World’s rich confident they can scale wall of global risk: survey
LONDON (Reuters) – The global economic, financial and political landscape has never been shakier, but the world’s rich are confident they can steer through the fog of uncertainty in the coming year “without so much as a dent in their finances”, a surve…
Trump trade officials prefer tri-lateral NAFTA deal: U.S. senators
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s top trade officials hope to keep the North American Free Trade Agreement as a trilateral deal in negotiations with Canada and Mexico to revamp the 23-year-old pact, senators said on Tuesday.
ValueAct trims stake in Morgan Stanley in first quarter
(Reuters) – ValueAct Capital Management trimmed its stake in Morgan Stanley by 9 million shares during the first quarter, according to a U.S. regulatory filing.
Reports of large-scale Ford job cuts meet indifference on Wall Street
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – Investors on Tuesday shrugged off media reports that Ford Motor Co will announce plans to cut thousands of white-collar workers, highlighting the challenges facing Chief Executive Mark Fields.
Facebook to reimburse some advertisers after discovering bug
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would refund some advertisers after finding a bug that wrongly attributed video carousel ad clicks as clicks to the advertisers’ websites.
Nasdaq launches machine intelligence-enhanced data service
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nasdaq Inc on Tuesday launched a service to help fund managers and quantitative traders better use data from social media, central bank announcements, retail sentiment and other sources to improve trading profits.
EU to launch legal case against Italy over Fiat emissions: sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will launch legal action against Italy on Wednesday for failing to police allegations of emissions-test cheating by Fiat Chrysler properly following the Volkswagen dieselgate scandal, EU sources said.
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone returns to company
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday he would be returning full time to the microblogging service in an unspecified role.
Major U.S. hotel groups sponsor tourism investment meeting in Havana
HAVANA (Reuters) – The annual Latin American Hotel and Tourism Investment Conferences meeting opened in Havana this week and the list of sponsors read like the who’s who of the U.S. hotel industry.
Starbucks software glitch takes some stores offline
(Reuters) – A glitch in a software update caused cash registers at some U.S. and Canadian Starbucks Corp stores to go offline for several hours on Tuesday, forcing them to give away free coffee or only take cash.
