[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: The Boeing logo is pictured at the Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition fair (LABACE) at Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 14, 2018. Picture taken August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Paulo
Drugmaker GSK ends chairman search with HSBC’s Symonds
[ad_1] (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline has appointed HSBC’s Jonathan Symonds to succeed Philip Hampton as non-executive chairman, ending a six month search as the drugmaker prepares to split its businesses into two. FILE PHOTO: The GlaxoSmithKline
Philippines’ Jollibee buying Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in overseas expansion
[ad_1] MANILA (Reuters) – Jollibee Foods Corp, Philippines’ largest food service network operator, is buying U.S. brand Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) for $100 million as part of an expansion outside its home market.
Global Markets: Trade talks keep stocks afloat, weak PMIs sink euro
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Global shares crept higher on Wednesday as prospects of fresh China-U.S. trade talks drew a guarded welcome from investors, while dour data on euro zone economic activity hit the euro ahead
Stena Bulk says spoke to seized tanker’s crew, all are safe and well
[ad_1] STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – All 23 crew on a British-flagged tanker seized last week by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz are safe and well, the vessel’s Swedish operator Stena Bulk said on Wednesday after
Aston Martin cuts 2019 forecasts on UK, Europe weakness
[ad_1] A man touches an Aston Martin’s electric vehicle(EV) Rapide E during the media day for Shanghai auto show in Shanghai, China April 16, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song (Reuters) – Luxury carmaker Aston Martin on Wednesday
PSA Group profit jumps on pricing, Opel synergies
[ad_1] The Peugeot logo is pictured on the new Peugeot 508 before a news conference of PSA Group to announce the company’s 2017 annual results at their headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris, France, March 1,
South Korea asks Japan not to drop it from smooth-trade list
[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea protested on Wednesday against a Japanese plan to remove it from a Japanese list of countries that face minimum trade restrictions, saying it would undermine their decades-old economic and
Oil edges higher on U.S. inventory decline, escalating Mideast tensions
[ad_1] SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday, extending gains as rising tensions with Iran fueled concerns about supply disruptions and as U.S. inventory data showed a much bigger than expected drop in
Facebook to create privacy panel, pay $5 billion to U.S. to settle allegations
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission is set to announce on Wednesday that Facebook Inc has agreed to a sweeping settlement of significant allegations it mishandled user privacy and pay $5 billion, two