It’s critical to ‘find your own style’ if you want to lead successfully as a woman, says Anne-Marie Slaughter

“I would say for women specifically, it’s critically important to figure out your style,” Anne-Marie Slaughter, president and CEO of New America, told CNBC’s ‘Life Hacks Live’ at the Viva Technology conference in Paris....

Embraer claims its biggest ever jet is ‘profit hunter’ for airlines

John Slattery, president & CEO of commercial aviation for Embraer, said Sunday that it’s the biggest plane Embraer has ever built and he expects airlines will recognize its value. “It is very cheap to operate, it is very light and we believe airlines...

Minsheng says loan to Anbang was ‘only US$100m’

The head of Hong Kong-listed China Minsheng Banking said it had lent Anbang Insurance Group only US$100 million, brushing aside speculation about a loan of up to 100 billion yuan (US$15 ­billion) to the insurance and financial giant, mainland ­media reported....

When it comes to Asia’s infrastructure gap, governments need to take the first step, experts say

While multilateral development banks (MDBs) can support the infrastructure buildout in Asia, national governments need to be the institutions driving the process, a panel of experts said on Saturday. The panel held during an Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)...

Canada’s NAFTA strategy: ‘Heads down and our mouths shut’

With NAFTA modernization negotiations around the corner, Canada’s winning strategy is essentially staying quiet says a former Canadian prime minister who led talks on the pact in the 1990s. “What we should do is what we’ve been doing: We keep our...

Amazon’s Whole Foods buy puts shopping centers at risk as real estate stocks slump

A traditional grocery store might not be the safest tenant in town, after all. Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are taking another beating in the equities market Friday following news that Amazon has plans to acquire Whole Foods. Shopping center REITs —...