German regulator examines stock trades by Wirecard CEO
Germany’s market regulator said on Friday it was investigating whether Markus Braun, the CEO of payments firm Wirecard, had violated insider-trading rules by buying stock...
Indian IT firm Wipro names Capgemini’s Thierry Delaporte as CEO
India’s Wipro Ltd on Friday named Thierry Delaporte as the new chief executive officer and managing director of the IT company, replacing Abidali Neemuchwala....
Breakingviews TV: Irish refuge
Despite one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns, the Emerald Isle has become a pandemic bolthole. Matt Damon certainly thinks so. And handouts worth 350 euros a...
Coronavirus depresses U.S. consumer spending in April
U.S. consumer spending suffered another month of record decline in April as the COVID-19 pandemic undercut demand, buttressing expectations that the economy could contract in...
Bosnia police question regional PM over import of defective ventilators
The prime minister of Bosnia’s autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation Fadil Novalic has been quizzed by police about the import by a fruit processing firm of ventilators...
Saudi Arabia confirms virtual donors conference for Yemen in partnership with U.N.
Saudi Arabia confirmed that it will organise a virtual donors conference for Yemen on Tuesday in partnership with the United Nations....
OPEC delivers three quarters of record oil cut in May: survey
OPEC oil output hit the lowest in two decades in May as Saudi Arabia and other members started to deliver a record supply cut, a...
S&P, Dow open lower on jitters over Trump’s China response
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones indexes opened lower on Friday as investors braced for a U.S. response to China’s national security law on Hong...
Siberian zoo’s animal baby boom during lockdown
A Siberian zoo that closed its doors to visitors for over two months due to the novel coronavirus says the lockdown has encouraged a baby...
Stadium seats 10,000 soccer fans, all on Zoom
With no fans in the stadium, AGF Aarhus and Randers played in front of a digital audience when Denmark’s top-flight Superliga resumed on Thursday following...