China renews pledges to open economy, protect IP rights
BEIJING (Reuters) – China pledged on Sunday to press ahead with market opening and reforms while reiterating that it will treat domestic and foreign firms equally and protect intellectual property rights.
Waymo CEO says its tech would have handled Uber self-driving incident safely
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – The head of Alphabet Inc’s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, said on Saturday that the company’s technology would have safely handled the situation confronting an Uber self-driving vehicle last week when it struck a pedestrian, kill…
JCDecaux open to bidding for U.S. peers but nothing planned: CEO
PARIS (Reuters) – French outdoor advertising company JCDecaux could consider bidding to take over U.S. competitors Clear Channel or Outfront Media but nothing is planned in the short term, its chief executive said on Saturday.
China warns U.S. it will defend own trade interests
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States has flouted trade rules with an inquiry into intellectual property and China will defend its interests, Vice Premier Liu He told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a telephone call on Saturday, Chinese state…
China says ready to defend its interests in U.S. trade spat
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States has flouted trade rules with an inquiry into intellectual property and China will defend its interests, Vice Premier Liu He told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a telephone call on Saturday, Chinese state…
Musk deletes Facebook pages of Tesla, SpaceX after challenged on Twitter
(Reuters) – Verified Facebook pages of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX and electric carmaker Tesla Inc disappeared on Friday, minutes after the Silicon Valley billionaire promised on Twitter to take down the pages when challenged by users.
Boeing set to win American wide-body jet order: sources
PARIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Boeing Co is close to winning a keenly fought contest to supply 787 Dreamliner jets to American Airlines , beating European competition from the Airbus A330neo, three people familiar with the matter said.
American Airlines: ‘No final decisions have been made’ on jet order
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Airlines on Friday said it had not yet chosen between rival planemakers Boeing Co and Airbus for an order of widebody jets, though sources said Boeing was set to prevail over its European competitor.
Wall Street nosedives as investors flee on trade war fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street tumbled on Friday with more than 1,000 points knocked off the Dow in two days as investors, increasingly nervous about a potential U.S. trade war with China, shied away from risk ahead of the weekend and sought shelter …
Dropbox shares close up 35 percent in biggest tech debut since Snap
(Reuters) – Dropbox Inc’s shares closed at $28.42, up more than 35 percent in their first day of trading on Friday, as investors rushed to buy into the biggest technology initial public offering in more than a year even as the wider sector languished.
