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is set to raise 2.65 trillion yen ($23.5 billion) in Japan’s biggest-ever IPO…
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…
Apple leads futures lower again in volatile session
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan…
Gilead Sciences snares Roche veteran O’Day as CEO
(Reuters) – Drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc on Monday named Roche Holding AG’s Daniel O’Day as its new chief executive, tapping…
Bug business: Cockroaches corralled by the millions in China to crunch waste
JINAN, China (Reuters) – In the near pitch-dark, you can hear them before you see them – millions of cockroaches…
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…
Licking their wounds, fund managers prep for rally in ’19
NEW YORK (Reuters) – With bond and equity markets from the United States to emerging markets all on pace to…
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…
Exclusive: Dutch hospitals to drop U.S. body brokers, cite ethical concerns
AMSTERDAM – Two major Dutch hospitals say they will stop importing human body parts from American firms, which they have…
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,…
Wall Street swamped by fresh U.S.-China trade worries
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as the arrest of a top Chinese technology executive stirred fears of fresh…
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.…
In major shift, U.S. now exports more oil than it ships in
(Reuters) – The United States last week exported more crude oil and fuel than it imported for the first time…
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)…
U.S., China agree trade war ceasefire after Trump, Xi summit
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – China and the United States agreed to a ceasefire in their bitter trade war on Saturday…
G20 expected to back trade body reform ahead of Trump, Xi talks
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Global leaders were expected to back an overhaul of the world body that regulates international trade…
Exclusive: Elliott steps in to boost Arconic’s sale process – sources
(Reuters) – Elliott Management Corp, the activist hedge fund that sits on Arconic Inc’s (ARNC.N) board, has stepped in to…
Unilever CEO retires after headquarters row, replaced by insider Jope
LONDON (Reuters) – Unilever’s (ULVR.L) Chief Executive Paul Polman will step down next month after 10 years in the job,…
Trump says ‘long way to go’ on tariffs and China
U.S. President Donald Trump answers a question from a reporter as he departs the White House for travel to Mississippi…
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…
U.S., China exploring deal to delay more tariffs, start talks: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China are exploring a trade deal in which Washington would suspend further tariffs…
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…
GM to slash jobs and production, drawing Trump’s ire
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co said on Monday it will cut production of slow-selling models and slash its North…
Trump says he expects to raise China tariffs: Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he expected to move ahead with raising tariffs on $200…
Investors caught in crossfire of fight for holiday shoppers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors would normally be thankful for a strong U.S. economy, yet this holiday season they worry…
Explainer: The Ghosn affair and Renault-Nissan’s uneasy relationship
PARIS (Reuters) – Nissan’s (7201.T) board ousted Chairman Carlos Ghosn on Thursday following the auto industry star’s arrest in Japan…
Exclusive: Visa, Mastercard offer tourist card fee cut in EU antitrust probe – sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Visa and Mastercard have offered to trim the fees merchants pay on card payments by tourists in…
France, Japan reaffirm support for Renault-Nissan alliance
The Renault automaker company logo is displayed on a dealership in Paris France, November 21, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS (Reuters)…
Nissan ends Ghosn’s two-decade reign with last-minute Renault backing
YOKOHAMA, Japan/PARIS (Reuters) – Nissan’s (7201.T) board voted unanimously to oust Chairman Carlos Ghosn over allegations of financial misconduct, after…
BioMarin sets stage early for hemophilia cure off-Broadway
(This version of the November 21st story has been refiled to show in paragraph 23 that Sangamo Therapeutics has six…
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…
U.S. regulators snip red tape for medical devices to curb opioid crisis
(Reuters) – Laura Perryman expected her medical company, Stimwave Technologies Inc, would have to wait several years for its painkilling…
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…