[ad_1] BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s factory activity growth slowed in February from the previous month’s eight-year high due to a modest weakening in demand and output, although overall conditions remained firm, a private survey showed
Britain vows to drive hard bargain in U.S. trade talks
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned he would drive a hard bargain with the United States in upcoming trade talks as the government sets out its negotiating position on Monday. FILE
Asian stock markets reverse losses on global policy stimulus hopes
[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian shares steadied from early losses on Monday as investors placed their hopes on a coordinated global monetary policy response to weather the damaging economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic. Investors
Asian markets extend falls as coronavirus spreads
[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The rout in world stocks deepened on Monday, with investors rattled by weekend data from China that showed its fastest ever contraction in factory activity, raising fears of a global recession
Dubai’s Emirates Group sees slowdown due to coronavirus: document
[ad_1] DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai’s Emirates Group has seen a “measurable slowdown” in business due to the coronavirus outbreak and has asked staff to take paid and unpaid leave, according to an internal email seen
Dubai Expo 2020 organizers following coronavirus situation closely
[ad_1] DUBAI (Reuters) – Organizers of Dubai Expo 2020, which starts in October, are following the coronavirus outbreak closely, but are hopeful global efforts to manage the virus will succeed, an Expo 2020 spokesman said
Advent-led consortium to spend ‘billions’ on expanding Thyssenkrupp Elevator
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Thyssenkrupp’s logo is seen outside the elevator test tower in Rottweil, Germany, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo BERLIN (Reuters) – The consortium that won the bid to acquire Thyssenkrupp’s elevators division
Chinese cities offer incentives to revive car sales after coronavirus hits market
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – Two more Chinese cities that rely heavily on car manufacturing plan to offer incentives to bolster auto sales, which have been hit by the fallout from the spread of the coronavirus.
U.S. officials talk down coronavirus market panic, tout economic strength
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday tried to calm market panic that the coronavirus could cause a global recession, saying the U.S. public had over-reacted and that stocks
Exclusive: Norway wealth fund could blacklist four major climate culprits
[ad_1] OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund will exclude four companies for their vast emissions of greenhouse gases, or at least put them on probation to force them to change, the chairman of