Trump says no tariff reprieve for China, expects productive talks with Xi
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had not promised Chinese President Xi Jinping a reprieve from escalating tariffs in a trade war that is...
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Nissan ex-chief Ghosn cancels hastily arranged Tokyo press conference
Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn abruptly canceled on Friday plans for what would have been his first press conference since his arrest in November after journalists...
Tesla said single battery module caused car fire in Shanghai
Electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla Inc said on Friday that it has found no systematic flaws in its vehicles following the investigation of a vehicle that...
Merlin to go private in $7.5 billion deal with Lego family and Blackstone
Madame Tussauds owner Merlin said on Friday it had agreed to be acquired by the investment vehicle of Lego's founding family and private equity firm Blackstone...
Deutsche lifted by Fed stress test pass in boost to Wall Street operation
Deutsche Bank's shares rose as much as 4.8% on Friday after Germany's biggest bank passed an annual health check by the U.S. Federal Reserve, in a...
Former Nissan Chairman Ghosn cancels news conference in Tokyo: FCCJ official
Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn on Friday canceled plans to hold his first press conference since his arrest after journalists were notified earlier in the day...
Trade uncertainty stops world stocks in tracks
World shares were steady on Friday as uncertainty ahead of a meeting on trade between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping deterred traders...
Japan, U.S. agree to accelerate trade talks from July
Japan and the United States agreed on Friday to hold working-level meetings intensively from early next month to accelerate progress towards a two-way trade agreement, Economy...
Asian shares slip, gold gains as Trump-Xi trade jitters build
Asian shares stumbled on Friday and gold jumped amid rising doubts that a highly anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping...
Russian official: G20 disagreements focus at WTO reform, climate change
Work on the final G20 documents is not going easy, the group's Russia sherpa Svetlana Lukash said on Friday, naming World Trade Organisation reform, information security,...
Ivory Coast and Ghana team up for greater share of chocolate wealth
Kouakou Kinimo is a pretty typical Ivory Coast cocoa farmer. He works a small holding. At 52, he's roughly the mean age for a West African...
Quality cocoa shortage sends European premiums to near 10-year high
Buyers in Europe's physical cocoa market are having to pay top dollar for quality beans from leading global producers Ivory Coast and Ghana to compete with...
Defense contractor consolidation a security concern: U.S. Air Force acquisition head
The number of major U.S. defense contractors has shrunk to the point of becoming a national security concern, according to the U.S. Air Force's acquisition head,...
Trump anticipates 'productive' meeting with China's Xi on Saturday
U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected a productive meeting with China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday, highly anticipated talks on the sidelines of the G20...
Oil prices slip ahead of G20 talks, OPEC meet
Oil prices eased on Friday as traders awaited any update on the Sino-U.S. trade war from a scheduled weekend meeting of the two countries' presidents at...