Self-driving car companies complain California test data may mislead
Developers of self-driving cars are amping up criticism of a California reporting requirement on test data, saying the data could mislead, as the state prepares to...
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Samsung Electronics names non-executive director as board chairman in company first
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it has named a non-executive director as board chairman for the first time, to increase transparency and independence.
Global central bankers scour shopping malls, manufacturers for coronavirus playbook
In the days after a new virus was identified in China on Dec. 31, global central bankers fell back on past experience for a comforting early...
China says to exempt extra tariffs on 65 U.S. goods from Feb. 28
China’s finance ministry said it will begin exempting 65 U.S. goods from retaliatory tariffs implemented amid the bilateral trade dispute with the United States for one...
UniCredit shares fall at open after report Mustier vying for HSBC top job
Shares in Italy's biggest bank UniCredit fell more than 1% at open on Friday following reports Chief Executive Jean Pierre Mustier is being considered for the...
Take Five: "Our currency, your problem" - all over again
The dollar juggernaut rolls on. The U.S. currency has rocketed to a near three-year high versus the euro <EUR=>, a 10-month high against the yen and...
Tech stocks drag Wall Street lower as coronavirus spreads
U.S. stock indexes opened lower on Friday, dragged down by technology stocks for a second day, as a spike in new coronavirus cases in China and...
Qatar Airways not interested in investing in Air Italy
Qatar Airways said on Friday it was not interested in investing in struggling Italian carrier Air Italy, but would do all it could as minority shareholder...
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Bloomberg's plan to tackle the $1.7 trillion student loan crisis
Michael Bloomberg, a former mayor of New York, is the latest Democratic presidential candidate to turn his attention to the country's $1.7 trillion outstanding student loan...
Wall Street slides as data shows early business impact of coronavirus
U.S. stock indexes fell on Friday after data showed U.S. business activity stalled in February, and a spike in new coronavirus cases in China and elsewhere...
U.S. existing home sales fall as supply tightens
U.S. home sales fell in January amid a dearth of houses, but the supply squeeze is likely to ease as building permits and the number of...
Xerox to press ahead despite HP's poison pill plan against takeover offer
Xerox Holdings Corp said on Friday it would continue to pursue HP Inc, even after the PC maker said it would implement a poison pill plan...
King Dollar rules the FX heap as virus threatens global growth
A powerful surge in the dollar threatens to magnify the pain for companies and nations already struggling with the economic fallout of the coronavirus.