Take Five: Brextension, Brelection, Brexinction
Oct 31 was when Britain was to exit the European Union, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying he would rather be “dead in a ditch”...
Estonian minister blamed for slow reform after Danske scandal
Estonia’s far-right finance minister has been criticized by lawmakers for holding up financial reforms promised after the Baltic state became the focus of Europe’s biggest...
Mexico sees U.S. Congress starting formal USMCA trade deal approval soon
Mexico’s Deputy Foreign Minister for North America, Jesus Seade, said on Friday he believes U.S. lawmakers will soon begin the process of approving the new...
Amazon’s AWS unit gets OK to build $800 million data facility in Argentina
Argentina has given the go-ahead to Amazon.com Inc’s Web Services division AWS to build an $800-million data facility in Buenos Aires, which would mark a...
Vale CEO says not yet time to resume dividend payment, buybacks
Vale SA’s chief executive said on Friday that a resumption in paying dividends or share buybacks would depend on progress in repairing the damage from...
AB InBev loses $13 billion in value as beer drinking slows in Brazil and South Korea
Anheuser-Busch InBev saw more than $13 billion wiped off its market value on Friday, after a profit warning and weaker-than-expected third-quarter earnings growth sparked by...
Wall Street slips at open as Amazon weighs
Wall Street opened marginally lower on Friday, as a dour sales forecast from Amazon overshadowed another set of strong results in what has so far...
Wall Street treads water after mixed earnings reports
Wall Street was set to open flat on Friday, as a dour sales forecast from Amazon overshadowed a clutch of strong results in what has...
China to ask U.S. to remove tariffs in exchange for agricultural buys in talks Friday
Top U.S. and Chinese trade officials will discuss plans on Friday for China to buy more U.S. farm products, but in return, Beijing will request...
Wall St treads water after mixed earnings reports
Wall Street was set to open flat on Friday, as a dour sales forecast from Amazon overshadowed a clutch of strong results in what has...