Gilead working with China to test Ebola drug as new coronavirus treatment
Gilead Sciences Inc said on Friday it provided its experimental Ebola therapy for use in a small number of patients with the coronavirus that has...
China chides ‘mean’ U.S. for travel warning as virus impact spreads
The United States angered China on Friday with a warning to Americans not to travel there because of a coronavirus epidemic that has rattled the...
Iraq’s Basra airport to deny entry to travelers from China and Chinese citizens over coronavirus: state news agency
Iraq’s Basra International Airport will deny entry to passengers of any nationality traveling to Iraq from China, the state news agency reported on Friday amid...
Airbus fined record $4 billion in global bribery settlement
Airbus bribed public officials and hid the payments as part of a pattern of worldwide corruption, prosecutors said on Friday as the European planemaker agreed...
Takeaway buys Just Eat for $7.8 billion, must wait to merge operations
Dutch online food ordering company Takeaway.com on Friday declared its $7.8 billion takeover of British peer Just Eat unconditional, though the two companies still need...
Roku tries Fox Super Bowl play but stock loses yardage
Shares of Roku tumbled 7% on Friday after the streaming video company told customers it was removing Fox channels from its platform ahead of Sunday’s...
Exxon, Chevron results augur tough year ahead, shares drop 3.5%
Weaker crude oil and gas prices drove quarterly results sharply lower at Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp, pushing down shares at the two largest...
Oil eases as virus outbreak shakes economic growth predictions
Oil prices were little changed on Friday but were on track for a fourth straight weekly loss, on mounting worries about economic damage from the...
UBS Europe probed in Italy in asset manager fraud investigatio: sources
Italian prosecutors have investigated UBS Europe for possible money laundering and obstructing the work of regulators as part of a fraud inquiry into smaller asset...
U.S. consumer, factory data suggest economy losing momentum
WASHINGTON (Reuters – U.S. consumer spending rose steadily in December, but tepid income gains pointed to moderate consumption growth this year, which together with slumping...