Russia starts sales of ‘Putin limousine’, eyes Chinese market
Russia opened a showroom on Friday selling its first post-Soviet luxury limousine under the Aurus brand, a type of car used by President Vladimir Putin...
Major fashion companies to make G7 pledge to help environment
Major fashion companies from around the world said on Friday they had signed a pact which they would present at this week’s G7 summit to...
U.S. rates futures slip ahead of Powell’s speech
U.S. interest rates futures declined on Friday for a third straight day ahead of a highly anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, which...
Le Brexit breakthrough? Europe says ‘Nein’, ‘non’, ‘no’
After sterling soared and some British newspapers roared at a supposed Brexit victory for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Europe’s power brokers had a more sobering...
Hong Kong airport targeted for protest after ‘Baltic Chain’ link of hands
Hong Kong braced for an anti-government protest “stress test” of the airport this weekend as demonstrators joined a “Baltic Chain” link of hands on Friday...
NHC sees 40% chance of cyclone off Florida
A low pressure system east of the upper Florida Keys has a 40% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours,...
China unveils retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods in deepening trade row
China unveiled on Friday retaliatory tariffs against about $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, marking the latest escalation of a protracted trade dispute between the...
British judge orders confiscation of $1 million in cryptocurrencies from jailed hacker
A London judge ordered on Friday the confiscation of bitcoin and other digital currencies worth nearly $1 million from a prolific computer hacker, in the...
Elephants saved after getting stuck in muddy pond
Five elephants were rescued after getting trapped in a large muddy hole in Malaysia....
As bond e-trading takes off, debt sales business may be ripe for automation
With banks’ bond trading desks increasingly going electronic, another of the last bastions of old-school banking – the business of helping companies and countries raise...