[ad_1] HONG KONG (Reuters) – The United States warned in a report on Friday that increased meddling from China in Hong Kong had adversely impacted the city, straining international business confidence in the Asian financial
Japan March flash manufacturing PMI unchanged, output falls the most since May 2016
[ad_1] TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japanese manufacturing activity contracted in March at the same pace as in February and output shrank the most in almost three years as China’s economic slowdown contributed to slack demand, a
Corrected: Plant protein startups vie to tap China’s hungry market
[ad_1] (This 20th March story has been refilled to fix detail on launch of JUST product in paragraph 5) FILE PHOTO: Journalists taste test the plant-based hamburgers during a media tour of Impossible Foods labs
Levi Strauss shares surge 31 percent in stock market return
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Shares in Levi Strauss & Co surged 31 percent in their debut on Thursday, giving the jeans maker a market value of $8.7 billion and suggesting strong investor appetite before much-awaited listings
Wall Street rises as Apple, tech shares climb
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Apple-led tech rally pushed Wall Street higher on Thursday as jitters over the Federal Reserve’s forecast of an economic slowdown were calmed by upbeat economic data. All three major
Wall Street powers world stocks; dollar up on Brexit woes
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street led global stocks higher on Thursday on the back of upbeat economic data, while the dollar rallied despite the Federal Reserve’s uber-dovish stance as Brexit worries weighed on
Fund managers skittish over Levi’s long-term growth prospects
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Levi Strauss & Co’s is betting it can convince investors there is still plenty of global growth left for the 165-year old company, but fund managers fret the iconic blue
China’s Geely Auto promises more models to support sales in uncertain domestic market
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Geely Automobile Holdings said on Thursday that it will invest more in new energy vehicles and higher-end models after forecasting flat sales in 2019 due to uncertainty about domestic demand.
Rising no-deal Brexit fears pile pressure on pound
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The pound plunged on Thursday and was heading for its biggest one-day fall this year on growing fears of a “no-deal” Brexit should British lawmakers hold firm in their rejection of
Biogen scraps two Alzheimer drug trials, wipes $18 billion from market value
[ad_1] CHICAGO/TOKYO (Reuters) – Biogen Inc and partner Eisai Co Ltd are ending two late-stage trials of their experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug aducanumab, a major setback in the quest to find a treatment for the