Philips second-quarter sales growth beats expectations
Dutch health technology company Philips on Monday reported a better-than-expected 6% rise in comparable sales for the second quarter, to 4.67 billion euros ($5.24 billion)....
Hyundai Motor second-quarter net profit rises 31.2%, new models boost domestic sales
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co on Monday said second-quarter net profit climbed 31.2%, as a weaker local currency helped lift U.S. income, while new models...
Mexico anxiously awaits U.S. response on immigration deal as deadline arrives
Mexico is on tenterhooks as a Monday deadline on a U.S. migration deal that removed tariff threats on Mexican exports arrived, and despite progress made...
Swimming: Fellow swimmers hail Horton for podium protest
Mack Horton received a round of applause from fellow swimmers at the world championships after refusing to share the podium with China’s Sun Yang, American...
Oil outlook sours as sanctions, global tensions fail to bring out bulls
Sentiment in the oil market has shifted dramatically in recent days, with hedge funds, producers and traders all taking a more bearish tack in response...
Longtime New York District Attorney, scourge of white-collar criminals, dies at 99: NYT
Robert Morgenthau, 99, who became the scourge of white-collar criminals over three decades as the Manhattan district attorney, died on Sunday, his family told the...
Israel begins to demolish homes on Jerusalem outskirts, stoking Palestinian fears
Israeli forces began demolishing buildings near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, in the face of Palestinian protests and international criticism....
Circuit breakers trip as China’s Nasdaq-style bourse debuts
Trading hit a feverish pitch on China’s new Nasdaq-style board for homegrown tech firms on its debut on Monday, with most stocks surging and drawing...
MLB roundup: Yastrzemski, Giants walk off in 12th
The San Francisco Giants worked their extra-inning magic on the visiting New York Mets once again Sunday afternoon, getting a walk-off, opposite-field home run from...
Oil gains as Middle East Gulf tensions flare, Libya field shut
Oil prices rose on Monday on concerns that Iran’s seizure of a British tanker last week may lead to supply disruptions in the Middle East...