HSBC, StanChart criticised for backing Hong Kong security law
Senior British politicians criticised HSBC and Standard Chartered on Thursday after the banks backed China’s national security law for Hong Kong, in conflict with the...
Germany finally splurges, but not without fresh criticism
Under pressure from its European peers for years to spend more, Germany has finally served up a bumper stimulus package financed with new debt, but...
Tata Steel workers at Dutch plant vote to strike
Employees at Tata Steel’s Dutch plant in IJmuiden on Thursday voted to go on strike over planned job cuts and the plant’s further integration with...
Exclusive: GM plans electric van for business users in bid to pre-empt Tesla
General Motors Co is developing an electric van aimed at business users, joining a growing list of carmakers planning EVs for the same segment which...
HSBC, StanChart shares rise as support for China law eases Hong Kong impact worries
Hong Kong shares of HSBC and Standard Chartered rose on Thursday after the banks backed China’s national security law for the city, allaying worries about...
U.S. court blocks sales of Bayer’s weed killer
German agrochemicals group Bayer AG has been blocked from selling its dicamba-based weed killer in the United States after an appeals court rejected a federal...
Tata Steel workers at Dutch plant vote to strike: ANP
Employees at Tata Steel’s Dutch plant in IJmuiden on Thursday voted to go on strike over planned job cuts and the plant’s further integration with...
South Korea seeks arrest of Samsung heir Lee in succession probe
South Korean prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant for Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee, they said on Thursday, in the investigation of a 2015...
Senators to announce sanctions bill on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
U.S. senators will announce a bill this week expanding sanctions on Russia’s Gazprom-led Nord Stream 2 project, Senate aides said, targeting a pipeline Washington says...
Red tape thwarts South Africa’s green energy potential
JOHANNESBURG – World-leading renewables companies are lining up to invest in South Africa’s energy sector and help remedy a chronic generation shortfall that pushed the...