European shares scale record even as coronavirus shows no signs of peaking
European shares touched record highs on Friday as investors digested whether China’s coronavirus outbreak would cause long-lasting damage to global economy....
Carney says business must come clean quickly on climate
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney called on the world’s businesses to publish strategies for cutting carbon emissions and adopting cleaner power sources by November,...
Coronavirus inflicts growing toll on China’s health workers
A new coronavirus has taken a growing toll of Chinese health workers on the front line of the fight to stop it, a top official...
Nissan shares tumble to ten-and-a-half year low after earnings rout; Renault also suffers
Shares of Nissan Motor Co sank to their lowest in more than a decade on Friday, after deep cuts to the troubled Japanese automaker’s earnings...
Coronavirus, cruises and hand sanitizer bouquets
On Valentine’s Day passengers from the cruise ship stuck at sea for two weeks, celebrated disembarking to Cambodia after no passengers were found to be...
Boeing to extend labor contract with engineer’s union by four years
U.S. planemaker Boeing Co said it has agreed to a tentative deal with its engineers’ union to extend its labor contract by another four years....
NMC Health vice chair quits, shares fall further
NMC Health said on Friday Executive Vice Chairman Khalifa Butti Omeir Bin Yousef had resigned from its board, the latest sign of turbulence at the...
Hunt for “patient zero” who spread virus globally
Global health authorities are still scrambling to work out who carried the coronavirus into the mundane meeting of a firm selling gas meters, which then...
Zuckerberg accepts Facebook may pay more tax outside U.S.: Politico
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg accepts that global tax reforms mean the social networking giant may have to pay more taxes outside of the United...
Samsung’s jailed board chairman quits
Samsung Electronics’ board Chairman Lee Sang-hoon, who was convicted and jailed for sabotaging union activities, has resigned from the South Korean company, it said on...