China, U.S. officials meet for trade talks in Shanghai
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin shook hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He before beginning trade talks in Shanghai on Wednesday...
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Asian shares on defensive, pound at 28-month low on hard Brexit fears
Asian shares weakened in early trade on Wednesday, rattled by fresh trade war concerns following threats from President Donald Trump to Beijing, while increasing worries about...
Oil prices rise for fifth day after U.S. stocks decline
Oil prices rose for a fifth day on Wednesday, buoyed by a bigger than expected drop in U.S. inventories and as investors awaited a widely expected...
China's service sector activity grows at slower pace in July: official PMI
China's services sector activity grew at a slower pace in July, an official survey showed on Wednesday, heaping pressure on Beijing which is counting on the...
Apple's services, wearables shore up results as iPhone drops below half of sales
Apple Inc iPhone sales dropped to less than half of quarterly revenue for the first time in seven years, but CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday described...
Stocks slip on Trump's warning to China; sterling's slump carries on
A gauge of global stock markets fell on Tuesday as the latest round of U.S.-China trade talks began with a threat from President Donald Trump, while...
Samsung Electronics looks to chip recovery as second-quarter profit falls 56%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd posted a 56% drop in second-quarter operating profit on Wednesday, hit by declines in memory chip prices amid oversupply.
Ivory Coast, Ghana pricing agreement causing a 'spike in cocoa cost' - Mondelez
A new cocoa pricing mechanism announced by top growers Ivory Coast and Ghana earlier this month is causing cocoa costs to rise, a Mondelez International Inc...
FAA hopes global regulators simultaneously approve Boeing 737 MAX to fly again
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration hopes civil aviation authorities around the world will decide at about the same time to allow the Boeing 737 MAX to...
Amgen results beat estimates, lung cancer trial planned
Amgen Inc on Tuesday said its second-quarter revenue fell 3% due to more competition for its older off-patent drugs, but rising sales of newer medicines helped...
Oreo maker Mondelez raises sales forecast as emerging markets fuel growth
Mondelez International Inc raised its 2019 sales forecast on Tuesday, benefiting from several years of tailoring its chocolates and cookies to cater to consumer tastes in...
Samsung Electronics second-quarter profit down 56% as chip troubles persist
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd posted a 56% drop in second-quarter operating profit on Wednesday, hit by continuing declines in memory chip prices amid oversupply.
CFP Board vows stepped up oversight of financial advisors after complaints of lax review
Shopping for an advisor? The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards is changing its processes to help curtail financial advisors with bad track records.
Amgen results beat estimates, cancer drug shows wider activity
Amgen Inc on Tuesday said its second-quarter revenue fell 3% due to more competition for its older off-patent drugs, but rising sales of newer medicines helped...
Open banking in Canada – time to prepare for change
The Sixty Percent Dan Smith, Editor July 30, 2019 As legislators tentatively prepare to adopt open banking, what are the opportunities and who are the beneficiaries...