Oil and petrochemical plants along the U.S. Gulf Coast intend to go ahead with plans for near record spending on expansions next year, despite Hurricane Harvey driving up labor costs and slowing work, experts said. More »
Makan Delrahim, who was chosen by President Donald Trump to be the top U.S. antitrust regulator, said on Wednesday that he would maintain independence from the White House in enforcing antitrust law. More »
The Dupont logo is displayed on a board above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S. on December 22, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo DuPont said on Friday it would buy a unit of FMC Corp and sell its cr... More »
A Caterpillar corporate logo is pictured on a building in Peoria, Illinois, U.S. March 19, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) said on Friday it will shut its Aurora, Illinois, plant, costing about 800 employees their jobs as the world’s larges... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the annual Friends of Ireland St. Patrick’s Day lunch honoring Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Donald Trump’s proposal to do away with th... More »
A Bank of America logo is seen in New York City, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith Warren Buffett said on Saturday he plans to stick with the shrewd bet that his Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) made on Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), but might event... More »
Employees work on a turbine at the General Electric plant in Belfort, France, February 22, 2017. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler President Donald Trump, who has vowed to stop U.S. manufacturing from disappearing overseas, will seek job-creation advice on Thursday from... More »
Yoghurt by French foods group Danone is seen in this photo illustration shot in Strasbourg, April 15, 2015. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler/File Photo Dutch chemical technology firm Avantium will announce an initial public offering (IPO) this week to fund production o... More »
The Deutsche Bank headquarters are seen in Frankfurt, Germany October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) is throwing its energies into reaching a settlement before next month’s presidential election with U.S. authorities dema... More »
German chemical maker Lanxess (LXSG.DE) said on Monday it was confident that no rival bidder would trump its $2.7 billion takeover offer for U.S. peer Chemtura (CHMT.N). More »
A logo of Lanxess is seen next to dark clouds at Cologne Bonn airport March 27, 2015. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay Lanxess AG (LXSG.DE) is to buy U.S. speciality chemical company Chemtura (CHMT.N) for 2.4 billion euros ($2.69 billion) including debt in the German c... More »
An Indian scientist holds a genetically modified (GM) rapeseed crop under trial in New Delhi, India February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File photo A government panel has cleared commercial use of what would be India’s first genetically modified (GM) ... More »
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss | BOSTON BOSTON Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point added new bets in the energy and information technology sectors with investments in Whiting Petroleum Corp., Facebook and Activision Blizzard Inc, according to reg... More »
