SYDNEY (Reuters) – The dollar jumped to a 3-week top on Tuesday while stock markets in Asia were choppy as an historic U.S.-North Korea summit got underway in Singapore, raising some hopes it could pave the way to ending a nuclear stand-off on the Korean peninsula.
(Reuters) – A smartphone patent fight between Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] and Samsung Electronics Co could reach a global resolution through a ruling by a Chinese court, a development that reflects the growing attractiveness of China as a quick and effective forum for intellectual property disputes.
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) – A Tesla Inc employee organizing a union was asked by a supervisor and company security guards to leave the factory after handing out pro-union flyers, the worker said at a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing on Monday over whether Tesla had violated federal safeguards for employee activity.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices edged up along with global markets on Tuesday on cautious optimism over the outcome of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The dollar jumped to a 3-week top on Tuesday while Asian stocks edged up as a highly anticipated U.S.-Korea summit got underway in Singapore, potentially paving the way to ending a nuclear stand-off on the Korean peninsula.
DANDONG, China (Reuters) – Property speculators in China may be betting that Tuesday’s U.S.-North Korea summit is poised to unlock riches across the border but Chinese construction machinery dealer Wang Chenglin is far from convinced.
Microsoft Corp. women engineers seeking to pursue gender-discrimination claims as a group were told by a judge there may be a “fatal” flaw in their case. A 2011 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court requires plaintiffs to point to a common corporate policy or action that affected the women adversely, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart said Monday at a hearing in Seattle about whether to let the case proceed as a class action. Applying that contention to the legal standard set by the Supreme Court is “fatal to your class,” Robart said. …read more […]
Jim Cramer connects the recent action in Eli Lilly’s stock with how analysts are interpreting the market layout. …read more […]
The closed-end investment firm lives and dies by its largest investment, Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba. Both of the “abas” had a really nice May this year. …read more […]
While the market focuses on the major Canadian pipeline project the energy infrastructure giant had to give up, it’s ignoring a slew of opportunities the company can capitalize on further south. …read more […]
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Monday, driven by gains in Facebook and a handful of healthcare stocks ahead of a highly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s largest food retailer Carrefour is partnering with Alphabet ‘s Google to make groceries available on the U.S. search engine’s dedicated shopping site or through voice-assisted devices, the companies said on Monday.
MUMBAI/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – IKEA is set to open its first store in India next month, and the world’s biggest furniture retailer is localizing its offering – from the food menu to its “do-it-yourself” (DIY) assembly model – to ensure success in the country.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ordered two former finance executives at Penn West Petroleum Ltd, now known as Obsidian Energy Ltd , to face regulatory charges that they helped engineer a multi-year accounting fraud to reduce the Canadian company’s operating expenses.
Two investors in U.S. utility Sempra Energy including activist hedge fund Elliott Management on Monday urged a board shakeup and strategic review of the company’s businesses, sending its shares surging more than 14 percent. Elliott Management Corp and Bluescape Resources Co disclosed a combined 4.9 percent stake in Sempra Energy and called the company highly undervalued, saying it could be worth an additional $11 billion to $16 billion or a share price of $139 to $158. Sempra’s shares were last up $14.50 at $116.00. …read more […]
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