Philip Morris in talks to merge with Altria
Philip Morris International Inc and Altria Group Inc said on Tuesday they were in talks for an all-stock merger, potentially reuniting the tobacco giants after more...
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World shares gain on flickering trade hopes
World shares gained on Tuesday as some investors held out hopes for a trade deal between the United States and China, even though they continued to...
Roku is growing even faster than Netflix did at the same point, analyst says
William Blair expects Roku to reach 80 million active accounts by 2025.
Three U.S. bond kings wield same strategy, get same result: lag their peers
Three names dominate the U.S. world of bond investing - Jeffrey Gundlach, Dan Ivascyn and Scott Minerd. But funds run by these star investors are lagging...
Prosecutors raid Deutsche Boerse offices over share-trading scam
Public prosecutors on Tuesday raided offices of German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse as part of a broader investigation into a fraudulent share-trading scheme, Cologne public prosecutor's...
Asian stocks find modest support on firmer U.S. futures
Asian shares eked out meager gains on Wednesday, as higher Wall Street futures provided some relief for investors after an overnight U.S. selloff, though deeper worries...
Exclusive: Boeing CEO eyes major aircraft order under any U.S.-China trade deal
Boeing Co said on Tuesday that an aircraft order from China could result from any deal to end a yearlong trade war between the world's two...
Wall Street opens higher, trade hopes build
U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors held their hopes on a resolution to the prolonged trade dispute between the world's two largest economies despite...
Smucker cuts full-year targets after first-quarter earnings disappoint
J. M. Smucker Co on Tuesday cut its full-year earnings forecast and missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and sales, blaming competition in the pet...
After blacklisting, U.S. receives 130-plus license requests to sell to Huawei: sources
The U.S. Commerce Department has received more than 130 applications from companies for licenses to sell U.S. goods to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, three sources...
EU's Vestager: checking to see if Google favors own job search tool
EU regulators are checking Google for Jobs to see if the company unfairly favors its fast-growing tool for searching job listings, Europe's antitrust chief said on...
U.S. house prices rise in June, but momentum slowing
U.S. house prices rose solidly in June, but the pace of appreciation is slowing, which together with declining mortgage rates could boost the struggling housing market.
U.S. 10-year TIPS yields fall deeper into negative territory
The yields on U.S. 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities slipped deeper into negative territory on Tuesday as a result of intense demand for bonds due to...
Ex-Google engineer indicted for stealing self-driving car secrets, pleads not guilty
Anthony Levandowski, a pioneer in self-driving car technology, was criminally charged on Tuesday with stealing trade secrets from his former employer Google before joining rival Uber...
Norway wealth fund should move more investments to North America, central bank says
Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, should shift billions in investments from European stock markets and instead invest more in the United States...