Brazil prosecutors alleged on Wednesday that employees at state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA received bribes from trading giants Vitol, Trafigura and Glencore in return for business.
Danske Bank’s top investors are looking to Denmark’s Maersk family to steer the country’s largest lender through the turmoil of a 200 billion euro ($227 billion) money laundering scandal.
Britain’s BT Group said on Wednesday it was removing Huawei Technologies’ equipment from the core of its existing 3G and 4G mobile operations and would not use the Chinese company in central parts of the next network.
Hyundai Motor’s talks to build a low-cost carmaking factory with a local government suffered a setback on Wednesday as the South Korean automaker rejected proposed revisions to certain terms related to wage negotiations.
Talks between German auto bosses and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington focused on the companies’ plans for the United States and were not about trade issues, German car association VDA said on Wednesday.
Discussions between German car executives and President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday should be seen as separate from the trade talks between the European Union and the United States, a German government spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Oil fell on Wednesday as a swelling supply glut and signs of an economic slowdown weighed on crude prices a day ahead of an OPEC meeting at which the producer club is expected to decide supply cuts.
Iran will not discuss its OPEC quota as long as it is under sanctions, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh was quoted by the state news agency IRNA as saying on Wednesday.
Takeda Pharmaceutical shareholders approved on Wednesday its $59 billion takeover of London-listed Shire , creating a global powerhouse with a stronger drugs pipeline but one that is saddled with massive debt.
German drugmaker Bayer , which acquired seed company Monsanto this year, said it aimed to increase adjusted core earnings to 16 billion euros ($18.1 billion) in 2022, up from an expected 12.2 billion euros this year.
Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing on Wednesday announced a reorganization plan aimed at improving safety on its platform, as it works to address public and government concerns raised after the murders of two of its users.
Chinese oil trader Unipec plans to resume U.S. crude shipments to China by March after the Xi-Trump deal at the G20 meeting reduced the risk of tariffs being imposed on these imports, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Takeda Pharmaceutical shareholders approved on Wednesday its $59 billion takeover of London-listed Shire , creating a global powerhouse with a stronger drugs pipeline but one that is saddled with massive debt.
Chinese ride hailing giant Didi Chuxing on Wednesday announced a reorganization plan which it said was aimed at improving the safety and efficiency of its platform.
Oil prices fell on Wednesday, pulled down by a U.S. supply glut and a drop in stock markets as China’s government warned of increasing economic headwinds and as Japan was expected to report another quarter of GDP contraction.
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