Scramble for propane marks Mother Nature’s latest challenge for U.S. farmers
Months after historic floods ravaged the U.S. Midwest, farmers scrambling to harvest their crops face a new headache: finding fuel to dry their soaked grains....
Air France-KLM plans sales and efficiency drive to lift profit
Air France-KLM will combine a sales drive with efficiencies including better fleet management to lift profit margins to 7-8% over the medium term, the airline...
Floundering tech bets put spotlight on SoftBank results, Son
SoftBank Group Corp and its founder Masayoshi Son face a day of reckoning on Wednesday when the investment juggernaut is likely to post weak quarterly...
Oil gains on optimism over U.S.-China trade deal
Oil prices rose on Tuesday on positive economic data and hopes for a Washington-Beijing trade deal that will lead to a de-escalation in tensions between...
Factbox: SoftBank’s ever-growing mountain of debt
SoftBank Group Corp has built a global conglomerate of telecoms and tech companies on an ever-growing mountain of debt that major rating agencies categorize as...
SoftBank says WeWork Japan can become profitable ‘in near future’
WeWork’s Japan unit can become profitable “in the near future”, the Japanese partner of the U.S. office-space sharing startup said on Tuesday, amid investor scepticism...
At Smithfield Foods’ slaughterhouse, China brings home U.S. bacon
Smithfield Foods’ slaughterhouse in Virginia used to carve up pork for American sandwiches and holiday dinners. But workers now box up pig carcasses to ship...
Oil edges lower after gains driven by trade optimism
Oil prices steadied on Tuesday as investors kept an eye on U.S. inventory data due later in the day, following two days of gains on...
Rakuten sees $947 million loss from Lyft investment in latest quarter
Japan’s Rakuten Inc said on Tuesday it expects to take a 103 billion yen ($947 million) loss in the latest quarter on its investment in...
Asian shares race to six-month high on hopes of tariff relief
Asian shares vaulted to six-month highs on Tuesday, surpassing their July peaks, as hopes that Washington may roll back some of the tariffs it has...