France’s Macron dismisses affair as rival Fillon battles scandal

Late on Monday, Macron, a centrist former economy minister and ex-banker sought to kill rumours of a gay relationship outside his marriage to Brigitte Trogneux and push his campaign on. “If you’re told I lead a double life with Mr Gallet, it’s...

ABB reverses order decline with small increase in the fourth quarter

The figure, which beat the average estimate of $8.129 billion in a Reuters poll of analysts, marked an improvement from the $7.53 billion in the previous quarter. That marked ABB’s weakest period for orders in nearly seven years, when customers waited on the...

Op-Ed: The cat prevails over the mice in China’s money mill, for now

The money mill that undergirds many of China’s aggressive — if not reckless — assets buying in Hong Kong and overseas may be coming to a temporary halt, if the cat has the upper hand this time. In an effort to protect the yuan, the People’s...

Disney CEO Bob Iger: ‘An all-out trade war with China would be damaging’

Disney CEO Bob Iger said a trade war between the United States and China would be unfortunate. “An all-out trade war with China would be damaging to Disney’s business and to business in general. It’s something I think we have to be very careful...

Workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine to strike Thursday: Union

The main union at BHP Billiton’s Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, told Reuters on Tuesday that negotiations mediated by the Chilean government with the company have failed and that workers will go on strike on Thursday. Workers warn that a...

Japan’s PM Abe drums up business pledges in hopes Trump tweets good news: FT

Japan’s government is pushing companies and investors to hand over details of their U.S. investment plans so Shinzo Abe can deliver a “tweetable” figure to Donald Trump when they meet this week. Executives at three top Japanese companies said...