Whirlpool reaches deal to save jobs at emblematic French factory
PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. kitchen products group Whirlpool has reached a deal with a local businessman to save jobs at its Amiens site in northern France, which had featured at the forefront of this year’s presidential election campaign.
DowDuPont alters post-merger breakup plan
(Reuters) – DowDuPont, which was formed when chemical giants Dow Chemical and DuPont merged earlier this month, said on Tuesday it was making changes to its initial plans of how it would split up the company post merger.
UK watchdog warns consumers on cryptocurrency fundraisings
LONDON (Reuters) – Initial coin offerings (ICOs), the practice of creating and selling digital currencies to finance start-up projects, are “very high risk” and speculative, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned on Tuesday.
Toshiba still in talks over chip unit sale one day before deadline: sources
Tokyo (Reuters) – Japan’s embattled Toshiba Corp is still in discussions with various parties over the $18 billion sale of its memory chip business just a day before its latest, self-imposed deadline, people involved in the talks told Reuters on Tuesd…
UK minister to give update on Fox-Sky deal on Tuesday
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s media secretary will make a statement in parliament later on Tuesday about Rupert Murdoch’s bid to buy the rest of pay-TV group Sky , the leader of the house said on Twitter.
Malaysia Airlines to sign $1.8 billion Boeing jets deal during Najib’s U.S. trip: sources
SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia Airlines will announce a deal to buy eight widebody Boeing 787 jets during the visit of Prime Minister Najib Razak to the United States, two industry sources said on Tuesday.
World stocks hit record highs as Irma weakens
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks climbed to record highs on Tuesday as easing tensions over North Korea and signs that Hurricane Irma was causing less damage than feared in the United States boosted risk appetite.
R3, UK regulator and banks team up on blockchain-based mortgage reporting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York-based software company R3 CEV has partnered with Britain’s financial watchdog and two large banks to develop a blockchain-based application to improve the regulatory reporting of mortgage transactions.
Apple set to unveil anniversary iPhone in major product launch
CUPERTINO, Calif. (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook took the stage at the Steve Jobs Auditorium on the new Apple campus on Tuesday for the company’s biggest product launch in years, which was expected to include a completely redesigned top…
Bosch sees driver-assistance sales growing to 2 billion euros by 2019
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bosch [ROBG.UL], the world’s biggest car parts supplier, sees its annual sales of driver-assistance systems at 2 billion euros ($2.39 billion) as early as 2019 as it outpaces market growth of 25 percent a year, it said on Tuesday….
