M&S poaches Tesco executive for top clothing job
British retailer Marks & Spencer has appointed the chief executive of rival Tesco's F&F Clothing division to be the boss of its struggling clothing and home...
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Deutsche Bank sues Madoff feeder funds for reneging on $1.6 billion claims sale
Deutsche Bank has sued two offshore funds that funneled money to Bernard Madoff for 14 years, accusing them of reneging on their agreement to sell more...
How Small Businesses Can Compete By Leveraging Data Insights
Business.com Matthew Gierc Nov 21, 2019 Many organizations still struggle to extract insight from their data. As a smaller business, you have a big advantage, but...
FCC votes 5-0 to bar China's Huawei, ZTE from government subsidy program
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 5-0 Friday to designate China's Huawei and ZTE as national security risks, barring their U.S. rural carrier customers from...
Airbnb's Belinda Johnson to step down as COO, join board
Airbnb said on Friday Belinda Johnson will step down as chief operating officer in March and join the home rental company's board.
Take Five: A spanner in the global economic works
Can we have it both ways? For two decades, trade expansion has fueled rapid global economic growth. But with trade volumes contracting at a rate of...
AstraZeneca shares rise on early U.S. approval for leukemia drug
AstraZeneca shares rose 2.7% on Friday after the British drugmaker won earlier-than-expected U.S. regulatory approval for a leukemia drug, in a challenge to rival AbbVie .
Judge gives Mediaset, Vivendi until Nov. 29 to find accord: sources
An Italian judge has pushed back to Nov. 29 a deadline to settle a dispute between Italian private broadcaster Mediaset and its number 2 shareholder French...
Ontario Has a Plan to Create a More Competitive Business Environment
Ontario Ministry of Finance Nov 21, 2019 Plan will reduce burden for investors and improve capital market efficiency TORONTO — The Ontario government is attracting investment...
Mediaset plans meeting in hope of breaking deadlock with Vivendi
Italian broadcaster Mediaset will hold a special shareholder meeting to try and reach agreement with Vivendi over its plan to set up a holding company, the...
The stock market and its fear gauge are moving together and that's not supposed to happen
"People are looking at the stock market that's going straight up and it's making them greedy," one analyst says.
South African Airways inks deal to end eight-day strike
South African Airways (SAA) signed a wage deal with trade unions on Friday to end an eight-day strike that brought the cash-strapped state airline to the...
Activist investors to pressure privately held Palantir on human rights
A group advocating ethical investing will ask backers of tech analytics company Palantir Technologies to push for changes to its business practices, a rare case of...
S&P 500, Dow tick higher on trade optimism; Nasdaq dips on Tesla
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones indexes eked out gains on Friday following upbeat trade deal comments from Washington and Beijing, while the Nasdaq was weighed...
Use the dollars in this tax-advantaged account now or you may lose them for good
If you're still sitting on a hefty balance in your flexible spending account, you're running out of time to use the money for qualified medical expenses....