JD.Com's logistics unit taps banks for potential $8-$10 billion IPO: sources
The logistics unit of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com Inc has held early discussions with banks about a potential overseas IPO that could raise $8 billion to...
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Credit Suisse surveillance probe to continue
Credit Suisse and law firm Homburger will continue their investigation into employee observation at the bank, a spokesman said, after the bank on Monday confirmed a...
Bayer shares up 3.5% after U.S. government's backing in glyphosate lawsuit
Bayer shares rose as much as 3.5% on Monday, reaching their highest level in 14 months, after the United States government said that a $25 million...
The Yankees are coming! U.S. firms rush to euro debt markets
From Harley Davidson to Colgate-Palmolive, U.S. companies are flocking to borrow in euros and their record issuance is breathing life into a market where yields have...
Oil group Total to pay $100 million bonus as part of Apache Suriname deal
French oil company Total said on Monday that it would pay a bonus of $100 million as part of its previously announced deal with U.S. peer...
Credit Suisse blames former COO for covering up second spying case
Credit Suisse on Monday cleared CEO Tidjane Thiam and other top executives from knowledge of a second spying incident, saying former Chief Operating Officer Pierre-Olivier Bouee...
Asian shares near 18-month high, bask in trade deal afterglow
Asian markets idled near 18-month highs on Monday as trading volumes weakened ahead of the Christmas holiday break, with investors taking profit on gains made earlier...
After Ethiopia crash, victims' relatives say they were hounded by U.S. law firms
Days after the March 10 crash of a Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines’ Boeing jet that killed all 157 people on board, strangers began calling or visiting bereaved...
Roche enters $1.15 billion licensing deal for Sarepta gene therapy
Roche entered into a $1.15 billion licensing agreement with Sarepta Therapeutics to obtain the right to launch and commercialize Sarepta's investigational gene therapy for Duchenne muscular...
Bank of Italy ready to account for Popolare di Bari supervision: Visco to press
Bank of Italy has "positively" accomplished its supervision duties and it is ready to account for its action on failing lender Banca Popolare di Bari, Governor...
BlackRock, Temasek to take majority stake in wealth management JV with CCB: sources
U.S. asset manager BlackRock Inc, Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd and China Construction Bank Corp (CCB) have agreed to set up a wealth management...
BMW says being investigated by U.S. SEC
German automaker BMW AG said on Monday it was being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission following a report of a probe related to...
America's most wanted gift: cash
The gift of cash can instill valuable lessons about savings and compound interest. You can also put money toward education or other expenses, setting your loved...
'Bull's-eye' landing in New Mexico for Boeing's Starliner astronaut capsule
Boeing Co 's Starliner astronaut spacecraft landed in the New Mexico desert on Sunday, the company said, after faulty software forced officials to cut short an...
Lone Star emerges as white knight bidder for Japanese hotel chain Unizo
Japanese hotel chain Unizo Holdings said on Sunday it had received a friendly buyout offer from U.S. investment fund Lone Star, a deal that could end...