Amazon aims to bring one-day delivery to Prime members around the globe
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc plans to deliver packages to members of its loyalty club Prime in just one day, instead…
Tesla promises return to profit in third quarter after large loss, may raise more capital
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc lost $700 million in the first quarter but predicted it would return to profit in the…
Trump says he is holding big Pharma accountable in opioid fight
ATLANTA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump touted progress in the fight against opioid abuse on Wednesday and promised to…
PG&E get approval to pay employees $350 million to meet safety goals after wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – PG&E Corp can pay employees up to $350 million in bonuses this year to spur them…
Trump complained to Twitter CEO about lost followers: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met with Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey on Tuesday and spent a…
Boeing sees FAA approving software fix in May, MAX ungrounding in July: sources
CHICAGO/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co has told some 737 MAX owners it is targeting U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval of…
U.S. brings first criminal case against major drug distributor over opioids
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Tuesday filed its first criminal charges against a major drug distributor and…
Return of the bench seat: Concept EVs show space big enough for sofas
(This April 19 story was refiled to remove Breakingviews topic code) FILE PHOTO: A designer presents an Audi AI:me concept…
U.S. to end all waivers Iran oil imports, crude price jumps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday said it will eliminate in May all waivers granted to eight economies…
Oil hits 2019 high on U.S. plan to tighten squeeze on Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil topped $74 a barrel on Monday, the highest since November, as the United States was set…
Exclusive: Spain’s Repsol suspended swap deal for Venezuelan oil under U.S. pressure
HOUSTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Spain’s Repsol suspended its swaps of refining products for crude with Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA,…
Tesla’s Elon Musk, SEC get another week to work out deal on Twitter use
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will get another…
New North American trade deal modestly boosts U.S. economy, trade panel finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The new North American free trade pact would modestly boost the U.S. economy, especially auto parts production,…
Sears sues Lampert, claiming he looted assets and drove it into bankruptcy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sears Holdings Corp sued longtime former Chairman Eddie Lampert, his hedge fund ESL Investments and others…
Foxconn’s Gou says will follow order of sea goddess to run for Taiwan presidency
FILE PHOTO: Terry Gou, founder and chairman of Foxconn, greets during an event that marks the 40th anniversary of the…
No-frills no longer: GM’s China brand Baojun attempts a major makeover
LIUZHOU, China/BEIJING (Reuters) – By many measures, General Motors’ China brand Baojun has been an exceptional success story, growing at…
Qualcomm shares soar on surprise settlement with Apple of long legal dispute
(Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday won a major victory with a surprise settlement of its wide-ranging legal dispute with…
U.S. to press allies to keep Huawei out of 5G in Prague meeting: sources
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – The United States will push its allies at a meeting in Prague next month to adopt shared…
EU says it is ready to launch U.S. trade talks, but without agriculture
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is ready to start talks on a trade agreement with the United States and…
U.S. airlines face too many travelers, too few planes in 737 MAX summer dilemma
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Normally, U.S. airlines compete to sell tickets and fill seats during the peak summer travel season. But…
Italy’s UniCredit to pay $1.3 billion to settle U.S. sanctions probe
(Reuters) – Italy’s top bank UniCredit SpA and two subsidiaries have agreed to pay $1.3 billion to U.S. authorities to…
Foxconn says Gou will remain chairman, to withdraw from daily operations
FILE PHOTO: Terry Gou, founder and chairman of Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology, attends a session of the second annual World Internet…
U.S. measles cases surge nearly 20 percent in early April, CDC says
(Reuters) – The number of confirmed cases of measles in the United States this year jumped by nearly 20 percent…
FAA meets with U.S. airlines, pilot unions on Boeing 737 MAX
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration met for three hours on Friday with representatives from the three major U.S.…
Auto giants battle used car dealers for Africa’s huge market
JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI (Reuters) – At the edge of Nairobi’s Ngong Forest, thousands of used cars glitter in the hot sun on…
Mnuchin says hopes U.S.-China trade talks nearing ‘final round’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday a U.S.-China trade agreement would go “way beyond” previous…
JetBlue targets low-fare transatlantic travel with 2021 London launch
(Reuters) – JetBlue Airways Corp hopes to break into the low-fare, transatlantic travel market beginning in 2021 with multiple daily…
U.S. lawmakers grill bank CEOs on social issues
(Reuters) – Chief executives of some of the largest U.S. banks faced off with the House Financial Services committee for…
U.S., China agree to establish trade deal enforcement offices: Mnuchin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China have largely agreed on a mechanism to police any trade agreement they…
Sony stock surges after Reuters reports Third Point re-building stake
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp shares surged more than 9 percent on Tuesday after a Reuters report saying Third Point…
Delays at U.S.-Mexico border crossing hits autos, trucks still lining up
Trucks wait in queue for border customs control to cross into the U.S. at the Cordova-Americas border crossing bridge in…
Uber, ahead of IPO, sees some time before self-driving cars dominate the road
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc expects it will be a long time before one of its biggest investments,…
World Bank board elects U.S. Treasury’s Malpass as next president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – David Malpass, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the World Bank, won unanimous approval from the…
As latest round of U.S.-China talks end, ‘significant work’ remains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese negotiators wrapped up their latest round of trade talks on Friday and were scheduled…
Swedbank chairman quits over money laundering scandal
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedbank Chairman Lars Idermark has quit only a week after the lender’s chief executive was ousted over…
Trump picks former presidential candidate Cain for Fed board
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former pizza chain executive and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for…
Trump says U.S.-China trade deal may be reached in four weeks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States and China were getting very close to…
FAA launches new review of Boeing 737 MAX to ensure safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said late on Wednesday it is forming an international team to review the…
Exclusive: Renault alerts prosecutors to Oman dealer payments in Ghosn era
PARIS (Reuters) – Renault has alerted French prosecutors to payments made to a Renault-Nissan business partner in Oman under former…
‘Impossible’ meatless patty gets Burger King Whopper test
(Reuters) – Vegetarian burgers may finally be getting the recognition they need to go mainstream. On Monday Burger King and…
Mixed data offer glimmers of hope for slowing U.S. economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales unexpectedly fell in February, but a rebound in factory activity in March and strong…
J&J baby shampoo samples fail Indian quality test; company rejects findings
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson’s baby shampoo samples failed quality tests conducted by the northwestern Indian state of…
U.S., China report progress in Beijing trade talks
BEIJING/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that trade talks with China were going very…
Exclusive: Trump eyeing stepped-up Venezuela sanctions for foreign companies – Bolton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is considering imposing sanctions on companies from other countries that do business with…
Lyft shares soar on Nasdaq debut, setting stage for Uber
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lyft Inc’s shares rose as much as 23 percent in their market debut on Friday,…
Disney bans smoking at U.S. parks ahead of ‘Star Wars’ openings
Security officers staff the entrance at the Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 13, 2016. REUTERS/Barbara…
Lyft valued at $24.3 billion in first ride-hailing IPO
(Reuters) – Lyft Inc was valued at $24.3 billion in the first initial public offering (IPO) of a ride-hailing startup…
Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan steps down
(Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co said on Thursday Tim Sloan will resign immediately as chief executive, becoming the second…
No call for simulators in new Boeing 737 MAX training proposals
SEATTLE/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Boeing Co said it will submit by the end of this week a training package that…
U.S. lawsuit filed against Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash
(Reuters) – A lawsuit against Boeing Co was filed in U.S. federal court on Thursday in what appeared to be…
New Jersey jury finds J&J not liable in latest talc cancer trial
(Reuters) – A New Jersey jury on Wednesday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a lawsuit brought by a…
Nissan committee says facts point to legal violations by former chairman Ghosn
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) – An external committee reviewing governance at Nissan Motor Co said on Wednesday there were enough facts…
U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $81 million to man in Roundup cancer trial
FILE PHOTO: Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller atomizers are displayed for sale at a garden shop near Brussels, Belgium November 27, 2017.…
New Jersey jury finds J&J not liable in latest talc cancer trial
(Reuters) – A New Jersey jury on Wednesday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a lawsuit brought by a…
Merck KGaA goes hostile in $5.9 billion Versum takeover battle
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German pharma group Merck KGaA launched a hostile $5.9 billion all-cash takeover offer for Versum Materials on…
Dueling Qualcomm, Apple rulings leave battle lines unchanged
(Reuters) – Split decisions on Tuesday by a U.S. government panel in acrimonious patent disputes between iPhone-maker Apple and chip…
U.S. jury to determine liability, damages in Roundup cancer trial
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A lawyer for a man who said his cancer was caused by Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed…
Purdue Pharma agrees to $270 million settlement in Oklahoma opioid case
(Reuters) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and members of the wealthy Sackler family that own the company reached a…
Trump administration ratchets up attack on Obamacare, asks court to overturn law
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration has stepped up its attack on the Obamacare healthcare law, telling a federal appeals…