Aramco listing was delayed to rope in anchor investors: sources
Oil giant Saudi Aramco’s much-vaunted stock market listing was delayed after deal advisers said they need more time to lock in cornerstone investors, three sources...
Botswana votes in first real challenge to ruling party
Botswana holds an election on Wednesday that will present the first genuine challenge to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in its five decades of...
U.S. companies facing worker shortage race to automate
U.S. companies are responding to the lowest unemployment rate in almost 50 years by increasing their focus on automation in order to maintain healthy margins...
Wall Street mixed after corporate earnings reports; Facebook falls
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones indexes rose on Tuesday, lifted by upbeat corporate earnings reports that eased concerns over the fallout from the U.S.-China...
Putin, Erdogan meet as Syria ceasefire ends
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan both said on Tuesday they hoped to resolve positively “complicated issues in the region,” as they...
Explainer: As Draghi era ends at ECB, cheap money concerns nag
Mario Draghi hands over power at the European Central Bank to Christine Lagarde amid fierce debate over the ultra-loose money policies he spearheaded to aid...
S&P 500 rises on upbeat corporate earnings; Travelers weighs on Dow
The S&P 500 rose on Tuesday, bolstered by gains in Biogen and upbeat earnings reports that eased concerns over the fallout from the U.S.-China trade...
China says world ‘shocked’ by Navarro fake name
The world is “shocked” that White House trade adviser Peter Navarro made up a fictitious anti-China economist in his books, China’s Foreign Ministry said on...
Brazil pension reform poised for final approval, stocks hit record high
Brazil’s Senate Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee on Tuesday approved the text of a pension reform bill, paving the way for a second and final...
Presidential hopeful Warren rallies with Chicago teachers as strike enters fourth day
Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, rallied with striking Chicago teachers on Tuesday, expressing support for the union’s demands as the country’s third-largest school system...