Walmart's Mexico unit posts 2.7% rise in January same-store sales
Walmart de Mexico, the country's biggest retailer, said on Monday that sales at stores in Mexico open for more than a year rose 2.7% in January,...
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Caterpillar says most of its Chinese facilities reopened on February 10
Caterpillar reopened most of its facilities in China on Monday after getting the go-ahead from the local government following the coronavirus outbreak, the company said.
Australia cartel investigator says no impropriety in exchanges with JPMorgan lawyers
An Australian antitrust investigator who helped bring criminal cartel charges against Citigroup Inc and Deutsche Bank AG denied acting with "impropriety" when presented with communications between...
How Brazil's JBS became collateral damage in war between billionaires
A business dispute between the disgraced billionaire Batista brothers in Brazil and the heir to an Indonesian pulp and paper fortune is throwing a wrench in...
Safe-havens rise on coronavirus concerns, stocks rebound
Gold rose and the dollar hit a four-month high against the euro on Monday as the death toll from coronavirus outbreak passed that of the SARS...
Trump budget proposes $150 million for creation of uranium reserve
President Donald Trump's 2021 budget proposed $150 million for the creation of a U.S. uranium reserve as the administration seeks to help struggling producers of the...
Trump's $4.8 trillion budget gets chilly reception from Congress
President Donald Trump's $4.8 trillion budget plan for the coming fiscal year drew a prompt rejection on Monday from congressional Democrats, who said it betrayed his...
China's return to work lifts local stocks while rest of Asia trails
Asian shares fell on Monday as the death toll from a coronavirus outbreak exceeded the SARS epidemic of two decades ago, though Chinese shares gained as...
Transportation Department IG to audit FAA pilot training requirements after Boeing 737 MAX crashes
The U.S. Transportation Department's Office of Inspector General said on Monday it will audit Federal Aviation Administration pilot training requirements for U.S. and foreign air carriers...
Israel's Elbit Systems wins $136 million in contracts in Asia-Pacific
Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems Ltd said on Monday it won contracts worth $136 million to provide customers in Asia-Pacific with airborne laser direct infrared countermeasure...
No phones, no leaks: How Lagarde is making her mark on ECB
Gathered in a German mountain castle last November for an evening retreat that ended with a whiskey-tasting, rebel European Central Bank policymakers and Christine Lagarde, their...
State of Financial Services Industry Report 2020 (Oliver Wyman): When Vision and Value Collide
Olivery Wyman Chris Allchin and Ted Moynihan February 2020 Financial institutions face a big challenge: creating the business of the future from the legacy they have...
Australia investigator in Citi cartel case learned of concerns from rival agency
An Australian investigator who helped bring criminal cartel charges against Citigroup Inc and Deutsche Bank AG said he first heard concerns about a stock issue they...
Asian shares rally, slow pace of China factory reopenings a worry
Asian share markets followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday as China's factories struggled to re-open after an extended break, though analysts warned investors might be underestimating...
Chinese media firm cuts 500 workers in bid to survive coronavirus
Chinese firm Xinchao Media has laid off 500 people, or just over 10% of its workforce, saying it needed to resort to such measures to survive...