Mediaset strikes deal to limit withdrawal rights impact in pan-EU TV deal
Italian broadcaster Mediaset said on Thursday it had reached an agreement with Peninsula Holding to limit the impact of the exercise of withdrawal rights in...
CO2 goals to complicate PSA, Renault labor talks
Renault and PSA Group face a potential stand-off with French workers worried that an industry drive to meet EU emissions targets will fuel demands for...
Saudi attacks rattle shippers’ plan to switch fuels
Refinery outages in Saudi Arabia following weekend attacks on its oil facilities could deal a blow to the shipping industry’s preparations for the biggest switch...
Microsoft, health shares boost Wall Street; S&P 500 eyes record high
Gains in Microsoft and healthcare shares boosted Wall Street’s main indexes on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected and...
Embattled Facebook CEO Zuckerberg seeks to mend fences in Washington
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill for a second day on Thursday as part of an effort by the social...
Upbeat data suggest U.S. economy still on moderate growth path
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits increased less than expected last week, pointing to strong labor market conditions that should continue to...
Exclusive: France’s CNP and Brazil’s Caixa close to reaching $1.7 billion insurance deal – sources
France’s CNP Assurances SA is close to reaching a deal worth 7 billion reais ($1.7 billion) with Brazil’s state-owned lender Caixa Economica Federal [CEF.UL] to...
Military strike against Iran would result in ‘all-out war’: Zarif
Any U.S. or Saudi military strike against Iran would bring “all-out war”, Tehran said on Thursday, keeping up a drumbeat of warnings to its adversaries...
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg, under fire, seeks to mend fences in Washington
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill for a second day on Thursday as part of an effort by the social...
‘Show me the money’; dollar-hungry businesses squeezed in Lebanon
Cars line up to fill their tanks but the worker at the gas station in Lebanon’s capital city waves them off, standing by the ‘Strike!’...