Judge to rule on Vivendi request to halt Mediaset European TV plan
An Italian judge will decide on Vivendi's request to block Mediaset's pan-European television project after the two groups failed to settle their long-running dispute, a legal...
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OPEC November oil output slips before Aramco IPO, policy meeting
OPEC oil output has fallen in November as Angolan production has slipped due to maintenance and Saudi Arabia has kept a lid on supply to support...
Fintrac releases key updates to AML obligations, including virtual currency exchange MSB registration
CFCS Brian Monroe Nov 22, 2019 Fintrac releases key updates to AML obligations, including virtual currency exchange MSB registration, details tactics to verify individual, corporate identities...
Warren Buffett is sitting on $128 billion, raising questions about whether the market is overvalued
Buffett's decision to walk away from a deal despite Berkshire's massive cash hoard may show there aren't that many reasonably priced opportunities.
As Juncker bids farewell, new EU executive begins with scrutiny over Luxembourg tax
Officials from the new European Commission will discuss an International Monetary Fund study that lists Luxembourg as a world-leading tax haven just days after the former...
PG&E says its distribution lines caused no deadly fires in 2019
California utility PG&E Corp has determined there were no lives or structures lost in 2019 wildfires that may have been caused by its distribution lines, according...
Wall Street slips as U.S. law on Hong Kong brings back trade fears
U.S. stocks slipped on Friday in a post-holiday shortened session as a U.S.-China discord over Hong Kong reignited trade tensions and retail stocks dipped on signs...
HK’s SFC Finalises New Regulatory Framework For Virtual Asset Trading Platforms
Herbert Smith Freehills William Hallatt and co-authors Nov 22, 2019 On 6 November 2019, Hong Kong's Security and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a position paper setting...
Factbox: Quotes from shoppers as they scour for the best deals on Black Friday
Shoppers headed out to stores across the United States in a quest to score the best Black Friday discounts on everything from handbags to 4K TVs,...
Exclusive: Facing U.S. sanctions, Venezuela offers suppliers payment in Chinese yuan - sources
Venezuela's government and its oil company PDVSA have offered to pay suppliers and contractors into accounts in China using the yuan currency, five people familiar with...
Oil ends mixed, pressured by U.S. tensions with China over rights bill
Oil prices ended mixed on Thursday, with U.S. prices rebounding modestly from concerns that arose from U.S. President Donald Trump signing into law a bill backing...
State-controlled lender Banco do Brasil sees 2020 profit up 10%
Brazilian state-controlled lender Banco do Brasil SA sees its profits likely growing 10% in 2020 from this year, its Chief Financial Officer Carlos Hamilton Araujo said...
Hedge funds control 35-45% of Osram shares in headache for suitor AMS: source
Hedge funds control 35-45% of the shares of German lighting group Osram , posing a headache for Austrian suitor AMS as the investors may press for...
PSA readying sale of its stake in Chinese tie-up with Changan
Peugeot maker PSA Group is preparing to sell its 50% stake in a joint venture with Chongqing Changan Automotive , a Chinese partner also exiting the...
Axel Springer unit, others say Google still playing unfairly, want EU to act
Axel Springer's price-comparison shopping service Idealo and 40 other European peers have accused Alphabet Inc's Google of tilting the playing field in its favor and urged...