LONDON (Reuters) – 1/ READY FOR A SCARY EURO ZONE GDP SHOW? FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Fears of a major downturn in euro zone powerhouse Germany grew this week following “scary” industrial output figures for June
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has approved new statutes for the Vatican Bank, making an external audit obligatory and introducing other changes to bolster reforms that have turned around the once scandal-ridden institution. FILE PHOTO: New recruits of the Vatican’s elite Swiss Guard march in front of the tower of the Institute for Works
FILE PHOTO: Workers load goods for export onto a crane at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China June 7, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Friday stood by its assessment that China’s yuan valuation was largely in line with economic fundamentals, but an IMF official said the fund was encouraging
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Friday following renewed jitters over the U.S.-China trade war, capping a week of trading that saw big swings and high volume. Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., August 9, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid President Donald Trump said the
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has filed criminal charges against 17 current and former directors at subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) in a multi-billion-dollar corruption investigation at state fund 1MDB, the attorney general said on Friday. FILE PHOTO – Men walk past a 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the fund’s flagship Tun
(Reuters) – Chipmaker Broadcom Inc (AVGO.O) will buy Symantec Corp’s (SYMC.O) enterprise security business for $10.7 billion in cash, the antivirus software maker said on Thursday, as it tries to scale up its software business through deals. FILE PHOTO: A sign to the campus offices of chip maker Broadcom Ltd is shown in Irvine, California,
FILE PHOTO: A staff member cleans a Honda’s Accord sedan at the booth of Guangzhou Automobile Group during the Auto China 2016 auto show in Beijing, China, April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co Ltd’s (7267.T) venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd (601238.SS) will recall 222,674 Accord sedans in
NEW YORK/SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung unveiled a new version of the Galaxy Note smartphone on Wednesday with fast 5G network connection and improved camera features, hoping the premium model helps it revive slumping profit and widen the gap with struggling rival Huawei. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) raked in a better-than-expected quarterly operating profit as it saw a leap in investing gains from its $100 billion Vision Fund. FILE PHOTO: The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo The group’s
(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) on Tuesday missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit as heavy investments in its digital portfolio outweighed gains from the worldwide success of “Avengers: Endgame”, sending its shares down 5%. FILE PHOTO: A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for the Walt Disney Company on the floor
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Universal Music Group (UMG) is seen at a building in Zurich, Switzerland July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo – RC1EE289B960 PARIS (Reuters) – French media conglomerate Vivendi (VIV.PA) said it had started talks with Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) to sell an initial 10% stake in its Universal Music Group (UMG) division.
(Reuters) – Videogame publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O) raised its full-year revenue forecast on Monday, based on the success of its games “NBA 2K”, “Grand Theft Auto V” and “Red Dead Redemption 2”. FILE PHOTO: A promotion for the computer game “Grand Theft Auto Five” is show in a Game Stop gaming story in
The headquarters of Scout24, an operator of digital marketplaces for real estate and automobiles, is pictured in Munich, Germany July 5, 2019. REUTERS/Michael Dalder FRANKFURT (Reuters) – U.S. activist investor Elliott urged German classifieds group Scout24 (G24n.DE) on Monday to sell its car listings division and ramp up a share buyback program to boost returns
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Sudhir Gharpure and his sales team sat chatting at a big Maruti Suzuki (MRTI.NS) dealership on the outskirts of Mumbai some two hours after its doors were opened on a recent Saturday morning – not a single customer was in sight. FILE PHOTO: A worker adjusts the windscreen wipers of a parked
FILE PHOTO: A police officer stands guard on a street near a hotel where U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are staying, in Tokyo, Japan May 26, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and the United States have agreed to target a broad deal on bilateral trade by September, seeking to
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih speaks during the Saudi-India Forum in New Delhi, India, February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi energy minister Khalid Al-Falih discussed oil markets with his Russian counterpart and stressed that Saudi Arabia would continue to comply with production cuts until the end of Q1 2020,