Airline stocks lift European equities after Brexit delay
Airline stocks helped European shares advance on Thursday after European Union leaders gave Britain another six months to leave the bloc, while sterling simply shrugged.
China’s JAC says it has not held talks with Volkswagen
JAC Motors said on Thursday it had not held talks with Volkswagen AG, after Reuters reported that the German auto giant was interested in taking a stake in its Chinese electric vehicle joint venture partner.
Exclusive: Chevron, investor reach deal on Myanmar shareholder resolution
Chevron Corp will put a focus on human rights in Myanmar under an agreement with an investor group that had urged it to pay more attention to violence in the Asian nation where the U.S. oil company has operations.
Washington to decide on Repsol’s Venezuela activity: U.S. envoy
The United States will make a decision about Spanish oil company Repsol’s activity in Venezuela in coming days, U.S. Venezuela envoy Elliott Abrams said on Thursday.
ASML falls victim to Chinese corporate espionage
Dutch ASML was the victim of Chinese corporate espionage a few years ago, but said the information stolen was not a blueprint for the lithography machines that have made it a world leader in semiconductor equipment.
Exclusive: Ghosn, suffering from kidney failure, was arrested illegally – defense document
Carlos Ghosn’s “illegal” arrest has interrupted his care for chronic kidney failure, which the former Nissan Motor boss suffers from as a result of treatment for high cholesterol, his defense said in documents seen by Reuters on Thursday.
Oil prices slip as U.S. stocks surge, but global market tightens
Rising U.S. crude stocks dragged oil lower on Thursday but prices continued to find a floor as OPEC-led cuts and freefalling Venezuelan output tightened global supplies.
CEO sees Bayer ‘massively’ affected by herbicide litigation
Bayer’s chief executive on Thursday acknowledged the German maker of pharmaceuticals and crop chemicals was facing massive challenges from a wave of lawsuits over an alleged carcinogenic effect of its Roundup weedkiller.
U.S. puts 37 Chinese companies and schools on red-flag ‘unverified’ list
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday that is adding 37 Chinese companies and schools to a red-flag list of “unverified” entities that U.S. companies should treat with caution, according to a notice in the Federal Register.
China investigating U.S. request to lift anti-dumping tariffs on DDGS
China’s commerce ministry confirmed on Thursday that it was examining an application from a U.S. trade association requesting a review of its anti-dumping tariffs on imports of distillers grains (DDGS) from the United States.
