[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday on hopes for a Sino-American trade deal but gains were capped by weak Chinese industrial data. FILE PHOTO: An oil pump is seen just after sunset

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – LVMH (LVMH.PA) has offered to buy Tiffany & Co (TIF.N), known for its engagement rings and ties to Hollywood glamour, as the owner of Louis Vuitton and Bulgari seeks to expand

[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bank lending to euro zone companies fell last month with all big countries recording drops, suggesting that the bloc’s economic slowdown is increasingly persistent and widespread, data from the European Central

[ad_1] HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong has fallen into recession, hit by five months of anti-government protests that erupted in flames at the weekend, and is unlikely to achieve any growth this year, the

[ad_1] An employee holds 2 cent euro coins at the “Monnaie de Paris”, national mint factory in Pessac, France, November 29, 2017. Picture taken November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bank lending to

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – LVMH (LVMH.PA), the world’s biggest luxury group, said on Monday it had approached Tiffany & Co (TIF.N) about a possible takeover of the U.S. jeweller. FILE PHOTO: Louis Vuitton handbags are

[ad_1] BENGALURU (Reuters) – Fragile global growth and the prospect of interest rates staying lower for longer, boosting gold’s appeal for nervous investors, are behind upward revisions to price forecasts for the yellow metal, a

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Dutch technology company Philips. logo is seen at company headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 29, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/File Photo AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch health technology company Philips (PHG.AS) said on Monday its

[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares extended gains on Monday to hit a three-month high as risk assets got a fillip from hopes of a U.S.-China trade deal as soon as next month while the

[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – After strong gains last week, oil prices were slightly lower on Monday as data released in China reinforced signs that its economy is slowing, though progress in China-U.S. trade talks has