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24th of April 2018
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An American ban puts China’s ZTE in peril2018-04-19 10:48:20
TALK of restricting the use of Chinese telecoms equipment in the West is growing. This week the curbs went the other way, when America banned its comp -
ESPN starts a streaming service2018-04-19 10:48:20
THE first week for ESPN+, a sports streaming service that Disney, owner of ESPN, launched in America on April 12th, had none of the razzmatazz associa -
Sir Martin Sorrell leaves WPP in a sorry state2018-04-19 10:48:20
DURING his spectacular rise from London beancounter to the globe-trotting boss of WPP, the advertising powerhouse he created out of a backstreet wire- -
Business writer2018-04-19 10:48:20
The Economist is looking for a business correspondent to work at its headquarters in London. An ability to write informatively, succinctly and wittily -
Amazon is not the only threat to legacy post offices2018-04-19 10:48:20
The Pony Express, British styleIT MAY be hard to imagine a world without cheap postal services, but 200 years ago sending mail was a luxury. Posting a -
How Heineken beer survives in Congo2018-04-19 10:48:20
THE Bralima brewery in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is an island of modernity in a city where chaos is the norm. I -
A potential merger between IAG and Norwegian should worry flyers2018-04-19 10:48:20
WHEN flag carriers such as British Airways (BA) ruled the skies, only the rich could afford to fly across the Atlantic. That was until Freddie Laker, -
A new bankruptcy code is reshaping Indian business2018-04-19 10:48:20
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, a Spanish pop singer, plays an unlikely part in the story of Indian capitalism. His presence at a party to mark Vijay Mallya’s -
Some American startups are borrowing ideas from China2018-04-19 10:48:20
Hipster Hells Angel“WHEN you enter [the marketplace] with that level of hubris and arrogance, you don’t create trust.” So declared a -
Should one of the world’s largest banks be wound down?2018-04-19 10:48:19
DEUTSCHE BANK is one of the financial industry’s hardest problems. It is not a viable business when judged by any sensible yardstick, because it -
Tax cuts and higher interest rates help boost banks’ earnings2018-04-19 10:48:19
SO THIS is how normality feels. Between April 13th and April 18th America’s biggest banks reported a strong set of first-quarter earnings, with -
America’s Treasury refrains from naming any currency manipulators2018-04-19 10:48:19
MOST governments are happy when foreigners want their bonds, especially when those foreigners are long-term holders, like central banks. But America i
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'People will revolt': workers say Russia must save sanctions-hit Rusal2018-04-23 03:40:56
SAYANOGORSK, Russia (Reuters) - Workers at one of Russia's biggest aluminum smelters say their Siberian town is doomed unless Moscow mitigates U.S. s
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China's HNA Group to remain a 'major investor' in Deutsche Bank: HNA spokesman2018-04-23 03:40:08
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's HNA Group [HNAIRC.UL] will remain a "major investor" in Deutsche Bank , the aviation-to-financial services conglomerate -
GM Korea, union reach tentative wage deal2018-04-23 03:28:11
SEOUL (Reuters) - General Motors' South Korean unit said that it has reached a tentative wage deal with its labor union on Monday, meeting a key con -
Air France KLM shares fall amid more strike disruption2018-04-23 03:21:08
PARIS (Reuters) - Air France KLM shares fell on Monday as its Air France division faced further disruption to flights due to workers striking in prot -
China fund managers slash ZTE valuation after U.S. sanction2018-04-23 03:09:04
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese funds have slashed valuations of ZTE Corp after the United States banned American companies from selling components to th -
German engineering trade body calls for new EU trade deal with U.S.2018-04-23 03:05:05
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - The head of Germany's engineering trade body on Monday called for a fresh attempt at a free trade agreement between the -
Graphic: The long goodbye to easy money - Five questions for the ECB2018-04-23 02:46:54
LONDON (Reuters) - The ECB meets on Thursday against a backdrop of concern about a global trade spat and a softening in euro zone economic data that c -
Asia stocks struggle as U.S. yields near 3 percent; oil stays high2018-04-23 02:18:53
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks dipped on Monday as investors braced for a bevy of earnings from the world's largest corporations, while keeping a wa -
U.S. fund managers brace for trade war with focus on pricing power2018-04-23 01:14:12
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors' fears of an all-out trade war between the United States and China is prompting U.S. stock fund managers to hunt for c -
China opposes all forms of protectionism, commerce minister says2018-04-22 22:03:53
BEIJING (Reuters) - China opposes all forms of protectionism and will firmly safeguard the world's multilateral trading system, its commerce minister -
Trade tensions set for brighter U.S. corporate spotlight2018-04-20 12:41:39
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The potential for an intensifying trade dispute to undercut the U.S. stock market could become clearer next week when a host of m -
Japan's Takeda sweetens $62 billion Shire offer2018-04-20 12:38:49
TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical nudged up its offer for Shire to 44.3 billion pounds ($62 billion) on Friday to try to persuad
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HII tapped for maintenance, upgrade services on USS Theodore Roosevelt2018-04-23 12:03:40
Huntington Ingalls was awarded a $12.4 million contract by the U.S. Navy for services on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. -
Army taps AeroVironment for Switchblade missiles2018-04-23 10:46:34
AeroVironment was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide hardware and parts for Switchblade miniature aerial missile systems. -
U.S. sanctions relief to Russia drags oil prices lower2018-04-23 09:51:54
Relief measures from U.S. sanctions on Russia rippled across the commodities sector Monday, sending crude oil prices down more than 1 percent in early -
Halliburton remains committed to Venezuela2018-04-23 09:05:51
Oilfield services company Halliburton said it was still committed to the market in Venezuela, even as its Latin American segment saw quarterly revenue -
'Back-slider' Iraq keeps oil export levels steady2018-04-23 08:51:04
Iraq brought in nearly $6.5 million last month by exporting an average of nearly 3.5 million barrels of oil per day, the government said Monday. -
McDermott rejects unsolicited bid from Subsea 72018-04-23 07:17:35
U.S. oilfield services company McDermott International was quick to reject an offer tabled Monday in an unsolicited bid by from Norwegian rival Subsea -
Transocean rig continues North Sea tour2018-04-23 06:47:57
A Transocean rig will be moving from an exploration well in the North Sea to frontier territory near existing oil and gas discoveries, Norway's gover -
Faster EV chargers to allay range anxiety2018-04-23 06:14:57
Japanese energy company Marubeni Corp. said it would work in the U.S. market to deliver ultra-fast charging stations for electric vehicles. -
Iran considers currency swaps with Turkey2018-04-23 05:49:49
With sanctions pressure looming from the United States, the Central Bank for OPEC member Iran said it was looking to swap currencies with neighboring -
Boeing tapped for Navy sensor upgrades2018-04-20 13:37:46
Boeing was awarded an $18.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy for upgrades to support the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the EA-18G Growler. -
Northrop Grumman to support Japan's E-2C Hawkeye2018-04-20 12:03:29
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for identifying friend or foe technology compatible with E-2C Hawkeye. -
Raytheon tapped for Air and Missile Defense Radar Program2018-04-20 10:49:21
Raytheon was awarded a $136.5 million contract by the Navy for services on the Air and Missile Defense Radar Program for Flight III Arleigh Burke-clas
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US headed for another recession? Fed underplays flattening yield curve2018-04-21 03:41:00
Still, there is debate within the Fed over whether a flat yield curve is problem -
North Korea's nuclear arsenal complete, Kim Jong-Un nixes missile tests2018-04-21 03:27:00
'I solemnly declare that we have accomplished credible weaponization of nuclear forces,' Kim was quoted as saying -
Data privacy row: Google spent $5 mn on lobbying in Q1, Facebook $3.3 mn2018-04-21 03:19:00
Google, Facebook, Amazon being scrutinised over responsibility for online content, potential market dominance, competition for govt contracts -
Impeachment of CJI Misra: AAP, DMK, TMC oppose; 64 MPs sign motion; updates2018-04-21 03:06:00
Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram are not among the signatories to the impeachment motion notice against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra -
Naroda Patiya case: Kodnani walks free, 2 other CBI witnesses take a u-turn2018-04-21 02:42:00
The Naroda Patiya riot was one of the worst incidents after the Godhra train burning incident of February 27, 2002, in which 59 kar sevaks were killed -
How India's urban development is increasing spread of infectious diseases2018-04-21 01:45:00
The growing attention paid to epidemiology of viruses can be clearly seen as a direct result of urban transition taking place in India over the last 3 -
Netherlands becoming FDI 'round tripping' haven like Mauritius, Singapore?2018-04-21 01:32:00
Study shows that many countries like Mauritius, Singapore and Cyprus were being used to route capital flows from other countries -
Rajinder Sachar, who led panel on condition of Muslims in India, dies at 942018-04-21 01:20:00
The Sachar committee report underlined that while Muslims constituted 14% of Indian population, they comprised only 2.5% of Indian bureaucracy -
TCS propels Tata group into Rs 10-trillion club; shares hit lifetime high2018-04-20 21:45:00
IT major nears $100 bn m-cap, accounts for 61% of the group's combined valuation -
Insolvency: Creditors' role in Binani Cement bidding under scanner2018-04-20 21:27:00
NCLT Kokata Bench seeks to know if CoC could have modified its process document to consider UltraTech Cement's resolution plan -
Google, FB, Visa seek time to set up data centres, to meet RBI officers2018-04-20 21:25:00
According to sector insiders, global payments technology players such as Visa, e-commerce giant Amazon India and tech majors such as Google have data -
MCA zeroes in on 225,000 more suspected shell companies2018-04-20 16:18:00
P P Chaudhary said the ministry had received a report from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on systemic issues that led to the P
