GE’s $5 billion Japanese commercial lending unit has two bidders: WSJ
(Reuters) – Two bidders remain in the race to purchase General Electric Co.’s Japanese commercial lending business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a person familiar with the situation.
Paris attacks seen causing short-term global markets drop
SYDNEY/TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) – Global stocks are set for a short-term sell-off on Monday after Islamist militants launched coordinated attacks across Paris that killed 129 people, but few strategists expect a prolonged economic impact or change in prev…
Fading SE Asian stock recovery puts focus on robust infrastructure story
BANGKOK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – As a broad-based recovery in Southeast Asian stocks from this year’s bear market lows fades, investors are now pivoting to bottom-up strategies and selectively seeking stocks exposed to the region’s more enduring growth th…
Automakers battle for high-tech dominance on the road to self-driving car
TOKYO/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – At the recent Frankfurt Auto Show, Ford Motor Co unveiled a new feature that lets drivers pre-set their car to go at or just above the speed limit. In-car cameras and software read and react to road signs, speeding the car u…
As China firms walk out on Wall St., spurned investors demand payback
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese firms listed in New York are finding out the hard way that it’s easier to love global investors than leave them.
Oil prices seen under pressure as Paris attacks spark demand worries
LONDON (Reuters) – Prices of oil and other commodities will come under renewed pressure on Monday on fears that Friday night’s deadly attacks on Paris will further slow the global economy. 
Any doubts over about December Fed hike may be swept away
LONDON (Reuters) – Inflation numbers from the United States on Tuesday could be the provide the final domino in the Federal Reserve’s track to raise interest rates next month.
Tycoons, telecoms and Trotsky: book lifts veil on Carlos Slim
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Carlos Slim’s brother interrogated leftist rebels for Mexico’s intelligence agency while his eldest son often hands out a biographical novel about Leon Trotsky as a gift, according to a new book on the tycoon who was long the wo…
American Airlines delays Paris flights; United operates as planned
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Airlines Group , the world’s biggest carrier by passenger traffic, said on Friday it was delaying flights to Paris in response to the explosions and shooting attacks there, even though French airports remained open.
Any doubts over about December Fed hike may be swept away
LONDON (Reuters) – Inflation numbers from the United States on Tuesday could be the provider of the final domino in the Federal Reserve’s track to raise interest rates next month.
