Russian billionaire transfers holdings back home after offshore tax hike, Report
Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg is transferring some assets registered overseas to his home country in the wake of Moscow’s clampdown on offshore money, a Swiss newspaper reported on Sunday. Russia More...
Louis Dreyfus family members ask to be bought out: FT
(Reuters) Members of the founding family of Louis Dreyfus Commodities have asked the majority shareholder of the commodities trader to buy out most of their stake, Britain’s Financial Times newspaper More...
EU mulls ‘blacklisting’ settlers convicted of crimes
European officials are looking at new ways to press Israel to halt its building of settlements on land the Palestinians want for a state, as frustration over West Bank construction reaches a new high, More...
Kerry says Iran vow to defy U.S. is ‘very disturbing’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said a speech by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday vowing to defy American policies in the region despite a deal with world powers over Tehran’s nuclear More...
Exclusive To Reuters: Lockheed to buy United Tech’s Sikorsky for over $8 billion
Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) has agreed to buy United Technologies Corp’s (UTX.N) Sikorsky Aircraft for over $8 billion, two sources said on Sunday, cementing a deal that would confirm Lockheed’s More...
Online gambling firm 888 clinches deal to buy Bwin.party for $1.4 billion
(Reuters) – Avi Shake’s Online gambling firm 888 said it would buy peer Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at about 898 million pounds ($1.40 billion). The offer More...
Pope calls for new economic order, criticizes capitalism
Pope Francis on Thursday urged the downtrodden to change the world economic order, denouncing a “new colonialism” by agencies that impose austerity programs and calling for the poor to have the More...
Israeli life science firms seek help to follow Teva’s lead
As Israel’s biggest company Teva strives to get even bigger by swallowing up rival Mylan for more than $40 billion, further down the food chain a raft of upstart life science firms are struggling to More...
After Violent Clashes With Taxis, Here’s What It Was Like to Take an UberPop in France Today
Uber Technologies will suspend its UberPOP ride-hailing service in France, the U.S. company said on Friday, after it faced often-violent protests and local authorities denounced it as an illegal taxi service. After More...
Fiat Chrysler met with Tesla, Apple CEOs
Fiat Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Saturday that he had visited the heads of Tesla Motors Inc and Apple Inc during a recent trip to California. Marchionne, speaking on the sidelines of More...