UnitedHealth beats quarterly profit, raises earnings forecast
UnitedHealth Group Inc beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit and raised its 2019 earnings forecast on Tuesday, benefiting from strength in its core business of...
Google share of search ad market high but shrinking: eMarketer
Alphabet Inc’s Google dominates the growing U.S. search ad market but Amazon.com Inc is growing fast, according to data from the market research company eMarketer...
U.S. pension funds took positions in blacklisted Chinese surveillance company
Some of the biggest public pensions funds in the United States have invested in one of the world’s largest purveyors of video surveillance systems that...
Neil Woodford sacked as flagship Equity Income Fund to be shut
Neil Woodford has been ousted from his flagship LF Woodford Equity Income Fund which will be shut down to pay back investors whose money has...
Citigroup plans to set up wholly-owned securities business in China: sources
Citigroup Inc plans to set up a wholly-owned securities business in China, people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, taking advantage of Beijing’s...
Global stocks edge higher on Brexit hopes, trade optimism fades
Global stocks edged higher on Tuesday yet safe havens were still in play as markets tried to balance fading optimism over the latest China-U.S. trade...
Oil prices fall nearly 2% on China data, trade war jitters
Oil prices fell further on Tuesday, after heavy losses in the previous session following two days of weak Chinese data and as investors continued to...
Blackstone plans to launch tender offer for Japan’s Unizo
Private equity firm Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would launch a tender offer for Japan’s Unizo Holdings at 5,000 yen a share, doubling down...
Former Thomas Cook boss defends record, pay after firm’s collapse
The former chief executive of bankrupt travel firm Thomas Cook on Tuesday said he understood public anger over his pay but defended his record, saying...
Blackstone to launch tender offer for Japan’s Unizo
Private equity firm Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would launch a tender offer for Japan’s Unizo Holding at 5,000 yen ($46) a share, firing...