Bud brewer hopeful that aluminum tariffs won’t hit U.S. allies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Anheuser-Busch InBev , the world’s largest brewer, is hopeful that the United States will grant permanent exemptions to aluminum imported from allies and wants U.S. Congress to look into price spikes that have already set in.
Austrian court blocks Uber in Vienna: taxi group
ZURICH (Reuters) – A commercial court in Vienna has issued a temporary injunction to stop ride-hailing service Uber from operating in Vienna, a taxi company that had sued Uber said on Wednesday.
Trump, Apple CEO to meet as U.S.-China trade row roils tech sector
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will meet with Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Wednesday, as the technology industry finds itself in the crosshairs of a U.S. trade spat with China, a manufacturing hub for the iPhone maker a…
Glass Lewis urges vote against Deutsche Boerse board actions at AGM
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Influential proxy adviser Glass Lewis has recommended shareholders in Deutsche Boerse vote against ratifying the actions of the management and supervisory boards at the exchange’s 2018 annual general meeting.
Stock futures slip as U.S. yield holds above 3 percent
(Reuters) – U.S. equity futures pointed to a fifth day of losses for the main indexes on Wednesday, spooked by a rise in bond yields and nerves ahead of earnings from scandal-hit Facebook.
China’s ZTE will take ‘certain actions’ against U.S. ban
(Reuters) – China’s ZTE Corp said on Wednesday it planned to take “certain actions” under U.S. laws following a ban by the U.S. government on American firms doing business with the company.
Boeing beats profit estimates, margins rise
(Reuters) – Boeing Co on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and raised its full-year forecast for earnings per share and cash flow, boosted by strong demand for air travel.
Twitter trounces estimates as growth moves overseas
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc reported its second profitable quarter on Wednesday and topped Wall Street estimates for revenue, profit and monthly active users, as advertisers in Asia and other markets outside the United States embraced its video ads.
Sky pulls support for Murdoch bid as Comcast confirms offer
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. media group Comcast submitted a 22 billion pound($30.7 billion) bid for Sky on Wednesday, prompting the European pay TV group to drop its support for a lower offer from Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox .
Stocks slide toward longest losing streak of the year
LONDON (Reuters) – Shares were on their way to the longest losing streak of the year on Wednesday, as an advance in U.S. bond yields beyond 3 percent and warnings from top global firms about rising costs fed fears that a boom in earnings may have peake…
