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...
Citi defies coronavirus with Western European corporate lending push
Citigroup is looking to ramp up its commercial banking operations across Europe, Middle East and Africa, plugging gaps left by rivals facing fallout from a...
Ford’s China ventures increase May sales as market rebounds
Ford Motor’s China ventures have reported year-on-year sales growth for May in a sign of how the world’s biggest auto market is continuing its recovery...
LVMH says it is not considering buying Tiffany shares via the market
LVMH said on Thursday it did not plan to buy shares in Tiffany on the market, which would be one way for the French luxury...
German auto stimulus to boost Volkswagen’s electric push
Germany unveiled sweeping incentives for cheap electric cars and for hybrid vehicles, providing a boost to Volkswagen’s electric push while staggered taxes for polluting combustion-engined...
Pandemic exposes cracks in oil majors’ bet on plastic
The energy industry’s bet that a petrochemicals boom would support decades of oil and gas sales growth is on shaky ground as an already saturated...
Carnival’s Princess Cruises extends suspension of some voyages
Carnival Corp’s Princess Cruises on Thursday extended the suspension of some of its voyages in Australia, Canada and Taiwan as ports around the world remain...