ABN Amro said on Thursday that Robert Swaak, a former chairman of accounting firm PwC in the Netherlands, is to succeed Kees van Dijkhuizen as the Dutch bank’s chief executive.
Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways-owner IAG , will step down from the airlines group he helped to build later this year and hand the reins to a key lieutenant, Luis Gallego.
Oil prices steadied on Thursday a day after tumbling on concerns raised by an Iranian missile strike on Iraqi bases hosting U.S. forces.
China’s Vice Premier Liu He, head of the country’s negotiation team in Sino-U.S. trade talks, will sign a “Phase 1” deal in Washington next week, the commerce ministry said on Thursday.
Ethereum research scientist Virgil Griffith has now been formally charged for allegedly assisting North Korea in learning more about blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Inner City Press reported the news on Wednesday, saying that Griffith has been indicted for “conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.” Griffith was arrested in November on federal charges of […]The post Ethereum researcher Virgil Griffith has now been formally indicted in North Korea case appeared first on The Block. …read more […]
Eastern Europe is a new frontier for private medical care, and insurers and tech startups are racing to steal a march on their rivals by harnessing the region’s health data.
Asian stocks had their best session in weeks on Thursday, as the United States and Iran backed away from the brink of conflict in the Middle East and investors reversed their flight to safety.
U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that the ‘phase one’ deal with China, which will reduce U.S. tariffs in exchange for a boost in Chinese purchases of certain American goods, would be signed on Jan. 15. Long positions on the Chinese yuan were at their highest since March last year, a poll of 16 respondents showed. “Given that the Chinese yuan is holding below the 7.0 level against the U.S. dollar, that is offering some measure of support for regional currencies,” Han Tan, a market analyst at FXTM said. …read more […]
The diverging fundamentals of U.S. oil and natural gas can be seen dramatically in the markets, where the oil-to-gas price ratio has surged to its highest in six years.
China’s FAW Group [SASACJ.UL] aims to double its annual sales of Chairman Mao Zedong’s carmaker of choice, Hongqi, or Red Flag, to 200,000 units this year and grow them further to 1 million cars in the next decade, its chairman Xu Liuping said.
South Korea’s Samsung Group, whose leader faces trials over a bribery scandal involving former president Park Geun-hye, has appointed external experts to a new oversight panel to stamp out criminal conduct, the chief of the committee said on Thursday.
Oil prices climbed on Thursday after a rocket attack on Baghdad triggered fresh concern over the potential for conflict in the Middle East, a day after markets were roiled by an Iranian missile strike on Iraqi bases hosting U.S. forces.
(Bloomberg) — Indian equities rose, tracking global markets, as the price of crude oil, the nation’s biggest import, steadied after the U.S. and Iran appeared to be stepping back from a military conflict.The S&P BSE Sensex Index advanced 1.1% to 41,247.01 as of 9:33 a.m. in Mumbai. Global stocks rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would impose new sanctions on Iran while offering the country a diplomatic opening. The NSE Nifty 50 Index also rose by 1.1%.India’s monthly factory output data, due Friday, along with earnings from Infosys Ltd. marking the start of quarterly reporting …read more […]
Macy’s is reportedly closing more than two dozen stores in the next couple months, according to local media reports. Is your store on the list? …read more […]
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