Russia vs Saudi: How much pain can they take in oil price war?
Oil titans Russia and Saudi Arabia have accumulated vast financial cushions that will help them weather a lengthy price war. It’s a battle of nerves...
Breakingviews TV: Oil be damned
Crude prices have crashed over 20% to $35 a barrel after Saudi Arabia launched a no-holds-barred price war. At current levels, oil majors, shale players...
Tesco plans $6.6 billion shareholder return from Asia disposals
Tesco plans to return $6.6 billion to shareholders after agreeing to sell its supermarket businesses in Thailand and Malaysia to Charoen Pokphand Group as part...
CP Group’s $10 billion Tesco deal to test mettle of Thailand’s new antitrust watchdog
CP Group’s $10 billion deal to buy Tesco PLC’s 2,000 Thai retail outlets marks the end of a three-way tycoon tussle – and the beginning...
Exclusive: Goldman turns to veteran Daffey to navigate post-Brexit markets
Goldman Sachs named top trader Michael Daffey as global markets chairman on Monday, with a remit to strengthen key client relationships as the Wall Street...
Amid migrant crisis, Greece-Turkey conflict plays out on social media
Greeks and Turks are waging a proxy war on social media with photos, video and commentary purporting to show the other side behaving badly in...
Sudan’s PM survives assassination attempt in Khartoum
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok survived an assassination attempt targeting his convoy as he headed to work on Monday morning in the capital Khartoum, officials...
White House plays down U.S. coronavirus concerns; stock markets plunge
The Trump administration on Monday downplayed the threat posed by the widening coronavirus outbreak, while U.S. stock markets plummeted after the open of trading on...
Biden snags Booker endorsement, aims to knock out rival Sanders in Michigan
Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden, who is seeking to deliver a knockout blow to rival Bernie Sanders on Tuesday as six states vote, received another...
Instant View: Wall Street plunges after oil shock, trading halts then resumes
U.S. equities plunged on Monday as trading resumed following a slump in oil prices....