Turkey’s Erdogan plans to take greater control of economy: Bloomberg
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan said he plans to take greater control of the economy after presidential elections next…
Gaming investors eye jackpot from U.S. sports betting ruling
New York (Reuters) – Shares in gaming and casino companies jumped on Monday, led by Scientific Games Corp (SGMS.O), as…
Barclays slashes thousands of investment banking jobs – economy
A big cull of investment bankers has been announced at Britain’s Barclays. One in four jobs at its investment division…
HSBC says performs first trade finance deal using single blockchain system
HONG KONG (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) said on Monday it has performed the world’s first trade finance transaction…
Credit raters put pressure on Deutsche Bank over new strategy
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) new chief executive Christian Sewing needs to come up with a convincing strategy swiftly…
HSBC says performs first trade finance transaction using blockchain
HONG KONG (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) said on Monday it had performed the world’s first trade finance transaction…
Oil cautious on rise in U.S. drilling, Iran sanctions opposition
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices edged lower on Monday as a relentless rise in U.S. drilling activity points to increased…
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…
Chemicals boss Ratcliffe tops Sunday Times Rich List
LONDON (Reuters) – Jim Ratcliffe, the founder and boss of chemical giant Ineos, is the richest man in the United…
The eurosceptic dream: a vision of Britain the day after Brexit – the network
What would the British and EU citizens wake up to if the UK voted to exit the EU? How would…
Iran: British embassy reopens in Tehran
After a four-year closure, the “British embassy”:https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iran has reopened in Tehran. Philip Hammond became just the second UK Foreign Secretary…
Walmart may launch IPO for Flipkart in as early as four years
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Walmart Inc (WMT.N) said on Saturday in a filing with a U.S. regulator that it may take…
Britain’s EU future in the balance as crunch summit continues
No one thought it was going to be easy. But a deal on new membership terms to help keep Britain…
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…
Silver Lake to buy Zoopla and PrimeLocation for $3 billion
(Reuters) – Silver Lake Management Company has agreed to acquire ZPG plc (ZPG.L), the owner of British property websites Zoopla…
Goldman Sachs, Apple to launch joint credit card: WSJ
(Reuters) – Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and Apple Inc (AAPL.O) are preparing to launch a joint credit card, the Wall Street…
Toys’R’Us faces more closures
American retail giant, Toys’R’Us has announced store closures in the US over the coming months on top of those in…
Walmart to buy controlling stake in India’s Flipkart for $16 bln
MUMBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart Inc (WMT.N) will pay $16 billion for a roughly 77 percent stake in Indian e-commerce…
Vodafone challenges Deutsche Telekom with $21.8 billion Liberty deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone (VOD.L) has agreed to pay $21.8 billion to buy Liberty Global’s (LBTYA.O) assets in Germany and…
Exclusive: Hudson’s Bay seeks to revive Lord & Taylor’s fortunes
(Reuters) – Hudson’s Bay Co (HBC.TO) is working with investment bankers and consultants to identify deals and new measures to…
AstraZeneca sells rights for Seroquel to Luye Pharma for $538 million
LONDON (Reuters) – British pharma company AstraZeneca said it had sold the rights for Seroquel, a treatment for schizophrenia and…
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…
Amazon unsuccessfully approached UK supermarket Waitrose in 2017: Sunday Times
LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) made an unsuccessful informal attempt to buy upmarket British supermarket chain Waitrose late last year,…
House of Fraser shareholder Sports Direct sues over business plan
LONDON (Reuters) – A minority shareholder of Britain’s House of Fraser, Sports Direct (SPD.L), is suing the department store chain…
Air France-KLM CEO to quit after staff reject pay deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac said on Friday he would resign after staff rejected a pay…
Scientists devise new, more accurate peanut allergy test
LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists have developed a far more accurate blood test to diagnose peanut allergy, offering a better…
Merkel and Hollande ‘deeply regret’ Britain’s vote to leave the EU
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she deeply regrets the British vote to leave the EU. But she says…
Marathon to become top U.S. refiner with $23 billion Andeavor buy
(Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N) agreed to buy rival Andeavor (ANDV.N) for more than $23 billion in the largest-ever…
Botswana at the heart of the latest U.K. royal love affair
The southern African country of Botswana is gaining traction over the recently announced British Royal marriage. It turns out that…
Britain’s Sainsbury’s and Asda agree 13.3-billion-pound merger
LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) and Asda, the UK arm of Walmart (WMT.N), confirmed on Monday they had agreed a…
Asian shares edge higher as tensions ease, earnings rise
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares rose again on Monday as tensions in the Korean Peninsula eased and first-quarter earnings shone,…
Walmart attempts international turnaround with UK, India tie-ups
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart Inc’s (WMT.N) urgency to stem market share losses to rivals around the world is driving…
Sainsbury’s, Walmart’s Asda to create UK supermarket powerhouse
LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s and Walmart’s Asda are in talks to create Britain’s biggest supermarket group, a combination which would…
EU wants coordinated vaccine push against measles, other diseases
(Reuters) – The European Commission urged EU member states on Thursday to cooperate more closely in fighting diseases such as…
Ford tells WPP it will take bids from other ad agencies
LONDON (Reuters) – Ford Motor Company (F.N) said on Saturday it will take bids on some of its advertising managed…
We Met The British Right-Wing Bigot Trump Retweeted (HBO)
Donald Trump has made what could be his most controversial tweets yet — and that’s saying something. The Twitter fanatic,…
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…
Canada seeks U.S. help to solve EpiPen shortage
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada said on Tuesday it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to access supplies…
British War Veterans Demonstrate Against Syria Airstrikes: VICE News Quick Hit
A group of war vets threw their medals at the gates of Downing Street days after the country opted to…
In Reel Time: VICE News Tonight on HBO (Full Segment)
Woody Harrelson is the writer, producer, and star of Lost in London, a 90-minute feature film that was shown live…
Ad king Sorrell's abdication leaves WPP at crossroads
LONDON (Reuters) – Martin Sorrell’s sudden exit from WPP marks a shocking end to the career of a chief executive…
VICE News Daily: North Korea Restarts its Main Nuclear Plant
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Peruvian army investigated for alleged weapons…
Martin Sorrell quits as head of world’s biggest ad group WPP
LONDON (Reuters) – Martin Sorrell, who built WPP into the world’s biggest advertising agency through 33 years of dealmaking, quit…
Martin Sorrell quits as head of WPP advertising agency
LONDON (Reuters) – Martin Sorrell quit as the head of WPP on Saturday, leaving the world’s biggest advertising agency 33…
Spotify puts bank IPO paydays under fund manager scrutiny
LONDON (Reuters) – After shaking up the music industry, Spotify (SPOT.N) is now prompting investors to question the value they…
Chemical watchdog: Ex-spy poisoned by very pure nerve agent
The international chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday confirmed Britain’s finding that a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned…
Biotech M&A rolls on as Alex ion snaps up Wilson for $855 mln
(Reuters) – Alex ion Pharmaceuticals has agreed to buy Sweden’s Wilson Therapeutics for 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($855 million), boosting…
T-Mobile restarts talks to acquire Sprint: source
(Reuters) – T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) is engaged in a new round of talks to acquire Sprint Corp (S.N), a…
‘Russian hacking’ used to explain Clinton defeat – prof who predicted Brexit & Trump’s victory
RT is joined by professor James Woudhuysen at London South Bank University, who foresaw both Brexit and the victory of…
Merck’s Keytruda helps lung cancer patients live longer in trial
(Reuters) – Merck & Co’s (MRK.N) blockbuster drug Keytruda helped previously untreated lung cancer patients live longer in a late-stage…
Deutsche Bank picks insider Christian Sewing as new CEO: sources
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Christian Sewing, currently co-deputy chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), is to become the new CEO…
Medical studies in humans often launched on faulty evidence base
(Reuters Health) – New research reveals serious flaws in the animal studies that regulators and ethicists use to decide if…
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…
Engaged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appear
An engaged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appear in front of cameras following the official engagement announcement. »»» Subscribe to…
Facebook shares rise as Zuckerberg soothes investors
(Reuters) – Shares of Facebook Inc rose as much as 4.2 percent on Thursday after Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg…