Royal Dutch Shell widened its lead over Exxon Mobil as king of cash among the world’s top oil and gas companies last year but its U.S. rival could catch up with its investment drive in new production.
Cryptocurrencies may be facing a prolonged bear market.
Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet, an aircraft that democratized global air travel in the 1970s but fell behind modern twin-engine passenger jets, has bounced back from near death to mark its 50-year flying anniversary on Saturday, thanks to a cargo market boom fueled by online shopping.
Canadian private equity firm Brookfield Asset Management is in preliminary talks with India’s Reliance Industries to buy a stake in its optical fibre and telecom tower assets, The Times of India newspaper reported on Friday.
Zsuzsanna Czeizel told herself she’d never work again after she retired in 2012. But since October, she’s held a job — scanning boxes of sweets in a large warehouse near Budapest.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has named Sanaz Zaimi as head of its new European Union broker-dealer unit BofA Securities Europe, the U.S. bank said on Friday, as it steps up Brexit preparations.
Activist investor Elliott kept up the pressure on French spirits group Pernod Ricard, welcoming this week’s first-half results but calling for boardroom changes and better margins.
India could lose a vital U.S. trade concession, under which it enjoys zero tariffs on $5.6 billion of exports to the United States, amid a widening dispute over its trade and investment policies, people with close knowledge of the matter said.
Germany’s Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Friday he was in talks with banks about their future and called reports of a merger of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank “speculation”.
Global shares fell for a third straight day on Friday and were set to post their first weekly loss in seven, as investors worried about a broadening global economic slowdown and the lack of any sign of a resolution to the U.S.-China trade row.
Sony Corp announced its first-ever major share buyback on Friday, worth 100 billion yen ($910 million), helping its stock recover from a hammering days earlier when investors freaked over lackluster earnings.
Drinks group Pernod Ricard defended its performance and strategy on Friday, in the light of renewed criticism of the company from activist fund Elliott.
Activist hedge fund Elliott kept up the pressure on French drinks group Pernod Ricard, stating that while Pernod’s results this week were good, Elliott still wanted more in terms of corporate governance and steps to boost growth.
The detailed rules for a Nasdaq-style start-up board in Shanghai have fueled hopes among early-stage companies the new regime could bring about positive changes in China’s stance towards raising equity that investors have been seeking.
Starbucks Corp is unlikely to cede its leading position in China, the company’s fastest-growing major market, to Chinese startup Luckin in 2019, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said in an interview on Thursday.
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