Toyota, SoftBank to partner in future car technologies
Toyota Motor Corp and SoftBank Group Corp said they would team up to develop new transport services, adding to a slew of deals aimed at sharing costs and securing expertise in technologies which promise to drastically change the way people use cars.
Ahead of holidays, FedEx leans on special bonuses to keep pilots from retiring
Santa’s sleigh cannot fly without its pilot.
Dollar lifted by yield surge, Asia stocks slugged
The dollar notched an 11-month top on the yen on Thursday as stunningly strong U.S. economic data drove Treasury yields to their highest since mid-2011, while Asian stocks were pressured as borrowing costs rose at home.
Toyota, SoftBank to team up in self-driving and other technology: sources
Toyota Motor Corp and SoftBank Group Corp will announce a partnership on automated driving and other technology on Thursday, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia, Russia agreed in September to lift oil output, told U.S.
Russia and Saudi Arabia struck a private deal in September to raise oil output to cool rising prices and informed the United States before a meeting in Algiers with other producers, four sources familiar with the plan said.
Facebook, responding to lawsuit, says sex trafficking banned on site
Facebook said on Wednesday in response to a lawsuit accusing it of not doing enough to protect users from human traffickers that it works internally and externally to thwart such predators.
Toyota, SoftBank to partner in self-driving and other technology: source
Toyota Motor Corp and SoftBank Group Corp will announce a partnership on automated driving and other technology on Thursday, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Vedanta gets interim relief as Indian court stays state’s land allotment cancellation
An Indian court on Wednesday ordered an interim stay on the cancellation of land allotted for expansion of Vedanta’s south Indian copper smelter, in a relief to the conglomerate whose unit was shut on environmental grounds.
Oil falls as Saudi and Russia quietly agree output rise, U.S. stocks swell
Oil prices on Thursday fell from four-year highs reached the previous session, pressured by rising U.S. inventories and after sources said Russia and Saudi Arabia struck a private deal in September to raise crude output.
Dollar scales 11-month peak on yen as U.S. yields surge
The dollar climbed an 11-month top on the yen on Thursday as stunningly strong U.S. economic data drove Treasury yields to their highest since mid-2011, while Japanese stocks attempted to re-claim a 27-year peak.




