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Trade war: Trump says US-China relations remain 'very 2019-05-10 17:43:48The president's comments come after the US raised tariffs on $200bn of China's products.

Uber shares sink on stock market debut 2019-05-10 17:08:30The ride-hailing app enters a new era as a publicly listed firm, but loses ground in first day's trading.

Leicester: A city fighting fast-fashion sweatshops 2019-05-10 17:05:58Fast-fashion has caused a resurgence in Leicester’s textiles industry – but it's come at the expense of some workers' rights.

The hairdressing salon that got rid of mirrors 2019-05-10 17:03:53A hairdressing salon in London has got rid of mirrors, so customers can contemplate art.

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Rihanna makes history with new fashion label Fenty 2019-05-10 12:14:02The singer is the first woman of colour to lead a house under the LVMH brand.

Amazon stops selling 'toxic' goods for children in 2019-05-10 11:35:26Products high in toxic metals were being sold to children, a US investigation finds.

Brexit fears caused car parts firm to stockpile 2019-05-10 10:08:25Brexit worries meant car parts maker Pressmark tied up needed cash in stockpiling materials.

Thyssenkrupp expects EU to block Tata steel merger 2019-05-10 08:53:12Concessions have not soothed European Commission concerns over the proposed deal, Thyssenkrupp says.

Potato farmers want payout from PepsiCo 2019-05-10 08:36:13Indian potato farmers want "compensation for harassment and intimidation" from US giant PepsiCo.

Trade war: US-China trade battle in charts 2019-05-10 07:42:43Talks resume on Thursday after President Trump escalated the trade war with the threat of new tariffs.

UK economy rebounds in first quarter 2019-05-10 06:29:33Brexit stockpiling by firms helps to lift UK growth in the first three months of the year.

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China says U.S. demand on its state-owned enterprises 2019-05-25 12:33:55The United States has called on China to curb the development of its state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a demand that China sees as an "invasion" on it

Brazil's Caixa picks Morgan Stanley as co-advisor on 2019-05-25 08:41:58Brazilian state lender Caixa Economica Federal has picked investment bank Morgan Stanley as co-advisor to help it find insurance partners, a source wi

Nike to waive performance targets for pregnant athletes: 2019-05-25 06:43:06Sportswear giant Nike will waive performance-based targets for 12 months for any of their pregnant athletes after several runners revealed they had th

VW to intensify talks with Northvolt on battery 2019-05-25 05:37:19Volkswagen is intensifying talks with Swedish startup Northvolt on plans to jointly build up battery cell production in Salzgitter, near its headquart

Huawei shipments could fall by up to a 2019-05-24 23:40:02China's Huawei, hit by crippling U.S. sanctions, could see shipments decline by as much as a quarter this year and faces the possibility that its sma

Wall Street Weekahead: Trade protection doesn't have to 2019-05-24 21:35:50The escalating U.S.-China trade war has sent dividend-rich sectors like utilities higher, but investors don't need to get all defensive just yet, acc

Amazon facial recognition ban won just 2% of 2019-05-24 20:41:45Amazon.com Inc shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that the company stop selling facial recognition technology to government agencies, whi

Boeing at two-week high as approval for 737 2019-05-24 18:22:53Shares of Boeing Co rose as much as 3% to more than a two-week high on Friday after Reuters reported that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ex

Musk's SpaceX raised over $1 billion in six 2019-05-24 18:20:52Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX has raised more than $1 billion in financing in the last six months as it aims to roll out an ambitious h

Wall St. edges higher after Trump sparks U.S.-China 2019-05-24 17:16:30Wall Street's major stock indexes edged higher on Friday after falling in the previous session, as hopeful comments from U.S. President Donald Trump

Global stocks climb on muted trade hopes, dollar 2019-05-24 16:30:13World equity markets rebounded on Friday from the previous day's sharp fall, after U.S. President Donald Trump said complaints against China's Huawe

United Airlines shakes up Avianca leadership after shareholder 2019-05-24 16:17:23United Airlines launched a management overhaul at Colombia's Avianca Holdings on Friday, removing top shareholder German Efromovich from controlling

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Aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan deploys to Indo-Pacific 2019-05-22 13:59:42 The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and commander task force units began underway operations in the Indo-Pacific region, the Navy announced on Wed

Lockheed nabs $63.1M Navy contract for work on 2019-05-22 13:42:24 Lockheed Martin was awarded $63.1 million for continued development, integration and production for future components of the Navy's AN/SQQ-89A(V)15

Army's new DeepStrike surface-to-surface missile warhead successfully tested 2019-05-22 12:26:11 A warhead for the U.S. Army's DeepStrike long-range surface-to-surface missile program had a successful test, maker Raytheon Co. announced on Wednes

U.S. House subcommittee cuts F-35 spare parts request 2019-05-21 12:38:17 A U.S. House subcommittee wants to approve only half the Pentagon's spare parts purchase requests for F-35s in the 2020 budget plans as it looks for

Marine Corps Harrier pilot safely ejects as jet 2019-05-21 11:01:01 The pilot of a AV-8B Harrier safely ejected when the jet crashed in eastern North Carolina near the world's largest Marine Corps air station.

GenDyn nets $497M for submarine, carrier industrial base 2019-05-21 09:55:34 General Dynamics Electric Boat was awarded a $497 million contract to grow the industrial base to support development and construction of Columbia- a

State Dept. says yes to $387M sale of 2019-05-20 13:39:31 The State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to Canada of 425 MK 54 lightweight torpedo conversion kits, with support, for an e

USS Lincoln, USS Kearsarge conduct joint operations in 2019-05-20 13:16:39 The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge conducted joint operations with their strike groups in the Persian

South Korea to buy SM-2 missiles from U.S. 2019-05-20 12:52:57 The State Department has approved South Korea's proposed $313.9 million purchase of 94 SM-2 Block IIIB Standard Missiles to supplement its existing

Boeing nets $163.9M to modernize Super Hornets for 2019-05-20 12:11:44 Boeing was awarded a $163.9 million one-year contract to continue modernizing the U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F fighter jet fleet under the service life mod

Japan approved for $317M purchase of AMRAAM missiles 2019-05-20 10:58:57 The U.S. State Department approved the possible sale of 160 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles to Japan for $317 million.

Navy awards Sikorsky $1.2B for 12 King Stallion 2019-05-20 09:39:40 Sikorsky was awarded a $1.2 billion contract to deliver 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the U.S. Marines.

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This Nebraska Republican says it’s time to think 2019-05-01 00:07:23President Trump is meeting with Democrats on infrastructure. Rural America says that, from roads to internet access, it needs to be part of any plan.

A doubly green deal? Clean energy jobs also 2019-05-01 00:07:23New analysis from the Brookings Institution suggests that transitioning to clean energy sources could open up a range of high-paying career paths.

NYC, largest fur market in country, considers ban 2019-05-01 00:07:23If passed, New York would become the third major American city to ban the sale of fur. Industry advocates argue the ban will trigger the loss of more

Taxpayers need help. So does the IRS. 2019-05-01 00:07:23The IRS budget has been cut 17% since 2010, even as the tax code has grown more complicated. Enforcement and customer service are strained.

Border crisis delays truckers hours, sometimes days 2019-05-01 00:07:23President Donald Trump has beefed up border security, but with inspectors assigned elsewhere, trucks crossing into the U.S. with goods from Mexico for

In debt or struggling to save? Artificial intelligence 2019-05-01 00:07:23With friendly names like “Charlie,” the latest financial apps use algorithms to analyze spending habits and give advice. But they’re

Why capitalism in America now needs its defenders 2019-05-01 00:07:23Capitalism or socialism? At a Monitor Breakfast Wednesday, Larry Kudlow defended capitalism as the best path to prosperity for all.

‘Too cozy.’ Boeing crashes raise doubts over FAA 2019-05-01 00:07:23The crash of Boeing 737 Max jetliners in Indonesia and Ethiopia have prompted reviews not just of the airplane but of regulators’ approval

Rural America faces housing cost hardship 2019-05-01 00:07:23Over the past decade, nearly a fourth of U.S. rural counties have seen a sharp increase in households spending half or more of their income on housing

Childless workers often lose out on tax credits. 2019-05-01 00:07:23A tax-refund initiative in Atlanta showcases a type of welfare program that can reduce poverty without discouraging work.

Legal pot: Why minorities say they’re being left 2019-05-01 00:07:23Black lawmakers from New York to Georgia threaten to block marijuana legalization unless there are concessions for drug-war scarred neighborhoods.

Trapped in tariffs, firms tied to lobster industry 2019-05-01 00:07:23From tariffs on lobsters to duties on the steel in lobster traps, here’s how one U.S. industry is affected by trade tension with China and Europ

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RBI pushes crisis-hit NBFCs to maintain more high-quality 2019-05-24 12:47:03All NBFCs must have contingency funding plans for responding to severe disruptions

Election LIVE: Modi cabinet quits, passes resolution to 2019-05-24 12:39:43Lok Sabha election results 2019 LIVE updates: Counting of votes to begin from 8 am and continue throughout the day. Track LIVE updates on General Elec

L&T hikes shareholding in Mindtree to 28.45%, buys 2019-05-24 12:36:43Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Thursday acquired over 4.5 lakh shares of Mindtree from open market, taking its shareholding in th

18 coaching class students jump to death after 2019-05-24 11:17:35Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he anguished by the deaths in Surat fire, asks authorities to help families.

Amethi: Smriti Irani has done what Maneka Gandhi 2019-05-24 10:44:20Maneka's attempt to wrest 'Sanjay's seat' from Rajiv Gandhi ended in failure but three-and-a-half decades later Smriti Irani delivered her redempt

Arun Jaitley holds meeting on next budget amid 2019-05-24 10:29:53Officials present at the meeting said Jaitley was in good health and looked fit to join the cabinet of the NDA government's second tenure

Investor wealth rises Rs 2.53 lakh crore as 2019-05-24 09:53:11The BSE benchmark closed at 39,434.72, up 623.33 points or 1.61 per cent. During the day, it jumped 665.58 points to 39,476.97.

PM Narendra Modi likely to be sworn in 2019-05-24 08:45:39Before his swearing-in, Modi is likely to visit Varanasi to thank the people of the parliamentary constituency from where he has been elected for the

Hinduja group confirms evaluating options for Jet Airways 2019-05-24 08:15:52Jet, once the biggest private airline in India, stopped all flights from April 17 after lenders refused to give it any more funds to keep flying.

Indices end at record closing highs on Modi 2019-05-24 06:40:17All that happened in the markets today

Theresa May steps down, to resign as UK's 2019-05-24 06:36:43She stepped down after failing to win over her ministers with a revised strategy over her plans for the UK's withdrawal from the European Union

HeidelbergCement, JK Cement, JK Lakshmi Cement hit 52-week 2019-05-24 06:13:50India Cements, JK Lakshmi Cement, Orient Cement and HeidelbergCement India were up 5 per cent to 11 per cent on the BSE.

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Sleepless in Silicon Valley 2019-05-17 20:00:00Why the techie obsession with sleep technology makes perfect sense

Sanctions create business risks—and opportunities 2019-05-17 20:00:00Nowhere more so than in the energy trade

Generational change atop chaebol does not equal renewal 2019-05-17 20:00:00A messy succession at the parent company of Korean Air shows why

How China forged self-made female billionaires 2019-05-17 20:00:00Socialist egalitarianism isn’t the whole story

Do corporate spin-offs create shareholder value? 2019-05-17 20:00:00Breaking up is hard to do profitably

The joy of absence 2019-05-15 20:00:00How some companies fight the curse of presenteeism

Uber is trying to disrupt the road-freight business 2019-05-15 20:00:00But trucking will be tougher to crack than ride-hailing

Donald Trump gets tough on Huawei 2019-05-15 20:00:00Two decisions could ensnare other Chinese technology firms

How real-estate barons have ridden the tech boom 2019-05-10 20:00:00Digitisation has created unlikely winners: real-estate barons

Occidental Petroleum has bid $57bn for Anadarko 2019-05-10 20:00:00The counteroffer to Chevron’s offer ups the ante in the energy industry’s biggest bidding war in years

American pay-television is in decline 2019-05-10 20:00:00This will have far-reaching consequences for the industry

Lyft’s revenues double, losses quintuple—and prospects darken 2019-05-10 20:00:00The same is likely to be true of Uber when it lists. Only more so