Signify to buy U.S. firm Cooper Lighting for $1.4 billion
Signify , the Dutch-based lighting company, has agreed to buy U.S. firm Cooper Lighting Solutions from Eaton Corp. for $1.4 billion in cash to boost its...
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Skoda Auto reports 2.7% drop in deliveries in first nine months
Skoda Auto's global deliveries dropped 2.7% to 913,700 cars in the first nine months compared with the same period last year, the subsidiary of Germany's Volkswagen...
Undercover entrepreneurs: fearful Mexican tech startups shun spotlight
In Mexico's burgeoning startup scene, publicity is the last thing many entrepreneurs want.
Huawei's revenue rises 24.4% in first three quarters of 2019
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the Chinese technology giant blacklisted by the U.S. government, said revenue grew 24.4% in the first three quarters of 2019 to 610.8...
Turkey's Halkbank shares fall 7% following U.S. charges
Shares of Turkey's state-owned Halkbank fell more than 7% at the opening of trade on Wednesday after U.S. prosecutors charged the bank with taking part in...
Technical foul: Chinese traders in online sneaker market punish NBA after HK controversy
On Oct. 4, a Chinese trader noticed a sharp drop in the price of crypto tokens backed by Nike's Air Jordan sneakers on a U.S.-based exchange...
Shares of Turkey's Halkbank plunge after U.S. charges
Shares of Turkey's Halkbank plunged as much 7% on Wednesday, despite a ban on short selling, after U.S. prosecutors charged the state-owned lender with taking part...
Latitude CEO disappointed KKR pulled IPO due to low price
Private equity giant KKR & Co and its partners canceled what was to be Australia's biggest listing of the year, lender Latitude Financial, because investors would...
U.S. 'deeply concerned' about untrackable China ships carrying Iran oil: officials
The White House is warning Chinese shipping companies against turning off their ships' transponders to hide Iranian oil shipments in violation of U.S. sanctions, two senior...
Fate of second Woodford fund to be decided on Wednesday: administrator
The administrator of the LF Woodford Income Focus Fund said it would make a decision on its future on Wednesday, a day after embattled investor Neil...
IBM revenue misses on weakness in its biggest unit; shares fall 5%
International Business Machines Corp missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday, as its global technology services unit was hit by weakness in some European...
Shares lose steam, sterling off five-month peak with Brexit talks set to resume
Shares markets lost some steam in Asian trading on Wednesday while sterling came off five-month highs as investors remained uncertain whether crunch talks in Brussels would...
Production date for Boeing's long-haul 777-8 up in air as Qantas weighs options
The date of entry into service of Boeing Co's ultra-long-range 777-8 wide-body airliner will depend partly on customer demand, an executive said, with the planemaker hoping...
As the beer flows, so does the economy, as consumers keep growth aloft
If the global economy hits the skids, the warning may come from the hop-covered taproom of the Denver Beer Co, where yearly sales are up 17%...
Boeing 777-8's entry into service date depends partly on customer demand: executive
The date of entry into service of Boeing Co's ultra-long-range 777-8 wide-body airliner will depend partly on customer demand, an executive said, with the planemaker hoping...