Yearly Archives: 2018

NETWORK RAIL SELLS $2 BILLION PROPERTY PORTFOLIO TO FUND RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS

Sep 28, 2018 1,741 views 0 Rebecca Hazell

Britain’s Network Rail NETRAH.UL agreed to sell its commercial property portfolio to property outsourcing firm Telereal Trillium and a Blackstone Group affiliate for…

Investment

CHINA, EXXONMOBIL DISCUSS $10 BILLION INVESTMENT IN GUANGDONG: STATE TV

Sep 27, 2018 925 views 0 Rebecca Hazell

Chinese officials and executives of ExxonMobil Corp discussed a $10 billion investment by the U.S.-based firm in the southern province of Guangdong,…

Investment

CHINA TO INVEST $15 BILLION IN BIG DATA, CLOUD COMPUTING OVER NEXT FIVE YEARS

Sep 26, 2018 722 views 0 Rebecca Hazell

China’s state planner said it has reached an agreement with a major Chinese policy bank to invest 100 billion yuan ($14.60 billion)…

News

FACEBOOK USERS STILL FEAR FOR THEIR PRIVACY

Sep 20, 2018 892 views 0 Rebecca Hazell

Facebook users are adjusting their digital behavior following the turmoil on the platform during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to a new…

Markets

WALL ST DIPS WITH APPLE, OTHER TECH SHARES

Sep 19, 2018 702 views 0 Rebecca Hazell

U.S. stocks edged lower, weighed down by a decline in Apple as it unveiled larger iPhones but made just minor changes to…

Forex

DOLLAR EDGES HIGHER ON ESCALATING GLOBAL TRADE TENSIONS

Sep 11, 2018 705 views 0 Rebecca Hazell

The dollar was steady on worries of a prolonged China-U.S. trade war and after the United States and Canada ended contentious trade…

News

HOW A $1.4 MILLION CONTRACT LOSS SHOWS NO-DEAL BREXIT COST

Sep 10, 2018 727 views 0 Rebecca Hazell

Want to know how no-deal Brexit fears are already hurting the U.K.? Just ask Martin McVicar, who runs Combilift, which produces about…

Markets

APPLE, ORACLE DUMP BONDS AND CREATE $300 BILLION MARKET HOLE

Sep 7, 2018 702 views 0 Rebecca Hazell

As U.S. tax cuts prompt Apple Inc. and other tech companies to bring home their overseas cash hoards, it’s leaving a void in the…

Markets

EU OFFERS TO CUT TARIFFS ON U.S. CARS, BOOSTING EUROPEAN AUTO STOCKS

Sep 6, 2018 1,202 views 0 Rebecca Hazell

European automotive stocks jumped, with BMW AG touching an 11-week high, after the European Union’s top trade official said the bloc is…

Investment

GENERALI SAID IN TALKS TO BUY FRENCH ASSET MANAGER SYCOMORE

Sep 5, 2018 730 views 0 Rebecca Hazell

Italy’s Assicurazioni Generali SpA is in talks to buy France’s Sycomore Asset Management to boost its offering of environmental and socially-responsible funds, according to…

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