Activist investor Carl Icahn reported an increased 8.3 percent stake in Dell tracking stock on Monday, as he looks to block a proposed plan by the computer maker to return to the public market without an IPO.
Kuwait Airways said on Monday it has signed an agreement with European planemaker Airbus to buy eight A330-800neo airliners following five months of negotiations.
Bank of America Corp reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit on Monday as the second-largest U.S. lender reined in costs, while higher interest rates and loan growth helped offset lower bond trading revenue.
German prosecutors were searching German sites of carmaker Opel, a division of PSA Group , in Ruesselsheim and Kaiserslautern on Monday as part of a probe into diesel exhaust emissions.
Activist investor Carl Icahn reported an 8.3 percent stake in Dell tracking stock on Monday, and urged investors to vote against a proposed buyback by Dell Technologies of shares tied to its interest in software company VMware Inc.
Novo Nordisk has hired AstraZeneca’s head of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases to head its biopharma business, which has been struggling with declining sales and a failed acquisition.
German prosecutors and criminal investigators searched Opel sites in Ruesselsheim and Kaiserslautern as part of a probe into diesel exhaust emissions, German daily Bild said on Monday.
Walt Disney has offered concessions in an attempt to allay EU antitrust concerns over its $71.3 billion bid for Twenty-First Century Fox Inc’s entertainment assets, the European Commission said on Monday.
Labor unrest is on the rise at two centers in India where motorcycles and components are manufactured, underlining the problems Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government faces in creating new manufacturing jobs that are sustainable and pay attractive wages.
Chinese electric carmaker NIO Inc said on Monday it delivered 3,268 electric SUVs in the third quarter, exceeding its own target of 2,900-3,000 vehicles.
Bahrain’s foreign minister called for a boycott of the ride-hailing company Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] after its chief executive officer said he will not attend a business conference in the kingdom’s ally Saudi Arabia.
Sears Holdings Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday with a plan to close 142 more stores, throwing into doubt the future of the century-old retailer that once dominated U.S. malls but has withered in the age of internet shopping.
Korean Air Lines Co Ltd Chairman Cho Yang-ho was indicted on Monday on charges including embezzlement and breach of trust, South Korean prosecutors said, adding to a string of woes at the country’s biggest airline group.
SoftBank Group Corp saw its shares drop on Monday as fallout from the disappearance of a Saudi journalist spread to the Japanese conglomerate, whose nearly $100 billion Vision Fund is almost half financed by Saudi Arabia.
Asian shares slipped on Monday as worries over Sino-U.S. trade disputes, a possible slowdown in the Chinese economy and higher U.S. borrowing costs tempered optimism despite a rebound in global equities late last week.
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