Russia doubles down on criticism of US for alleging Syria is planning a new chemical attack

Russia doubled down on its rhetoric against the U.S. for the allegations that its ally Syrian President Bashar Assad was planning a new chemical weapons attack. In the latest salvo, a Russian Foreign Ministry official on Wednesday slammed the U.S. for not accepting...

Sterling surges to 3-week high, FTSE falls on Carney rate hike signal

Britain’s main FTSE 100 stock index fell on Wednesday, after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said the Bank was likely to need to raise interest rates and would debate this “in the coming months”. The pound jumped a cent to $1.2943 after the...

What Publicis’ Maurice Levy learned from the failed Omnicom merger

Looking back, Levy said Publicis and Omnicom terminated the merger on good terms and wished Omnicom’s CEO John Wren the very best, adding that the U.S. competitor was “doing extremely well.” “I think you can’t win all the time and you...

As Trump, South Korea’s president meet North Korea and free trade on front burner

President Donald Trump’s mixed messages to Seoul leave little doubt that there’s likely to be some intense discussions behind the scenes this week during South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s two-day summit in Washington. “Both of them are going...

Trump Org told to remove phony Time magazine issues

Time magazine has asked the Trump Organization to remove a number of issues featuring President Donald Trump from its golf clubs after they were proven to be fakes. At least four of President Trump’s clubs were found to have displayed framed copies of a Time...