Oil climbs on U.S.-China trade optimism, Middle East tensions
Oil prices rose on the first trading day of 2020 as warming trade relations between the United States and China eased demand concerns, and rising...
Asian shares rise on China’s policy easing, trade deal hopes
Asian shares kicked off the new decade higher on Thursday, after global stocks ended the previous one at record highs, and buoyed by Chinese markets...
California to reject Sezzle’s application for lending license in state
A California state agency announced its intention to reject buy-now-pay-later company Sezzle Inc’s application for a lending license in the state, sending its shares to...
Dollar starts new year with a hangover as others find cheer
The dollar started the new year where it left the old one, under pressure as investors wagered U.S. economic outperformance could be coming to an...
Major commercial plane crash deaths worldwide fell by more than 50% in 2019: group
The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes fell by more than 50% in 2019 despite a high-profile Boeing 737 MAX crash in...
California department to reject Sezzle’s application for lending license in state
Buy-now-pay-later company Sezzle Inc said on Thursday a U.S. government department had announced its intention to reject the company’s application for a lending license in...
More drugmakers hike U.S. prices as new year begins
Drugmakers including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, Gilead Sciences Inc, and Biogen Inc hiked U.S. list prices on more than 50 drugs on Wednesday, bringing total New...
Strike not extended at Lufthansa’s Germanwings for now
The trade union representing cabin crew at Lufthansa’s budget airline Germanwings decided on Wednesday not to continue their strike for the time being after three...
Ghosn met Lebanese president after fleeing Japan: sources
Fugitive former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn met Lebanon’s president after his escape from Japan, where he was smuggled out of house arrest by a private...
Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group suffers hours-long online outage
Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group suffered an outage on Wednesday that left customers of its Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland operations unable to access accounts...