India’s Modi to meet BP, Exxon executives to discuss investment opportunities
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet executives from energy majors BP PLC and Exxon Mobil Corp in the United States next week to discuss...
Real crunch from Saudi Arabia’s oil outage has yet to be felt
Saudi Arabia’s ability to avert a global oil supply crunch will only become clear in a few weeks, because for now its crude held in...
Unsafe sex: Argentina crisis deflates condom sales as costs rise
In South America’s capital of romance, Argentine lovers are cutting back on one important cost: contraception....
VW, Porsche to recall around 227,000 cars over airbag, seatbelt issues: report
Volkswagen and Porsche have to recall around 227,000 cars due to problems with airbags and seatbelt pre-tensioners, Germany’s Stuttgarter Zeitung said on Thursday....
Shares inch higher after Fed cut, BOJ keeps powder dry
A positive start in Europe nudged the main world share indexes and bond yields higher on Thursday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s second interest rate...
China’s growth could slip below 6%, analysts warn, as trade war takes toll
China’s economic growth risks slipping below the lower-end of Beijing 2019 target of 6% in the third quarter or over the next year, analysts warn,...
New York extends lead over Brexit-hit London in finance center poll
New York has extended its lead as the world’s top financial center, with London barely holding on to second place ahead of Hong Kong as...
Ryanair AGM narrowly approves bonus plan for CEO O’Leary
Ryanair shareholders narrowly approved a bonus scheme for Chief Executive Michael O’Leary on Thursday that could earn him around 100 million euros ($111 million) over...
UTC technology chief Eremenko steps down
(In the September 18 story corrects to delete “by email” and to clarify that technology and engineering not a business within UTC in paragraphs 3,6)...
Asian shares decline on guarded Fed, yen rises after BOJ holds fire
Asian shares extended declines on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled a higher bar to further easings, while the Bank of Japan also held...