FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – A consortium that agreed to buy Thyssenkrupp’s (TKAG.DE) elevator division for 17.2 billion euros ($19.25 billion) earlier this year is getting regular requests to sell parts of […]
HKEX signs licence deal with MSCI to launch Asia, EM futures and options contracts
(Reuters) – Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (0388.HK) said on Wednesday it will launch Asia and Emerging Markets futures and options contracts under a licence deal with global index […]
Bill Kelly: Is a Harper comeback possible?
An email written by a Quebec Conservative riding association president is raising some eyebrows in political circles. In the email, Richard Hofer, president of the Conservative riding association in Pontiac, […]
COMMENTARY: China shows off military strength as Beijing eyes new rules for Hong Kong
Are China and the U.S. about to go to war over their sharp differences regarding China’s relative silence during the first eight or 10 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic? Hardly. […]
Scott Thompson: Another big coronavirus question — to wear a mask, or not to wear a mask?
To wear a mask, or not to wear a mask? That was the burning question going up the roller-coaster ride that is COVID-19, and also the question as we come […]
Man with 1% chance of surviving COVID-19 recovers after 64 days
A California man battling COVID-19 just beat terrible, terrible odds. Gregg Garfield, 54, was on an annual ski trip to Italy with 12 other skiers just as the novel coronavirus […]
COMMENTARY: How the world might run out of sand
Next to water, sand is our most consumed natural resource. The global demand for sand and gravel stands between 40 billion and 50 billion tonnes annually, according to the United […]
China to launch IPO reform on Shenzhen's ChiNext in Aug: sources
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China plans to officially implement initial public offering (IPO) reforms on Shenzhen’s start-up board ChiNext in August, three sources told Reuters on Friday. China last week announced […]
U.S. researcher ‘on verge of making very significant’ coronavirus findings shot dead: reports
A professor working on coronavirus research was found shot dead Saturday inside a home in Pittsburgh, Pa., according to news reports. Bing Liu, 37, was found in a home in […]
Commentary: Israel boycott ban is not about free speech
Can U.S. state governments withhold public contracts or financial investments from companies that boycott Israel? Twenty-six states have laws and regulations to this effect (legislation is pending in 13 more), […]