BEIJING (Reuters) – No one should underestimate China’s will to safeguard its sovereignty and Hong Kong’s stability, foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing on Monday. The Asian financial hub is witnessing a violent standoff between p... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – More than 11,000 Australians who rushed for the chance to strip for American photographer Spencer Tunick will soon wear only smiles after a national supermarket chain changed its mind about allowing the shoot to go ahead on a suburban roofto... More »
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s largest-listed wealth manager AMP announced the resignations of its chairwoman and legal counsel on Monday, and slashed its directors’ fees by a quarter as it races to stem the fallout from damaging revelations of misconduct at t... More »
A security camera overlooks Tiananmen Square in front of a portrait of the late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing, China March 6, 2018. Picture taken March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter BEIJING (Reuters) – At a highway check point on the outskirts of Beij... More »
Korchmar President Mike Korchmar (L) and CEO Michael Korchmar (R) display a bag assembled at the Naples, Florida factory of Korchmar, a family-owned business in Naples, Florida, U.S., February 13, 2018. Picture taken on February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Andy Sullivan... More »
FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett talks to reporters prior to the Berkshire annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo (Reuters) – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Saturday reported a record ... More »
Feb 10, 2018- Gangneung, South Korea- South Korea president Jae-in Moon- IOC president Thomas Bach- North Korea nominal head of state Kim Long Nam- and Kimm Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose for a picture with the women’s hockey team from... More »
FILE PHOTO: A sign to the campus offices of chip maker Broadcom Ltd, who announced on Monday an unsolicited bid to buy peer Qualcomm Inc for $103 billion, is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo (Reuters) – Chipmak... More »
(Reuters) – Chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd (MRVL.O) has agreed to acquire smaller peer Cavium Inc (CAVM.O) for around $6 billion, as it seeks to expand in the networking equipment sector, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The deal will al... More »
Honeywell International Inc (HON.N) plans to spin off non-core assets and create at least two new publicly listed companies, as the U.S. industrial conglomerate seeks to streamline its business, according to people familiar with the matter. More »
The U.S. consumer financial watchdog on Thursday attempted to repel a Trump-administration attack on former President Barack Obama's sweeping student loan reforms and defended itself against Republican attempts to weaken its powers. More »
Britain's Aveva Group said on Tuesday it had agreed to combine with Schneider Electric's software business to create a London-listed leader in industrial software worth more than 3 billion pounds ($3.88 billion). More »
The main border crossing between Jordan and Iraq is to reopen on Wednesday for the first time since 2015, a statement from both governments said. More »
Bankrupt Texas utility Energy Future Holdings will abandon a deal to sell power transmission company Oncor to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) for $9 billion and will accept a $9.45 billion bid for Oncor by Sempra Energy (SRE.N) instead, people... More »
U.S. medical equipment supplier Becton Dickinson and Co will acquire C R Bard Inc, in a $24 billion cash-and-stock deal, adding Bard’s devices to its portfolio in the high-growth sectors of oncology and surgery, both companies said on Sunday. More »
FILE PHOTO: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, Britain February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange dodged an eviction order in Ecuador’s Sunday... More »
FILE PHOTO – Oil and gas tankers sit anchored off the Fos-Lavera oil hub near Marseille, southeastern France, December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo Oil traders from around the world, including the United States, Britain and Brazil, have tri... More »
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence poses with European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels, Belgium, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir European Council President Donald Tusk said on Monday that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence agreed with him on the n... More »
Principal Global Investors CEO Jim McCaughan poses during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tokyo, Japan, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Principal Global Investors has upgraded its view on the U.S. economy and equities as it sees higher grow... More »
Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken in Beijing July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo Growth in China’s services sector accelerated to a 16-month high in November, a private survey showed, though the increase in new orde... More »
Piles of two Euro coins are pictured in an illustration taken October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger The euro tumbled on Monday after Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi conceded defeat in a referendum over his plan to reform the constitution and said he wo... More »
The German share prize index (DAX) board is seen at the trading room of Frankfurt’s stock exchange (Boerse Frankfurt) during trading session in Frankfurt Germany, October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach European shares were expected to open lower on Monday a... More »
Governor of the Bank of France Francois Villeroy de Galhau attends a press conference after the Franco-German Financial Council meeting in Berlin, Germany, September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt Italian voters’ defeat of a referendum on constitutional reform... More »
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls attends a news conference during an Interministerial Committee on Disability, in Nancy, France, December 2, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler Socialist French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is to announce later on Monday that he wil... More »
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during a media conference after a referendum on constitutional reform at Chigi palace in Rome, Italy, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vowed to resign after suffering a ... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks towards the media as he arrives at a costume party at the home of hedge fund billionaire and campaign donor Robert Mercer in Head of the Harbor, New York, U.S., December 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich President-elect D... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stands with retired Marine Gen. James Mattis following their meeting at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar Often fiercely divided over policy, ... More »
A logo of Sharp Corp is pictured at CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) JAPAN 2016 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Sharp Corp (6753.T) CEO and President Tai Jeng-wu told reporters on Monda... More »
People pass a television installation at the Panasonic pavilion before the start of the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, August 29, 2012. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/File Photo Japan’s Panasonic Corp (6752.T) is in talks to buy European automotive light mak... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a USA Thank You Tour event at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S., December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar Chinese state media on Monday continued to play down the protocol-bending phone call last week between U.S... More »
The GM logo is seen in Warren, Michigan, U.S. on October 26, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Bioservo Technologies, a medical technology firm that makes a light-weight robotic “extra muscle” glove for people with weak grips is teaming up with carmaker Ge... More »
U.S. fund manager Franklin Templeton said on Monday it was launching a new global currency fund headed by its star bond investor Michael Hasenstab and one of his chief lieutenants. More »
Rapper Drake smiles during an announcement that the Toronto Raptors will host the NBA All-Star game in Toronto, September 30, 2013. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo Canadian rapper Drake dominated nominations for the American Music Awards, earning a leading 13 n... More »
FILE PHOTO – Polices officers watch a train pass in a subway station in Montreal, May 10, 2012. REUTERS/Olivier Jean Quebec’s public pension fund, the Caisse, is about to take on one of its toughest investment challenges yet – helping the commuters of Montreal... More »
SINGAPORE/LONDON Oil industry hopes that markets are about return to balance, ending a global glut that pulled down prices by over 70 percent between 2014 and early 2016, might be abruptly dashed. Despite recent disruptions and output cuts, there is mounting e... More »
NEW YORK MSCI will add Alibaba Group, Baidu.com and a dozen other overseas-listed Chinese shares to its emerging market index beginning on Dec. 1, in a move that is expected to draw billions of dollars into the stocks and make MSCI the first indexer to include... More »
Dell Inc is planning to use equity in cloud software company VMware Inc (VMW.N) to help pay for its acquisition of EMC Corp (EMC.N) in a deal valuing the data storage company at more than $55 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. While the bul... More »
WASHINGTON, August 3 Women’s health group Planned Parenthood, under attack by anti-abortionists posting hidden-camera videos online, will be the focus of a partisan showdown on Monday in the U.S. Senate, with any wider influence on voters from the charge still... More »
