With Trump tensions high, Merkel reaches out to Macron on Europe
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel has offered her most detailed response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s ideas for reforming Europe, seeking to avert a damaging rift with Paris at a time of high anxiety over Italy and growing transatlant…
Bayer set to close Monsanto takeover on Thursday: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – Bayer’s planned $62.5 billion takeover of seeds maker Monsanto is set to close on Thursday, Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntags Zeitung reported.
Arab oil ministers stress need for continued OPEC, non-OPEC cooperation
RIYADH (Reuters) – OPEC and non-OPEC Arab oil ministers stressed the need for continued cooperation between oil producers who are part of a pact for a global supply cut that is due to expire at the end of 2018, Kuwait’s state news agency KUNA reported …
Exclusive: After deadly Indian smelter protests, arrests stoke tension
THOOTHUKUDI, India (Reuters) – Eleven days after police in southern India fired on protesters seeking the shutdown of a copper smelter owned by London-listed Vedanta , killing 13, residents say people suspected of involvement in the demonstrations are …
Talks end with China warning trade benefits at risk if U.S. imposes tariffs
BEIJING (Reuters) – China warned the United States on Sunday that any agreements reached on trade and business between the two countries will be void if Washington implements tariffs and other trade measures, as the two ended their latest round of talk…
Software and stealth: how carmakers hike spare parts prices
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – Carmakers including Renault, Jaguar Land Rover and Peugeot have boosted revenues by over $1 billion in the past decade by using sophisticated pricing software, according to sales presentations prepared by the software vendor, A…
Global airlines issue warning over trade tensions
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Growing tension over international trade could damage the airline industry and the world economy, global airlines and aviation executives warned on Sunday.
Boeing executive says oil over $65 leads to increased demand for new jets
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Boeing Co is expecting increased demand for new airplanes now that oil is above $65 a barrel, a senior executive said on Sunday.
U.S.-China trade talks ‘friendly and frank’, U.S. says
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Sunday he had been having frank, useful talks in China about exports, as Washington presses home its message to Beijing about structural economic changes amid a festering trade dispute.
U.S. commerce secretary, Chinese vice premier to talk trade amid row
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will meet Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Sunday, as officials from the world’s two largest economies try to calm an escalating trade dispute that has rattled financial markets.




