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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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BlackRock wants regulators to address unequal voting rights2018-04-19 12:27:07
BOSTON (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc on Thursday called on securities regulators to set international standards for shareholder voting rights, suggesting
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Trump launches effort to boost U.S. weapons sales abroad2018-04-19 12:12:17
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration rolled out a long-awaited overhaul of U.S. arms export policy on Thursday aimed at expanding sales to -
European utilities retrench as cross-border deals lose appeal2018-04-19 12:09:43
PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European utility companies are retrenching in their home markets and looking to unwind debt-financed cross-border mergers -
TSMC's smartphone warning points squarely at Apple: analysts2018-04-19 12:02:28
(Reuters) - Shares in Apple Inc and its suppliers fell on Thursday after a raft of analysts read a prediction of softer smartphone sales from Taiwan -
Apple, Philip Morris, chip stocks lead Wall Street slide2018-04-19 11:43:59
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks dropped on Thursday, weighed down by a broad-based decline in technology stocks from Apple to chipmakers as well as a tumble i -
GM Korea, union fail to reach agreement before Friday deadline2018-04-19 11:15:56
SEOUL (Reuters) - Wage talks between General Motors' South Korean unit and its labor union ended without an agreement on Thursday, a day before the -
Allergan moves in as Shire rebuffs $63 billion Takeda bid: sources2018-04-19 10:18:15
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Drugmaker Shire has rejected a third takeover bid worth nearly $63 billion from Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical , although -
The great Russian oil game in Iraqi Kurdistan2018-04-19 10:12:29
LONDON (Reuters) - Last October, at the height of a political crisis in Iraq's Kurdistan region, a letter arrived at the Iraqi oil ministry in Baghda -
U.S. ban on sales to ZTE triggers patriotic rhetoric in China2018-04-19 08:37:04
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A U.S. ban on sales of American components to ZTE Corp has unleashed a patriotic backlash in China's cyberspace, highlighting -
Exclusive: China looks to speed up chip plans as U.S. trade tensions boil - sources2018-04-19 08:36:09
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is looking to accelerate plans to develop its domestic semiconductor market amid a fierce trade stand-off with the United St -
P&G to buy German Merck's consumer health unit for $4.2 billion2018-04-19 03:54:59
(Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co will acquire the consumer health business of Merck KGaA for about 3.4 billion euros ($4.2 billion), giving it vita -
As GM mulls options for unit, how does bankruptcy work in South Korea?2018-04-19 03:35:19
SEOUL (Reuters) - General Motors has said its loss-making South Korean operation would file for bankruptcy if its union failed to agree to cut labor
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Pentagon awards $67.8M contract for Ballistic Missile Defense System2018-04-19 13:28:31
MacAulay-Brown Inc. was awarded a $67.8 million contract by the Missile Defense Agency for development and services for the Ballistic Missile Defense -
HII contracted for repairs, upgrades on USS Gerald R. Ford2018-04-19 13:13:00
Huntington Ingalls was awarded a $10.7 million contract by the Navy for repairs and upgrades on the USS Gerald R. Ford following sea trials of the ves -
Lockheed awarded $928M for hypersonic strike weapon2018-04-19 11:01:14
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Air Force for development, engineering, testing and integration of the hypersonic conventional stri -
Oil prices rally in spite of darker economic clouds2018-04-19 10:22:00
Crude oil prices continued their rally to test multi-year highs Thursday amid signs of higher demand, despite concerns about future economic growth. -
BP sees $6 billion in gas investments in India2018-04-19 09:09:48
British energy company BP said Thursday it signed off on the development of deepwater gas projects in India for a total investment of $6 billion. -
Oil-rich North Dakota expecting budget issues2018-04-19 08:34:01
Facing tariff headwinds, and despite its vast crude oil resources, North Dakota may have to cut back because of a shortage of general funds, the gover -
No quick fix on sanctions, Russia says2018-04-19 07:46:43
There are no quick remedies to help support companies like Gazprom that are the target of U.S. sanctions, a Russian presidential spokesman said. -
Funding emerges for company with a Cuban energy footprint2018-04-19 06:31:49
Melbana Energy, an Australian company with operations in Cuba and New Zealand, said it secured a $2.5 million loan to help finance its operations. -
Amid trade tensions, Alaska's governor plans Chinese trade mission2018-04-19 06:06:52
A trade mission to China will showcase the prospects for investment opportunities in Alaska, the governor of the northern U.S. state said. -
Norway's oil and gas production declines2018-04-19 05:56:12
Technical problems were to blame for a drop in average daily oil production from Norway, one of Europe's main suppliers, the government said. -
Dynetics to develop Gremlins UAV system for DARPA2018-04-18 13:51:46
Dynetics Inc. was awarded a $32 million contract for phase III of the Gremlins program, small unmanned aerial systems used for combat and non-combat r -
Raytheon wins contract for Barracuda counter-mine system2018-04-18 13:25:23
Raytheon has been awarded an $83 million contract by the U.S. Navy for the design, testing and deployment of Barracuda mine neutralization systems.
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News digest: HUL data controversy, Jaypee Infra, bank directors, and more2018-04-15 17:29:00
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Business as usual: RBI crackdown fails to deter bitcoin traders2018-04-15 17:24:00
RBI directive proved opportune for a lot of traders who used dip in bitcoin and other virtual currency prices to their advantage by buying even more a -
Insurers set fresh terms for liability insurance for bank boards' directors2018-04-15 17:19:00
The controversies linked to Chanda Kochhar, Shikha Sharma and others are forcing insurance firms to renegotiate rates for directors' indemnity -
Trials in Kathua rape and murder case begin today against 8 accused2018-04-15 17:18:00
The chief judicial magistrate of Kathua will be committing one of the charge sheets, in which seven people have been named, to the sessions court for -
By buying stake in Flipkart, Walmart wants to achieve these 3 lofty targets2018-04-15 17:14:00
To counter Amazon, the world's biggest retail chain is likely to take Flipkart's e-commerce model to US -
PM Modi sets off for Britain with eye on post-Brexit trade2018-04-15 17:11:00
India's trade with Britain will also be affected if volatility hits the British currency, the pound -
Uber steps up India play as Ola looks overseas market2018-04-15 16:55:00
With present CEO Dara Khosrowshahi pronouncing India a 'core market', the company plans to go all out -
Q4 results: Infosys stock could dip today on lower margin guidance2018-04-15 16:31:00
The main reason for the lower margin guidance is investments in the digital business -
Kerala rejects state Finance Commission's views on tax devolution2018-04-15 16:26:00
This comes after the state government delayed the presentation of the State Finance Commission report in the legislative assembly by two years -
Intra-state e-way bill rolled out in five states from Sunday2018-04-15 16:17:00
From midnight till 5 pm on Sunday, about 0.24 million e-way bill (both inter state and intra-state) was generated on the portal, an official said -
To participate in stake sale process, IFC may underwrite Air India debt2018-04-15 16:10:00
Rs 333-bn debt on Air India's books has upset many potential bidders -
Right to debar some promoters but SMEs deserve relaxed rules: UCO Bank MD2018-04-15 16:03:00
'Frauds have been happening in banks, but now the magnitude has gone up substantially,' says R K Takkar
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