Accenture reports 7% rise in quarterly revenue
Accenture Plc reported a 7% rise in quarterly revenue on Thursday, as the IT consulting firm continues to benefit from its investments in the fast-growing...
Novartis plans to give away world’s costliest therapy to some patients
Novartis aims to give away 100 doses of its $2.1 million-per-patient Zolgensma for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in 2020 in a free-drug program that one...
U.S. House impeachment of Trump sets stage for trial in Senate
The impeachment of President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress sets the stage...
Catalan regional leader barred from holding public office: court
The pro-independence leader of Catalonia’s regional government has been barred from holding public office for 18 months over his refusal to order the removal of...
Putin says impeachment case against Trump is ‘fabricated’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that U.S. Democrats had impeached President Donald Trump for “fabricated” reasons in order to reverse his 2016 election...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s end-of-year news conference
The following are highlights from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual end-of-year news conference on Thursday....
Madrid’s fight over carbon markets moves to Montreal aviation talks
The failure of global climate talks in Madrid last week to decide the fate of billions of old carbon credits raises the stakes for the...
Germany to issue first ‘green bond’ in second half of 2020
Germany will launch its first “green bond” with a multi-billion euro issue in the second half of next year, to tap into the booming market...
Exclusive: Ant Financial takes stake in Vietnam’s eMonkey: sources
China’s Ant Financial, a fintech affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd , has quietly acquired a sizable stake in a Vietnamese e-wallet eMonkey,...
Progress of non-Muslims ‘left us in lurch’, Malaysia tells Islamic summit
Muslim nations need to do more business among themselves, trade in each other’s currencies and keep up with non-Islamic countries to stop being left at...