Retailers set sights on Facebook, Google ad revenue
People with hay fever hate dust. That was the premise of a marketing drive launched by British vacuum cleaner maker Dyson with U.S. retailer Target Corp.
Trump relents on EU car tariffs, as U.S.-China fight derails Qualcomm deal
In what the EU chief called a “major concession,” U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to refrain from imposing car tariffs while the two sides launch negotiations to cut other trade barriers, easing the threat of a transatlantic trade war.
Asian stocks creep higher, but weak growth worry caps gains
Asian stocks inched higher on Thursday as the United States and Europe agreed to negotiations to ease barriers on trade, but ongoing concerns about the outlook for global growth weighed on investor sentiment.
China’s Pinduoduo prices U.S. IPO at top of range, raises $1.6 billion: sources
HONG KONG (Reuters/IFR) – Chinese online group discounter Pinduoduo Inc priced its U.S. initial public offering (IPO) at $19 per American depositary share (ADS), raising $1.63 billion in the second-biggest U.S. float by a Chinese firm this year, accor…
China’s Pinduoduo raises $1.6 billion in range-topping U.S. IPO: sources
HONG KONG (Reuters/IFR) – Chinese online group discounter Pinduoduo Inc priced its U.S. initial public offering (IPO) at $19 per American depositary share (ADS), raising $1.63 billion in the second-biggest U.S. float by a Chinese firm this year, accor…
German industry warns U.S. auto tariffs not completely off table yet
A top German industry group gave a cautious welcome to solutions proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to avert a trade war, but warned that U.S. auto tariffs were not completely off the table yet…
Asian stocks inch up after Trump, Juncker pledge cuts to trade barriers
Asian stocks edged higher on Thursday, taking comfort from gains on Wall Street after U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker agreed to work toward eliminating trade barriers on industrial goods.
Trump eases car tariff threat as U.S., EU launch talks to quell trade tensions
In what the EU chief called a “major concession,” U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to refrain from imposing car tariffs while the two sides launch negotiations to cut other trade barriers, easing the threat of a transatlantic trade war.
Facebook’s grim forecast: privacy push will erode profits for years
Facebook Inc’s shares lost as much as a quarter of their value on Wednesday after executives said that profit margins would plummet for several years due to the costs of improving privacy safeguards and slowing usage in the biggest advertising markets….
Qualcomm investors cheer end of NXP deal doomed by China-U.S. tensions
Qualcomm Inc , the world’s biggest maker of chips for mobile phones, said on Wednesday it would drop its $44 billion bid for NXP Semiconductors after failing to secure regulatory approval from China against a backdrop of widening trade tensions.




