Wall Street surges after Biden cleans up on Super Tuesday
Wall Street rose more than 2.5% on Wednesday, led by healthcare stocks, after Joe Biden overtook Bernie Sanders to become the new front-runner in the...
New BoE boss Bailey does not back immediate virus rate cut
The Bank of England should wait until it has more clarity about the economic hit from the coronavirus outbreak before making any decision to cut...
Huawei pleads not guilty to new U.S. criminal charges in 2018 case
China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in a New York federal court to new charges...
Cruise sees rapid improvement in self-drive data in California
General Motors Co’s self-driving unit Cruise said its test vehicles experienced a rapid rate of improvement in the second half of 2019, enabling it to...
Coronavirus likely to hit Uber ride-hailing, boost food delivery: CEO
Uber Technologies Inc’s ride-hailing business will take a small hit due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday, while...
Double take as Brazil’s Bolsonaro hams it up with impersonator
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro sent out a trumpet-playing, banana-throwing impersonator to work a crowd in Brasilia on Wednesday, before joining him for a standup routine in...
Coronavirus death toll jumps to 107 in Italy, all schools shut
Italy closed all schools and universities and prepared other emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-hit...
‘Buckle your seatbelts,’ judge says as ‘The Jinx’ murder trial of Robert Durst begins
Robert Durst, the ailing New York real estate scion whose arrest prosecutors say was hastened by his confession to multiple killings in a 2015 TV...
Singaporean defeats Chinese candidate to head U.N. patent office
A Singaporean beat a Chinese candidate in the race to lead the world patent office, heading off Beijing’s bid for a fifth U.N. leadership role,...
Family clan members back Volkswagen CEO’s electric strategy: Bild
Wolfgang Porsche and Hans-Michel Piech, members of the family which controls German carmaker Volkswagen , fully support the shift towards electric cars being driven by...