Japan listings get bullish sign as Recruit sets IPO price
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s largest recruitment company Recruit Holdings Co Ltd priced its $2 billion initial public offering at 3,100 yen, the top of its bookbuilding range, raising expectations of strong demand that could break a run of flops among big…
Airbus wins 1,077 gross plane orders in Jan to Sept period
PARIS (Reuters) – European planemaker Airbus said on Monday it won 1,077 gross plane orders in the first nine months of the year.
World Bank trims China, East Asia 2014-2016 growth forecasts
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The World Bank cut its 2014-2016 growth forecasts for developing East Asia, noting that China was likely to slow due to policies aimed at putting the economy on a more sustainable footing, and it also cautioned of capital-flight r…
Growth back on the agenda for UK financial firms: industry survey
LONDON (Reuters) – Growth is back on the agenda for Britain’s financial services companies, which have been posting rising profits and adding staff in recent months, an industry survey showed on Monday.
London beats New York as most popular destination for workers: survey
LONDON (Reuters) – London is the most popular city in the world to work in, an international survey of more than 200,000 people found, with nearly one in six of those questioned wanting to move to the British capital to secure employment.
Canadian company lays out defense case for its jailed CEO
HAVANA (Reuters) – Defense lawyers for a Canadian executive sentenced to 15 years prison in Cuba on bribery and other charges released a raft of documents on Sunday seeking to bolster their case that Cy Tokmakjian was denied a fair trial.
New kings of the road: Big motorbike makers rev up in Southeast Asia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Roads in Southeast Asia have been getting a little louder lately as motorcycle makers, an aspiring middle class and easy bank credit come together to breed a new genus of motorcyclists – the big-bike rider.
Bill Gross told rival Gundlach: ‘I am Kobe, you are LeBron’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It was one of the most extraordinary meetings in the history of the bond market. Two of the biggest-ever names in fixed-income investing, Bill Gross and Jeffrey Gundlach, fierce rivals who had never previously talked, held a secret…
Silicon Valley giant Hewlett-Packard to split in two: WSJ
(Reuters) – Silicon Valley stalwart Hewlett-Packard Co, which has struggled to adapt to the new era of mobile and online computing, plans to split into two companies as it looks to put more focus on the faster-growing corporate services market, accordi…
Small city routes hold big potential for India airlines
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The airport in Patna, one of India’s smaller cities and the capital of its poorest state, is so crowded that government authorities this year said they need to build another one.
