SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A number of Chinese manufacturers including a subsidiary of Apple Inc (AAPL.O) partner Foxconn (2317.TW) have refitted production lines to make masks and medical clothing, as a deadly coronavirus spreads across China. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Foxconn, the trading name of Hon Hai Precision Industry, is seen on top of the
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Sunglasses from Ray Ban are on display at a optician shop in Hanau near Frankfurt, Germany, March 18, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators opened on Thursday an in-depth investigation into Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica’s (ESLX.PA) 7.2 billion euro bid for Dutch opticians group GrandVision (GVNV.AS), saying the deal could push up prices.
FILE PHOTO: A Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation flag flies at Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, Britain, July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo (Reuters) – Japan’s Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp said on Thursday it will delay the first delivery of its SpaceJet regional jet for at least another year until after March 2021. The sixth delay is another
FILE PHOTO: Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, speaks on stage during a fireside chat session at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 technology conference in San Francisco, California September 9, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (Reuters) – Professional networking platform LinkedIn’s chief executive officer, Jeff Weiner, said on Wednesday that he would step down from his position effective
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is in its 11th year of a record-setting economic expansion, a fact that President Donald Trump highlighted in his State of the Union speech to Congress on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its investigation into Apple Inc (AAPL.O), one of the four big tech companies being probed for alleged anti-competitive behavior, according one of the developers and another person familiar with the investigation. FILE PHOTO: An Apple logo hangs above the
FILE PHOTO: A woman watches the sun rise behind the city of London financial district and The Shard in London, Britain, December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Two thirds of smaller banks typically have only men as executive directors, while lenders with men and women in top roles were likely to be
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Some Chinese technology firms are continuing to manufacture parts and products despite government calls across various cities and provinces for work to be halted as Being seeks to stop the spread of the coronavirus ravaging the country. FILE PHOTO: An attendee wears a badge strip with the logo of Huawei and a
FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen on the production line at Honda Motor’s new joint venture plant with Dongfeng Motor Group in Wuhan, Hubei province, China April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Norihiko Shirouzu SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co (7267.T) plans to resume car production at its China venture with Dongfeng Automobile (0489.HK) on Feb. 14,
(Reuters) – Softbank (9984.T)-backed office sharing firm WeWork named real estate industry veteran Sandeep Mathrani as its new chief executive on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: A WeWork logo is seen at a WeWork office in San Francisco, California, U.S. September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kate Munsch -/File Photo Mathrani will join the company as the CEO from Feb.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The popular Super Bowl halftime show is only 13 minutes long, but the million-dollar-a-minute extravaganza takes thousands of people, months of planning and near military precision to pull off. FILE PHOTO: Singer Lady Gaga performs during the halftime show at Super Bowl LI between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta
WASHINGTON Reuters) – The Trump administration, while insisting the risk to Americans from coronavirus is low, nevertheless declared a public health emergency on Friday and announced the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have recently visited China. People wear surgical masks in the subway station at Times Square
FILE PHOTO: A Delta Air Lines flight is pushed put of its gate at the airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., January 12, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc said Friday it will temporarily suspend all remaining U.S.-China flights after the U.S. State Department elevated a travel advisory over concerns
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – Nintendo Co Ltd CEO Shuntaro Furukawa said on Friday the gaming company has no plans to launch a fresh Switch model this year, dampening rumors it will offer an upgraded version of the hit device.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell 2% on Thursday to the lowest in three months on concerns over the potential economic impact of the coronavirus that continues to spread worldwide, while the market also considered the possibility of an early OPEC meeting. FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind an oil pump outside Saint-Fiacre, near
TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Thursday as the death toll from the new virus in China climbed to 170 and more airlines canceled flights to the country’s major cities, while rising U.S. crude inventories added to the negative tone. FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind an oil pump outside Saint-Fiacre, near Paris, France