Oil posts biggest yearly rise since 2016
Oil prices fell 1% on Tuesday, the last trading day of the decade, but notched the biggest annual gain in three years, supported by a...
Global stocks end 2019 near record highs, dollar slides
The dollar slid to a six-month low on Tuesday as progress on U.S.-China trade tensions led investors to higher-risk assets, while a year-end rally that...
Dollar index records smallest ever annual move in 2019
The U.S. dollar index recorded its smallest-ever annual move in 2019, up just 0.24% for the year after a drop in December reversed early gains...
Wall Street inches lower as year-end record rally cools off
Wall Street dipped in thin trading on the last day of the decade as a year-end rally powered by optimism around trade and an improving...
Hudson’s Bay chairman considers sweetened bid for retailer
Hudson’s Bay Co Chairman Richard Baker and his partners have approached the retailer’s minority stockholders, including bidding rival Catalyst Capital, to potentially raise their take-private...
Factbox: Carlos Ghosn joins list of execs fighting extradition
Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape a “rigged” justice system in Japan, where he believed he...
Ghosn says he escaped ‘injustice’ in Japan; Lebanon calls arrival a private matter
Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape a “rigged” justice system in Japan, raising questions about how...
Stocks end 2019 near record highs, dollar slides
The dollar slid to a six-month low on Monday as progress on U.S.-China trade tensions led investors to higher-risk assets, while a year-end rally that...
Google to end ‘Double Irish, Dutch sandwich’ tax scheme
Google parent Alphabet will no longer use an intellectual property licensing scheme, known as the “Double Irish, Dutch sandwich”, which allowed it to delay paying...
Oil falls but on track for biggest yearly rise since 2016
Oil fell on the last trading day of the decade on Tuesday but was still on track for monthly and annual gains, supported by a...