Christian Science Monitor Starbucks will expand in China – and it looks like a smart ideaChristian Science MonitorOver the next five years, the company will open 12,000 new stores worldwide, including 5,000 in China, where consumer culture is in vogue among a nascent middle class. By Steven Porter, Staff December 7, 2016. Save for later […]
CNBC Dow, S&P and transports close at all-time highs as stocks surge more than 1%CNBCU.S. equities closed sharply higher on Wednesday as the Dow and S&P hit new record highs, while investors awaited a monetary policy announcement from the European Central Bank. The S&P 500 erased earlier losses to gain around 1.3 percent, with …Metals' Split […]
Washington Post Trump raises millions for transition while swiping at Boeing and joking about 'Apprentice'-style inaugural stuntsWashington PostThis post has been updated. President-elect Donald Trump took another shot at Boeing on Wednesday morning, telling hundreds of donors packed into a Manhattan restaurant that he refuses to allow the costs of a new Air Force One […]
The Globe and Mail BHP Billiton to take block in Mexico's Trion fieldMarketWatchMEXICO CITY — Australia's BHP Billiton won the bidding to join with Mexican state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos in the Trion oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, in the first award of several auctions of deep-water oil blocks to be announced Monday.Mexico's […]
U.S. News & World Report Chinese volleyball game in the crosshairs of developmentU.S. News & World ReportIn this Aug. 14, 2016 photo provided by Virginia Tow, players of the Boston Knight A volleyball team, front, go up for a spike against the Boston Hurricanes Black team during the August Moon Festival at Reggie Wong Park […]
Reuters Asian stocks post biggest daily gain in two weeksReutersA panel displays global stock indexes at the Hong Kong Exchanges in Hong Kong, China December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip – RTSUNJO. By Saikat Chatterjee | HONG KONG. HONG KONG Asian stocks posted their biggest rise in two weeks on …Asian Shares Broadly Up, Tracking US GainsWall […]
New York Times Dow hits another record as bank stocks continue to climbBusiness InsiderNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising Monday morning, led by gains in bank stocks, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to another record high. Other major indexes are also up but still below their own all-time highs. European stocks were […]
U.S. News & World Report Live on TV: Samsung heir grilled by South Korean lawmakersU.S. News & World ReportHyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo, right, answers a question during a parliamentary probe into a scandal engulfing South Korean President Park Geun-hye, at the National Assembly in Seoul Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo …South Korean […]
Jakarta Post Jokowi to 2000 mining businesspeople: Evade tax? We'll catch youJakarta PostJokowi to 2,000 mining businesspeople: Evade tax? We'll catch you President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo delivers a speech about the tax amnesty before 2,000 business players in the mining and plantation industry in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, on Dec. 5.Indonesia takes new step to combat […]
New York Times House GOP Signals Break With Trump Over Tariff ThreatNew York TimesRepresentative Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California and the majority leader, indicated that he would not support a plan to tax companies that move jobs overseas. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times. WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders …Business community responds cautiously to Trump's tweets […]