LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Takeda Pharmaceutical agreed to buy London-listed Shire for 45.3 billion pounds ($62 billion) on Tuesday, the biggest yet in a wave of deals sweeping the drugs industry.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he will discuss trade with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, as both sides continue talks after failing to reach a consensus at talks in Beijing last week.
Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting is a global event. …read more […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has ramped up inspections of pork shipped from the United States, importers and industry sources said, the latest American product to be hit by a potentially costly slowdown at Chinese ports in the past couple of weeks.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to lay out his plans for the nation’s biofuel policy on Tuesday in a closed door briefing with senators, after months of hearing arguments about the hotly contested regulation, according to two sources.
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures slipped on Tuesday as investors braced for President Donald Trump’s decision on whether to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.
Energy stocks have been a big outperformer versus the S&P 500 since mid-March. This is at least in good part due to a rally in the price of oil, which is also putting inflationary pressures back on the table. One falling star stock that has caught my attention as a result is Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK). …read more […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a March speech at a Washington, D.C. law school, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions slammed “activist” federal judges for blocking some of President Donald Trump’s key initiatives, voicing again a favorite grievance of the administration and Trump himself.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German motor vehicle authority KBA has summoned Audi for a formal hearing about whether its diesel-engined A6/A7 models have been fitted with a previously unknown defeat device, Germany’s Transport Ministry said on Tuesday.
FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been billed as the biggest shake-up of data privacy laws since the birth of the web.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German motor vehicle authority KBA is probing premium auto maker Audi to see whether its diesel-engined A6/A7 models have been fitted with a previously unknown defeat device, German weekly Der Spiegel said on Tuesday.
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices eased on Tuesday from 3-1/2-year highs hit on worries the United States may be set to pull out of a key nuclear accord with Iran, while robust tech sector gains in Asia helped support world stocks.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Uniper said a motion to appoint a special auditor at this year’s annual general meeting to identify possible breaches of duty and violations of the law by the group’s management is backed by shareholder Elliott.
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess traveled to the United States this month to testify to authorities there about the carmaker’s emissions scandal, German newspaper Bild reported on Tuesday.
ZURICH (Reuters) – Siemens said it had agreed in principle with trade unions about its plans to cut jobs and restructure its struggling Power and Gas (PG) and Process Industries and Drives businesses in Germany.
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