Mois : février 2019

FILE PHOTO: A Dell logo is seen in this illustration picture taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 12, 2015. /Dado Ruvic() – Dell Technologies Inc reported on Thursday a nearly 9 percent rise in quarterly revenue in its first earnings report since a return to public markets, lifted by demand for its servers and […]

FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 27, 2019. /Brendan McDermid() – Investors poured money into equity exchange-traded funds and high-yield “junk” bond funds in the week ended Wednesday, as President Donald Trump said he would extend a deadline to escalate tariffs on […]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas () – The U.S. economy is slowing and it could take a few months to figure out by how much, supporting the Federal Reserve’s rate-hike holiday at least through June, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan speaks with an […]

WASHINGTON () – President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday to speak behind closed doors with a congressional panel investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election, capping a week of testimony in which he leveled new allegations of wrongdoing at his former boss. Cohen did not respond to […]

SAN FRANCISCO () – Six Google employees on Thursday joined U.S. lawmakers to support bills that would ban mandatory arbitration in employment and consumer contracts, as the workers seek to build on recent success in getting the Alphabet Inc company to drop some arbitration provisions. FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is pictured at the entrance […]

STOCKHOLM () – The U.S. embassy in Sweden has asked the country’s financial watchdog FI for a meeting to discuss allegations about Swedbank’s involvement in a Baltic money-laundering scandal. FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a Swedbank branch in Riga October 21, 2014. /Ints Kalnins/File PhotoThe move raises questions whether the U.S. authorities will seek […]

WASHINGTON () – President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday to speak behind closed doors with a congressional panel investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election, capping a week of testimony in which he leveled new allegations of wrongdoing at his former boss. Cohen did not respond to […]

() – Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft plan to offer cash bonuses to some of their most active drivers with the option to purchase shares in the ride-hailing firms’ highly anticipated Wall Street debuts, a bold effort to improve driver relations as the companies transition to the public markets. FILE PHOTO: Uber’s logo is displayed […]

JOHANNESBURG/MAPUTO () – Mozambique has filed a case in London’s High Court against Credit Suisse, according to court records and a source in Mozambique’s Attorney General Office. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen at a branch in Winterthur, Switzerland November 2, 2017. /Arnd WiegmannThe global investment bank, three of its […]

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a Swedbank branch in Riga October 21, 2014. /Ints Kalnins/File PhotoSTOCKHOLM () – The U.S. embassy in Sweden has asked the domestic watchdog FI for a meeting to discuss allegations of Swedbank’s involvement in a Baltic money-laundering scandal, raising concerns that U.S. authorities might be mulling a probe of […]

LONDON () – British regulators will give banks, asset managers, insurers and brokers until mid-2020 to fully comply with rules that replace European Union law in the event of a no-deal Brexit. FILE PHOTO: Rain clouds pass over Canary Wharf financial financial district in London, Britain July 1, 2016. /Reinhard Krause/File PhotoThe Bank of England […]

BOSTON () – Top U.S. pension funds are asking electric utilities to accelerate efforts to cut carbon emissions but will not force the issue with proxy resolutions this spring, hoping market shifts and falling prices for renewable energy have already made executives and directors receptive to the goal. FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines generate power at […]

() – Ride-hailing firms Uber and Lyft plan to offer cash bonuses to some of their most-active or longest-serving drivers and the option to put them into shares from their stock market launches, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Uber’s logo is displayed on a mobile phone in London, Britain, September 14, […]

WASHINGTON () – President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday to speak behind closed doors with a congressional panel investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election, capping a week of testimony in which he leveled new allegations of wrongdoing at his former boss. Cohen did not respond to […]

KIEV () – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed fresh legislation on Thursday aimed at fighting corruption, after the constitutional court threw out a previous anti-graft law, raising concerns that the country was backtracking on the issue. FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko addresses lawmakers during a session of parliament in Kiev, Ukraine February 7, 2019. […]

LONDON () – Rolls-Royce dropped out of the race to power Boeing’s planned mid-market aircraft on Thursday, saying it did not want to risk more disruption for its airline customers by rushing out a product without extensive testing. FILE PHOTO: Rolls Royce Trent XWB engines, designed specifically for the Airbus A350 family of aircraft, are […]

() – Ride-hailing firms Uber and Lyft plan to offer cash bonuses to some of its most-active or longest-serving drivers along with the chance to put them into shares from their long-awaited stock market launches, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Uber’s logo is displayed on a mobile phone in London, Britain, […]

FILE PHOTO: A man walks into the JP Morgan headquarters at Canary Wharf in London May 11, 2012. /Dylan Martinez/File PhotoLONDON () – J.P.Morgan kept its best guess for Brexit unchanged on Thursday with its central assumption a 45 percent probability of an exit on the terms of the current divorce deal. “We have been […]

LONDON () – Rolls-Royce dropped out of the race to power Boeing’s planned mid-market aircraft on Thursday, saying it did not want to risk more disruption for its airline customers by rushing out a product without extensive testing. FILE PHOTO: Rolls Royce Trent XWB engines, designed specifically for the Airbus A350 family of aircraft, are […]

BENGALURU () – Global funds recommended a bigger safety buffer in February, with cash holdings raised to their highest in more than three years and equity allocations cut to the lowest in nearly two, a poll showed on Thursday. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, […]