Canada’s Trudeau self-isolates as wife is tested for coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau hold white roses as they attend a vigil on top of Mount Royal marking the thirtieth anniversary…
Canceled Teck oil sands project underscores global climate-energy policy tension
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Teck Resources Ltd’s surprise decision to cancel a planned C$20.6 billion ($15.6 billion) oil sands mine in northern Alberta, citing uncertainty about Canada’s climate policy, underscores…
Mastercard to add 1,500 technology jobs in Ireland
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Mastercard Inc plans to hire 1,500 more staff in Dublin over the next three to five years, more than trebling its workforce in one of Ireland’s largest…
Exclusive: Germany’s Stada buys 15 GSK consumer health brands
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Private equity-backed generic drugmaker Stada STAGn.D said it has agreed to buy 15 consumer healthcare products from British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) to further strengthen its prescription-free drugs…
Oil slides 4% on demand concerns as coronavirus spreads
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices slumped by 4% on Monday as the rapid spread of the coronavirus in countries outside China added to investor concerns over the impact on demand…
Boeing scours idle 737 MAX plant for industrial snags
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Insiders note an “eerie” calm at Boeing Co’s (BA.N) 737 MAX factory, formerly a bustling hub that has helped fuel the aviation industry’s record growth over the…
Hundreds of Americans flown home from cruise ship, 14 with coronavirus
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif./GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 300 American cruise liner passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were flown home to military bases in the United…
Cathay Pacific flags ‘significant’ drop in first-half profit, capacity cuts due to coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: A passenger walks to the First Class counter of Cathay Pacific Airways at Hong Kong Airport in Hong Kong, China April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo (Reuters) –…
DP World returns to full state ownership, takes on $8.1 billion debt
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai is to take full control of port operator DP World (DPW.DI) in a deal with a $13.9 billion valuation that will help the company at the…
GM shuts Australia, NZ operations; sells Thai plant to Great Wall
NEW YORK/BEIJING (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) said it would wind down its Australian and New Zealand operations and sell a Thai plant in the latest restructuring of its…