NBCUniversal says abortion laws would ‘strongly impact’ decision on where it films
Comcast Corp’s NBCUniversal said if anti-abortion laws in various U.S. states are upheld, it would “strongly impact” where it produces films and television shows in...
GE’s CEO ‘stunned’ that factory efficiency drive only just started
General Electric Co’s chief executive said on Thursday he was “really stunned” to learn that a major factory had only recently started using lean manufacturing...
Oil falls to two-mth lows on small U.S. crude stock draw, trade war worries
Oil prices fell almost 4% to their lowest in over two months on a smaller-than-expected decline in U.S. crude inventories and fears of a global...
Equities advance after week-long selloff, bond yields steady
World stock markets climbed for the first time this week on Thursday, giving pause to a multiday selloff on fears of an escalating trade war...
Juul considers opening retail stores in United States: source
Juul Labs Inc is considering opening retail stores in the United States, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, a move that would...
FirstGroup reaches end of the line of Greyhound bus ride
Dallas-based Greyhound was put up for sale by Britain’s FirstGroup on Thursday as the North American bus line battles to compete with growing pressure from...
Trade gloom, rising oil, Boeing 737 MAX woes to cloud aviation summit
Global airlines are meeting under a storm pattern of trade tensions, rising oil prices and a two-month-old grounding of the Boeing Co 737 MAX jetliner...
China to continue anti-dumping levies on tetrachloroethylene from EU, U.S.
China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday it would keep levying anti-dumping tax on tetrachloroethylene imported from the European Union and United States until May 30, 2020,...
Taking aim at U.S., China says provoking trade disputes is ‘naked economic terrorism’
Provoking trade disputes is “naked economic terrorism”, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday, ramping up the rhetoric against the United States amid a bitter...
Australia’s AMP hit with class-action lawsuit from pension account holders
Australian wealth manager AMP Ltd said on Thursday it would defend itself against a new class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of pension fund account holders...