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...

World’s largest shipping firm says demand has outgrown supply for first time since 2010

Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk missed fourth-quarter net profit forecasts on Wednesday but said it expects a higher annual underlying profit this year. The company, the world’s largest shipping company by capacity, has been one of the victims...

Just days ahead of Trump meeting, Japan logs its second-biggest current account surplus on record

Japan attained its second-biggest current account surplus on record in 2016, Ministry of Finance data showed on Wednesday, just days before the U.S. and Japanese leaders meet for talks with trade surpluses and currency valuations expected to be high on the agenda. The...

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...