Business winners and losers from a Donald Trump presidency
Nick Fletcher | Nov 11, 2016 Coal, pharmaceutical companies and mining groups can all expect to benefit, while renewables are out in the cold. Winners Pharmaceuticals, Infrastructure companies,...
Why OPEC Still Can’t Get Iran To Cut Oil Production
OPEC members have in recent months repeatedly met to discuss production cuts. The cartel’s members are suffering from the dramatic decline in oil prices...
527 South Koreans to sue Samsung on Galaxy Note 7 recall
SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of South Korean Galaxy Note 7 smartphone owners were preparing Monday to file a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics over...
Afghan farmers struggle to sell pomegranates
Farmers in Afghanistan have harvested a bumper crop of pomegranates. What sounds like good news is actually causing a headache. Trade restrictions and tension...
Brexit minister says it is ‘very improbable’ UK will remain a member of the single market
In comments that go further than those made by the Prime Minister, David Davis told Parliament that it is a “simple truth” that Britain...
Pakistan’s underdog businessman gearing up for comeback
Up until the mid-2000s, the Yousuf Dewan Companies (YDC) was one of the biggest business conglomerates in Pakistan. It had business interests in sugar,...
China Property Boom Spurs Fear of Bubble’s Burst
SHANGHAI — Zheng Ruizhen counted herself among the last holdouts on Lufeng Road. Even as high-rises sprang up in recent years to surround her dilapidated...
Can we trust the Saudis to stick to the OPEC Deal?
As Saudi Arabia leads the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in developing a six-month freeze deal, investors and industry officials should consider one key...
Airbus to overtake Boeing on aircraft output rates by 2020: CEO tells paper
European aircraft maker Airbus (AIR.PA) aims to overtake arch rival Boeing (BA.N) in terms of annual plane deliveries by 2020, having fallen behind in...
China 2016 economic growth seen slowing to 6.6 percent, 6.5 percent in 2017: Reuters poll
China's economic growth is expected to cool to 6.6 percent this year and slow further to 6.5 percent in 2017, even as the government...
Bankers’ Love of London Complicates Brexit Relocation Plans
Investment banks have already warned they could move thousands of jobs if the City loses access to the E.U.'s single market. (LONDON) – As Britain...
FTSE 100 slips after hitting record high, as pound extends falls
The FTSE 100 index has narrowly missed out on an all-time closing high after slipping back from record levels. The UK's benchmark index hit its...