LAS VEGAS — She came. She spoke. And the tech world behaved. Ivanka Trump was greeted with polite applause despite some bruising words in the days leading up to Tuesday’s keynote presentation on the future of work at CES with Consumer Technology Association Chief Executive Gary Shapiro. “There really isRead More →
Reports of a potential delay in a partial trade pact between China and the U.S. is bringing back shades of the ugly stock-market downturn in May for some investors. However, market participants interviewed by MarketWatch on Wednesday were still holding out hope that President Donald Trump will strike a partialRead More →
It isn’t about Greta Thunberg. Sure, the 16-year old Swedish activist just boosted the attention given to the climate-change crisis with her passionate speech at the United Nations. But we already knew this was a massive and indisputable risk to our living environment, even if many business leaders still haven’tRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the NYSE in New York By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures indicated to a flat opening on Tuesday, a day after the benchmark hit a record high, as optimism sparked by the U.S.-China trade truce waned andRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An investor watches stock prices at a brokerage office in Beijing By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks were left adrift on Tuesday as expectations of more dovish talk from the Federal Reserve pushed down Treasury yields and the dollar, while lifting gold to six-yearRead More →
Renault SA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV have discussed the possibility of a merger as they explore options for combining their businesses, according to people familiar with the matter. Talks between the two sides were in an advanced stage on Sunday and included a range of possible outcomes, the peopleRead More →
© Reuters. Investing.com – The rebound in U.S. stocks lost steam on Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump denied reports that trade talks between the United States and China had stalled and attempted to downplay the prospect of a trade war between the world’s largest two economies. The rose 0.82%,Read More →
© Reuters. Rajesh Raut prays inside the truck that he currently drives and lives in, at a street in Mumbai By Sai Sachin Ravikumar, Aditi Shah and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – In 2016, Rajesh Raut started driving an Uber (NYSE:) taxi in Mumbai, hoping he could earn moreRead More →
2/2 © Reuters. Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup Michael Corbat speaks at a European Financial Forum event in Dublin 2/2 By Elizabeth Dilts and Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) – Executives at the largest U.S. banks are grappling with how to best talk about the slowing economy and its impactRead More →
© Reuters. European shares bounce back helped by bank merger talk MILAN (Reuters) – European shares recovered on Monday with merger talk lifting the battered banking sector and helping offset lingering worries over a slowdown in the global economy, while a crash of a Boeing (NYSE:) 737 MAX hit sharesRead More →
© Reuters. A man looks on in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Nanjing By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets bounced broadly on Monday as investors dared to hope for both progress at Sino-U.S. trade talks in Washington this weekRead More →
Legendary sportscaster Bob Costas, the longtime face of NBC Sports, has confirmed that it was his comments about concussions in the NFL that got him removed from the network’s Super Bowl coverage in 2018, offering insight into how America’s most popular sports league exerts influence over the media that coversRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – Heavy machinery is seen before the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump for the Foxconn Technology Group groundbreaking ceremony in Mount Pleasant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Foxconn Technology Reuters reported earlier this week that Foxconn was reconsidering plans to make advanced liquid crystal display panels atRead More →
Ophir Energy OPHR, +32.56% became the second London-listed mid-cap oil-and-gas company to attract a suitor in recent weeks after it said it is in talks with Indonesia’s Medco Energi MEDC, -0.72% about a potential all-cash takeover bid which could create a southeast Asian upstream powerhouse. The news sent sharesRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Men look at stock quotation boards outside a brokerage in Tokyo By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks crept higher on Monday as hints of progress on the Sino-U.S. trade standoff provided a rare glimmer of optimism in what has been a rough year-end forRead More →
