Asia stocks trade higher as Chinese manufacturing data exceeds expectations

Stocks in Asia traded higher Monday afternoon as data releases showed Chinese factory activity springing a…

Permira, North Face owner among bidders for sneaker brand Golden Goose: sources

LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) – U.S. apparel and footwear conglomerate VF Corporation and buyout funds Permira and Advent…

Hong Kong is the biggest geopolitical threat to markets, economist warns

Ongoing civil unrest in Hong Kong is the biggest geopolitical threat to global markets, an economist…

Tata Steel: 1,000 UK jobs to go amid worldwide cuts

Tata Steel has announced it expects to cut 1,000 jobs across the UK as part of…

Apple AirPods see ‘surge of demand’ and could face holiday shortage, Wedbush says

Apple’s AirPods headphones could see shortages this holiday season after a surge of consumer demand, Wedbush analyst…

Mexico’s economy has not been this weak relative to the US since the ‘Tequila crisis’ in the 1990s

The Mexican and the U.S. economies have historically grown or declined in tandem, but not this…

Facebook was mystery firm bidding against Google to buy Fitbit, sources say

Facebook is the mystery “Party A” revealed in an SEC filing that bid several times to acquire health wearables…

How LVMH’s whirlwind courtship sealed $16 billion Tiffany deal

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – Tiffany was codenamed “Tea” and LVMH was “Latte” in the whirlwind talks that…

Asia stocks trade higher; Alibaba makes blockbuster debut in Hong Kong

Stocks in Asia traded higher on Tuesday afternoon following record finishes overnight on Wall Street. Hong…

Hong Kong markets jump as pro-democracy candidates surge to ‘stunning’ election victory

Shares in Asia traded higher Monday afternoon, as investors watch market reaction to Hong Kong’s district…

LVMH reaches deal to acquire Tiffany for $16.3 billion

Bulgari owner LVMH has reached a deal to buy Tiffany & Co. at $135 a share in cash, or $16.3…

New warning on global economic slowdown

A leading international economic organization has warned that risks to the global outlook have increased. Read…