Australia's Qantas directs flights away from Strait of Hormuz
Australia's flag carrier, Qantas Airways Ltd, said on Friday that its flights over the Middle East would avoid the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman...
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U.S., Japan may need more tools to shore up banking system: Fed's Rosengren
The United States and Japan may need to shore up bank oversight to prepare for economic downturns, the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston...
'White Knight' Delta buys stake in Korean Air parent, dampens activist threat
Delta Air Lines bought a small stake in Korean Air Lines Co's parent company and said it wants to increase it to 10%, giving a boost...
Central banks will want oversight of Facebook's Libra: Bank of England's Carney
Major central banks and regulators will want oversight of Facebook's proposed new currency and payment system, Libra, to ensure it is safe and does not allow...
Exclusive: Exxon's $53 billion Iraq deal hit by contract snags, Iran tensions - sources
Just weeks ago, U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil looked poised to move ahead with a $53 billion project to boost Iraq's oil output at its southern fields,...
Dollars in the detail; banks pan for gold in 'data lakes'
From sending special offers on restaurants to burger-loving current account holders to selling anonymised credit card records, banks are racing to monetize the huge troves of...
Foxconn picks chip-unit head for chairman, as Gou seeks Taiwan presidency
Foxconn chose chip-unit boss Liu Young-way as chairman of the world's biggest electronics contract manufacturer to succeed Terry Gou, who is preparing to contest Taiwan's presidential...
Huawei says European smart phones sales up 'in past few days'
Huawei smartphone sales in Western Europe have risen "in the past few days" as customers grow more confident the Chinese company will weather U.S. sanctions imposed...
Oil slips, but still propelled to gain for week as Mideast tensions grow
Oil prices reversed earlier gains on Friday but benchmark Brent crude was still set for its first weekly gain in five weeks amid rising tensions in...
UK's Domino's eyes Europe chief of Aussie Domino's as next CEO: Sky News
(This June story corrects throughout to say UK's Domino's to replace its CEO with Europe CEO of Australia's Domino's Pizza Enterprises)
Oil prices dip, still set for weekly gains amid Mideast tensions, rate cut hopes
Oil prices reversed earlier gains on Friday but benchmark Brent crude was still set for its first weekly gain in five weeks amid rising tensions in...
Asian stocks slip amid persisting trade angst, political tensions
Asian stocks slipped on Friday, as U.S.-Iran tensions and anxieties over Sino-U.S. trade talks left markets in the region struggling to match the euphoria on Wall...
China-owned SEZ in Cambodia denies transhipping to evade U.S. tariffs
A China-owned special economic zone in Cambodia has denied that its firms have been fined by the United States for transhipping goods from China in a...
North Korea has more than sanctions to overcome for foreign investment: report
A historic visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping this week may have bolstered Kim Jong Un's hopes that economic relief may be coming soon, but a...
Foxconn's new chairman says no plan to increase production capacity outside China
The new chairman of Foxconn said on Friday the Apple Inc supplier had no plan to increase production capacity outside China at the moment.