Walmart chief to chair CEO group Business Roundtable
Walmart Inc Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon will chair the Business Roundtable, the CEO trade group....
Shares inch higher after Fed cut; BOJ, SNB, BoE keep powder dry
World share markets and bond yields nudged modestly higher on Thursday as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s second interest rate cut of the year and promises...
India’s Tata Motors to launch new EV in 2020
Indian automaker Tata Motors will launch an electric vehicle (EV) early next year based on a new powertrain technology it has developed to grow its...
Executives cleared over Japan nuclear disaster
A Japanese court has cleared three executives of negligence over the Fukushima nuclear disaster, ending the only criminal case brought as a result of the...
Pompeo lands in Abu Dhabi to discuss attack on Saudi oil facility
Mike Pompeo headed to the UAE on Thursday for talks with Abu Dhabi’s crown prince after meeting Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler the day before...
Zimbabwe doctors march to parliament after court intervention
Striking doctors in Zimbabwe marched to parliament on Thursday to protest the disappearance of their union leader and press the government to increase their pay...
Microsoft, energy stocks lift Wall Street at open
U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday, boosted by Microsoft Corp and energy stocks, a day after the Federal Reserve cut rates as expected but played...
“Smokescreen” or solutions? Britain lays out Brexit ideas
Britain said on Thursday it had shared documents with Brussels setting out ideas for a Brexit deal, but an EU diplomat described them as a...
Germany faces test of green credentials with new climate plan
The German government prepared on Thursday for all-night talks on a new climate policy that will determine whether Berlin is serious about engineering a paradigm...
Factbox: Merkel’s coalition finalizes German landmark climate plan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition parties start marathon talks on Thursday to agree a landmark climate action plan designed to help Europe’s biggest economy meet...