Toyota speeds up electric vehicle schedule as demand heats up
Toyota Motor Corp aims to get half of its global sales from electrified vehicles by 2025, five years ahead of schedule, and will tap Chinese battery...
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Europe's 5G to cost $62 billion more if Chinese vendors banned: industry
A ban on buying telecoms equipment from Chinese firms would add about 55 billion euros ($62 billion) to the cost of 5G networks in Europe and...
Swiss Re plans $4.5 billion IPO for UK unit to help expansion
Swiss Re is pressing ahead with plans to float its $4.5 billion UK life insurance business in London to put it under a more favorable regulatory...
European shares boosted by rate-cut hopes before U.S. jobs data
European stocks gained ground on Friday as hopes that central banks would loosen policy offset trade friction and the threat of global recession, putting indexes on...
IBM, T-Systems scrap mainframe venture after German criticism
IBM has withdrawn an application for anti-trust approval for a mainframe computing venture with T-Systems, the IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom, after the German cartel...
Medical identity theft costs the average American $13,500. How to avoid it
Medical identity theft costs the average American $13,500 to fix. How to protect yourself.
Swiss Re presses ahead with flotation of $4.5 billion British unit
Swiss Re is pressing ahead with a flotation of British subsidiary ReAssure on the London Stock Exchange, the world's second largest reinsurer said on Friday, a...
Germany's Stada buys six of GSK's consumer brands, eyes further deals
Private equity-backed generic drugmaker Stada said on Friday it would buy six consumer healthcare products from British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline to bolster its presence in Europe.
Gucci parent Kering moves to tighten grip on e-commerce
Kering, owner of brands including Gucci, will tighten its grip on its e-commerce operations, focusing on its own branded sites to sell its luxury products or...
Drugmaker Sanofi appoints Novartis' Hudson as CEO
Sanofi has appointed Novartis executive Paul Hudson to replace CEO Olivier Brandicourt who will retire in September, France's biggest drugmaker said on Friday.
Qatar Airways to seek compensation from Boeing over MAX grounding
Qatar Airways plans to seek compensation from Boeing over the grounding of three 737 MAX aircraft by Italian airline Air Italy, where the Qatari company is...
Space station will open to tourists, NASA says
NASA is opening up the ISS for more business, laying out plans at the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday.
Germany's Opel town shows struggle for Europe to plug in electric cars
Carmakers and policymakers in Europe are staking their futures on a race to electric vehicles. But the vast charging network needed to sustain their vision is...
Asia shares up on policy easing hopes, yuan slips on PBOC signals
Asian shares were slightly higher on Friday on expectations global central banks will soon embark on an easing cycle in the face of international trade frictions...
Drugmaker Sanofi appoints Novartis executive Hudson as new CEO
French pharma giant Sanofi has appointed Paul Hudson as chief executive to replace Olivier Brandicourt, who will retire in September, the company said on Friday.