[ad_1] Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes opened at record highs on Friday amid optimism
World stocks hit record high, sterling endures rough week
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks touched record highs on Friday, as trading wound down before the year-end holidays, while the British pound was heading towards its worst week for more than two years amid
Veteran watchdog Bailey to guide Bank of England through Brexit
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new government named Andrew Bailey as the Bank of England’s next boss on Friday, entrusting a veteran regulator and technocrat with steering the economy and its vast finance industry through
Nestle CEO Mark Schneider’s top deals since his appointment in 2017
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Mark Schneider, Nestle’s first outside chief executive officer in almost a century, has made big strides in positioning the world’s largest food company for the future with aggressive deal making since taking
Exclusive: Pentagon to stockpile rare earth magnets for missiles, fighter jets
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The U.S. military plans to stockpile rare earth magnets used in Javelin missiles and F-35 fighter jets, according to a government document seen by Reuters, a step that critics say does little
Commercial pig farm in China jams drone signal to combat swine fever crooks
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A man sweeps next to pigs kept temporarily inside a vehicle in Baise, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China’s biggest animal feed
China’s tech stocks valuations soar as foreign investors pile in
[ad_1] SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Foreign investors are on their longest spell of buying Chinese stocks this year, increasing their bets on the mainland markets as Beijing and Washington prepare to resolve a long-running trade war.
Oil hovers near three-month highs on trade deal progress; set for third weekly rise
[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices held steady near three-month highs on Friday, heading for a third consecutive weekly rise, on the back of easing Sino-U.S. trade tensions that have weighed on demand as well
Asia stocks digest meaty gains, sterling starved for love
[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares snoozed near 18-month highs on Friday as trade thinned in the run-up to Christmas and investors seemed content to digest the chunky gains already made so far this month.
China’s Great Wall revs up for India as rivals hit the brakes
[ad_1] NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Chinese automakers Great Wall Motor and Changan Automobile are accelerating plans to build cars in India after the initial success of rival SAIC Motor in one of the world’s biggest