[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, May 13, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol BERLIN (Reuters) – Amazon has almost doubled its brand value to $316 billion as it
Trump and Xi to meet after defiant China hits U.S. with new tariffs
[ad_1] WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month as the trade war between the world’s two largest economies intensified, sending shivers through global
MSCI adds Saudi Arabia, Argentina indexes to emerging markets index
[ad_1] (Reuters) – MSCI Inc said on Monday it would include the MSCI Saudi Arabia and MSCI Argentina indexes to its closely watched and widely duplicated emerging-markets index. MSCI said 30 Saudi Arabian securities would
California jury hits Bayer with $2 billion award in Roundup cancer trial
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer, in the largest U.S. jury verdict to date
Vodafone offloads NZ business to Brookfield, Infratil for $2.36 billion
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Vodafone Group Plc said on Monday that it had agreed to sell its New Zealand business for about 2.1 billion euros ($2.36 billion) to a consortium comprising of New Zealand-based Infratil Ltd
Fed can lower rates if U.S.-China trade spat causes slowdown – Rosengren
[ad_1] BOSTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve has the tools it needs, including lowering interest rates, to respond to any slowdown resulting from the U.S.-China trade spat, a top Fed policymaker told Reuters on Monday,
Slack listing planned for June 20 in wake of underwhelming Uber IPO
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Slack Technologies, the owner of the workplace instant messaging app, plans to go public on June 20, the company said on Monday, a test of investor appetite for loss-making technology
China defies Trump with new round of tariffs on U.S. goods
[ad_1] WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday it would impose higher tariffs on a range of U.S. goods including frozen vegetables and liquefied natural gas, striking back in its trade war with Washington after
Facebook raises minimum wages for U.S. contract workers to $20/hour
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of Facebook logo in this illustration picture, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Monday it was raising wages for
Uber shares fall for second day after ill-fated IPO
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc’s shares fell as much as 10% on Monday, more than doubling their losses since the ride-hailing giant’s poorly received Wall Street debut on Friday and raising more questions about