Asian stocks wobbly before tariff deadline in Sino-U.S. trade row
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks were shaky while major currencies barely budged in early trade on Thursday, as financial markets remained in a state of anxious uncertainty on the eve of a U.S. deadline to slap tariffs on Chinese imports.
Embraer CEO says talks with Boeing are in final stage: report
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Embraer SA Chief Executive Officer Paulo Souza e Silva said the company is in the final stage of talks to combine operations with Boeing Co , newspaper Valor Economico reported on its website late on Wednesday.
Asia stocks on edge before tariff deadline in Sino-U.S. trade row
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks got off to a cautious start on Thursday as investors remained nervous amid a looming deadline for Washington’s proposed tariffs on Chinese imports, leaving financial markets in a state of anxious uncertainty.
Britain’s Lloyds offers $100 million so far to HBOS fraud victims
LONDON(Reuters) – Lloyds Banking Group has made compensation offers worth 76 million pounds ($100.46 million) to victims of a fraud at its HBOS Reading unit, lawmakers said on Thursday.
Carmaker Jaguar says ‘bad Brexit’ would mean it could not stay in UK
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said a so-called “hard Brexit” would cost it 1.2 billion pounds ($1.59 billion) a year, curtailing its future operations in the United Kingdom.
Airbus CEO says expects results from CSeries deal in time for Farnborough
MONTREAL (Reuters) – Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders said on Wednesday he expects to see the first results of the company’s new majority stake in Bombardier’s CSeries jetliner program within weeks, around the time of the Farnborough Air Show later th…
Brazil police arrest GE Latin America head, 21 others, in probe
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian police arrested a senior General Electric Co executive on Wednesday, as part of a sprawling investigation into fraud in medical equipment tenders overseen by health authorities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, polic…
WPP warns Sorrell he could lose payout over M&A clash: source
LONDON (Reuters) – Martin Sorrell is at risk of losing his multi-million pound exit package from WPP after his new advertising venture sought to buy a business that his former employer is also pursuing, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Netflix turns to Bollywood to script India growth story
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc premiered its first original series in India in a sheen of Bollywood glitter on Wednesday, upping the stakes in its battle with streaming rival Amazon Prime for a chunk of the country’s more than 1 billion potential viewers.
Content-hungry bidders circle ‘Big Brother’ maker Endemol
FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) – Several bidders, including Liberty Global, are preparing offers for TV production company Endemol Shine, maker of classic reality show ‘Big Brother’ and the dystopian ‘Black Mirror’ dramas, before an initial deadline next w…
