Ford, UAW to kick off contentious contract talks
The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co will officially launch talks on a four-year contract on Monday that are expected to be contentious, with...
Oklahoma, J&J to wrap up first trial over opioid crisis
Oklahoma’s attorney general is expected on Monday to urge a judge to find Johnson & Johnson responsible for flooding the market with painkillers and fueling...
Oil prices nudge up on Chinese economic data
Oil prices rose slightly on Monday as Chinese industrial output and retail data topped expectations but gains were capped by overall figures showing the country’s...
Hold the beers: Budweiser APAC IPO hit by investor push-back
Scepticism over AB InBev’s high valuations doomed Budweiser APAC’s IPO of up to $9.8 billion – poised to be the world’s biggest this year –...
Bitcoin drops more than 10% as scrutiny of cryptocurrencies grows
Bitcoin slumped more than 10% over the weekend to a two-week low as fears of a crackdown of cryptocurrencies grew on mounting scrutiny of Facebook’s...
Sports Direct delays results as House of Fraser deal backfires
British retailer Sports Direct has delayed publishing its annual results, warning problems integrating its purchase of House of Fraser stores and increased scrutiny of its...
PSA sales slide on emerging-market setbacks
French carmaker PSA Group’s vehicle sales fell 12.8% in the first half as emerging markets weighed on its overseas business, challenging the trajectory of the...
Encouraging Chinese data pulls Asian shares higher
Asian shares advanced on Monday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after encouraging Chinese data suggested the world’s second-biggest economy may be starting to...
Slower China GDP growth nudges oil prices lower
Oil prices slipped on Monday after China posted its slowest quarterly economic growth in at least 27 years, reinforcing concerns about demand in the world’s...
Hold the beers: Budweiser APAC IPO fail shows valuations face investor push-back
By Julie Zhu, Joshua Franklin, Abhinav Ramnarayan and Philip Blenkinsop...