President Mario Draghi gave little indication about the next steps for monetary policy in the euro zone during a speech on Wednesday ahead of a key meeting between central bankers. The European Central Bank chief seemed to have learned from his own mistakes by avoiding commenting on how and when he might bring monetary stimulus […]
Read moreEuro zone manufacturing businesses clocked their best month of growth in six-and-a-half years in August, offsetting the weakest services growth in seven months and keeping overall activity on steady path, a survey of private companies showed on Wednesday. IHS Markit’s Flash Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index, considered a good guide to economic growth, edged up […]
Read moreFour mutual fund companies have marked down their investments in Uber Technologies by as much as 15 percent following the ride-hailing company’s scandal-ridden year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Three of the investors, Vanguard Group, Principal Funds and Hartford Funds, all marked down their shares by 15 percent to $41.46 a share for […]
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Germany is trying to stop China from gobbling up its companies — but there may be a downside
Think of Germany and it isn’t long before visions of bustling business districts and thriving manufacturing plants spring to mind. It isn’t surprising: it’s these industries that have elevated the country to rank among the world’s leading economies. But increasingly they have also become the subject of political power play with one of Germany’s biggest […]
Read moreChina’s yuan has been on a tear this year, but experts are predicting the run may be over — and it may even be poised for a downturn. The yuan’s rise has quickened in August, pushing year-to-date gains against the dollar to 4 percent. Thus far, the currency has recovered a good part of last […]
Read moreThe safe-haven Japanese yen and gold gained ground after President Donald Trump threatened a government shutdown if he doesn’t get funding for a proposed border wall with Mexico. “If we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall,” Trump said at a rally in Arizona. That sent the safe-haven yen higher, with the […]
Read moreWal-Mart is about to encroach even further on to Amazon‘s turf. The big-box retailer will soon offer customers the ability to order hundreds of thousands of its products by voice with the help of Google. The partnership is another critical step as Wal-Mart looks to advance its e-commerce operations and stay competitive with Amazon and […]
Read moreThe White House isn’t afraid of angering potential partners in its quest to pressure North Korean leader Kim Jong Un into denuclearization, experts said. The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced new penalties against 10 entities and six individuals, mostly Chinese and Russian, for providing support to North Korea in ways that aided the rogue state’s […]
Read moreSalesforce has struck a number of partnership deals with Amazon Web Services over the past year, suddenly becoming a close ally of Amazon’s cloud arm. That relationship is starting to bear fruit, Salesforce says, as it’s helping solve one glaring weakness in the cloud software maker’s business: overseas sales. Salesforce said during its earnings call […]
Read moreSAN FRANCISCO — As new employees were brought into Apple‘s secret effort to create a self-driving car a few years ago, managers told them that they were working on the company’s next big thing: A product that would take on Detroit and disrupt the automobile industry. These days, Apple’s automotive ambitions are more modest. The […]
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