FILE PHOTO: China’s Commerce Minister Zhong Shan attends a news conference of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) trade ministers meeting in Shanghai, China August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song October 19, 2017 BEIJING (Reuters) – Overseas assets held by China are currently worth $6 trillion, Commerce Minister Zhong […]
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Malaysia in talks with U.S. firm Ocean Infinity to resume MH370 search
A family member of a passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which went missing in 2014 reacts during a protest outside the Chinese foreign ministry in Beijing, July 29, 2016. The hat reads “Pray for MH370” REUTERS/Thomas Peter October 19, 2017 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia is negotiating with U.S.-based […]
Hurricanes, chilly summer hit sales at Unilever
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Unilever, the consumer products giant that owns brands including Dove, Lipton and Knorr, was buffeted by bad weather in the United States and Europe and a strong euro in the third quarter. Continue Reading Below The company said Thursday that its sales fell 1.6 percent from […]
Senate Republicans cruise toward passage of budget plan
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans are on track to pass a $4 trillion budget plan that shelves GOP deficit concerns in favor of the party’s drive to cut taxes. Continue Reading Below The nonbinding budget plan, slated for a vote late Thursday, would set the stage for tax legislation later this […]
Alabama seeks to proceed with execution Thursday
Alabama is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it execute an inmate convicted of killing a police officer two decades ago. The attorney general’s office plans to ask justices to lift a stay blocking Thursday’s scheduled execution of 40-year-old Torrey Twane McNabb. McNabb was convicted in the 1997 shooting […]
Three decades later, watching for signs of another ’87-style market cataclysm
The 30th anniversary of the 1987 crash is a perfect occasion to take in the vivid accounts of a headlong bull market skidding violently off course. “The bull is dead,” a senior trader at the old Shearson Lehman told a reporter. “I’ve been in the business 33 years and it’s […]
Florida man set to plead guilty to threatening mosque
Court records show a Florida man is scheduled to plead guilty to recording threatening phone messages at a mosque. A Miami federal judge set a change-of-plea hearing Thursday for 35-year-old Gerald Sloane Wallace, who was indicted by a grand jury in June on a charge of making an interstate communication […]
Official: Spain prime minister to hold Cabinet meeting Saturday to trigger process to take control of Catalonia’s powers
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Swiss biotech group Roche sees 5 pct rise in 9-month sales
GENEVA – Swiss biotech company Roche says sales grew 5 percent in the first nine months of the year, crediting new product launches and citing double-digit growth in the pharmaceuticals division in the U.S. market. Continue Reading Below The Basel-based drugs and diagnostics group expressed confidence about meeting full-year targets […]
The Latest: Catalonia threatens to declare independence
BARCELONA, Spain – The Latest on the Spain-Catalonia political crisis (all times local): Continue Reading Below 9:50 a.m. Catalonia’s leader has threatened to explicitly declare independence from Spain if no talks are offered and central authorities follow through on a threat to take control of the region’s semi-autonomous powers. Carles […]