Adjustments could be made to how labor disputes are handled in the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal to help push through its ratification in the United States, Mexican deputy foreign minister Jesus Seade said on Wednesday.
Asian share markets wobbled on Thursday as concerns that tensions over Hong Kong could stymie a U.S.-China trade deal cast a pall over Thanksgiving cheer from unexpectedly positive U.S. economic data.
Asian share markets wobbled on Thursday as concerns that tensions over Hong Kong could stymie a U.S.-China trade deal cast a pall over Thanksgiving cheer from unexpectedly positive U.S. economic data. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was little changed in early trade, while Japan’s Nikkei flitted in and out of positive territory. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 touched a record intraday high in early trade, and was up 0.3%. …read more […]
(Bloomberg) — PG&E Corp.’s latest attempt at escaping the California policy that saddled the power giant with billions of dollars in wildfire liabilities, pushed it into bankruptcy and led to the ousting of its chief executive officer has failed.U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali on Wednesday sided with wildfire victims, who said PG&E is subject to a legal doctrine known as inverse condemnation that holds utilities strictly liable for covering the costs of blazes linked to their equipment — regardless of whether they were negligent. PG&E had argued that it shouldn’t be subject to the rule because it’s owned by investors, …read more […]
Russia has once again failed to comply with its OPEC+ production target, a worrying sign for the oil cartel as it prepares to meet in December …read more […]
Japan’s Panasonic Corp will sell its loss-making semiconductor business to Taiwan’s Nuvoton Technology, a Nikkei Asian Review reported on Thursday.
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) two years ago carved out a mega operating region. Instead of the usual Asia/Middle East/Africa (AMEA), the global hotel industry saw the astonishing birth of a Europe/Middle East/Asia/Africa (EMEAA) area. A new CEO to oversee the four business units under the ginormous region, Kenneth Macpherson, was appointed, based in London. Asian […] …read more […]
Before we spend countless hours researching a company, we like to analyze what insiders, hedge funds and billionaire investors think of the stock first. This is a necessary first step in our investment process because our research has shown that the elite investors’ consensus returns have been exceptional. In the following paragraphs, we find out […] …read more […]
Australian lender Westpac Banking Corp said on Thursday it would let investors withdraw their share purchase applications filed prior to the money laundering allegations made by financial crime watchdog AUSTRAC on Nov. 20.
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Some investors might love biotech stocks for their lottery ticket-like returns when a company wins the FDA’s blessing. A lottery ticket, however, costs only a buck or two, while getting a biotech company wrong can hurt a lot more than that. Case in point: Adamis Pharmaceuticals (ADMP) stock lost half of its value this week after getting the red light from the FDA.The FDA issued a complete response letter (CRL) to the company advising it that the new drug application for Zimhi, a high-dose naloxone injection used for the treatment of opioid overdose, would not be approved as a treatment …read more […]
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Has the golden age of asset management finally arrived in Asia? For years, Asia’s hottest unicorns left their homelands to list in New York for one simple reason: a deep pool of U.S. money. And they have been rewarded. From Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. to JD.com Inc., more than a dozen Chinese companies listed there have a market capitalization of $10 billion or more. But Alibaba’s Hong Kong listing may be changing things. The e-commerce giant raised about $11 billion in the city’s largest issuance of stock since 2010, with about one-third of the tranche taken up …read more […]
Brazilian supermarket group Grupo Pão de Açúcar SA has signed a deal with drugstore chain RD SA to create a loyalty program joint venture expected to start in the second half of 2020, both companies said on Wednesday. Under the terms of the agreement, which is still subject to approval by local antitrust regulator Cade, GPA, the local subsidiary of France’s Casino Guichard Perrachon SA, will have a 66.7% stake in the joint venture and RD the remaining 33.7%, they said in a securities filing. Called Stix Fidelidade, the new loyalty program is a push to broaden their …read more […]
US stocks ended last week with losses as retailers posted disappointing third-quarter results and investors weighed mixed signals regarding US and China trade talks. The S&P 500 inched down by 0.38%, the NASDAQ Composite lost 0.35%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined by 0.57%. On Tuesday, a number of retailers started to report their third […] …read more […]
Each of the three major indices rose to record highs Wednesday as trade optimism buoyed equities and a deluge of economic data came in stronger than expected. …read more […]
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