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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy created far more jobs than expected in January but despite the disruption to consumer-facing businesses from a surge in COVID-19 cases, pointing …
-Kohl’s Corp on Friday adopted a shareholder rights plans to protect itself from hostile takeovers, days after receiving buyout offers that the retailer said undervalued it. Last month, activist investor …
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra – Poorer ’emerging market’ countries are facing the headwind of rising global interest rates this year, which in the past has prompted international investors …
By Chibuike Oguh – Buyout firm Carlyle Group Inc is in talks to acquire CBAM Partners in a bid to grow its credit investment platform and take on peers such …
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL -Europe’s Airbus and Quebec on Friday said they have agreed to a $1.2 billion investment deal that would allow the Canadian province to remain in the …
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider – Bigger-than-expected U.S. job gains last month are fueling market bets that the Federal Reserve will kick off its interest rate hikes in March …
By Julie Gordon and Ismail Shakil – The Canadian economy lost more jobs than expected in January, posting its first decline since May 2021 as the Omicron-driven COVID-19 wave peaked, …
By Laura Sanicola -U.S. supplies of fuels such as diesel and heating oil have dwindled and refiners are having trouble replenishing that supply, which could keep prices elevated for months. …
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday issued a set of recommendations to combat illicit finance in the high-value art market and warned that the emerging …
By Gwladys Fouche PARIS – French drugmaker Sanofi said it still expected its COVID-19 vaccine to complete phase 3 trial in the first quarter and reported a rise in fourth-quarter …
By Sheila Dang – For years, investors have wondered about the long-term prospects for Snap Inc and Pinterest Inc, smaller digital ad players which have had to pick up the …
By John McCrank NEW YORK – Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit surged 90%, topping Wall Street estimates on higher transaction volumes, notably in options, …
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN -Carlsberg plans to raise beer prices to offset rising raw material costs, potentially hitting beer sales this year, the Danish brewer said on Friday. The world’s …
By Elizabeth Culliford – Facebook’s parent Meta Platforms said on Friday it is launching a tool for people using its virtual reality social platforms to maintain personal space boundaries, as …
By Praveen Paramasivam -Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group said on Friday the lightning spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant would delay its return to profitability by a few months, another …
By Julien Ponthus and Pamela Barbaglia LONDON – Advent International is looking to sell its French biometrics and fingerprint identification firm IDEMIA in a deal worth up to $4.6 billion …
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO -Toshiba Corp is considering splitting in half instead of three and offloading its air conditioning business, the Japanese industrial conglomerate said on Friday, in an attempt …
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO – Tyson Foods Inc is expected to post strong results for its beef business in a quarterly earnings report on Monday, as the Biden administration’s criticism …
– Global equity funds lured big inflows in the seven days to Feb. 2 on optimism over strong earnings from U.S. technology companies and on hopes that inflation would ease …
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO – Automakers, including General Motors, Ford Motor and Hyundai Motor, predict a near two-year chip constraint will ease in the second half of 2022, but …
By Siddharth Cavale and Uday Sampath Kumar – From Hershey to Clorox and Kleenex maker Kimberly-Clark, major consumer-products companies have announced plans to boost U.S. prices further or more broadly …
-Hertz Global Holdings on Friday named former Goldman Sachs finance chief Stephen Scherr as its top boss, replacing interim CEO Mark Fields, sending shares of the car rental firm up …
LONDON – The world’s top central banks are about to embark on “the largest quantitative tightening in history”, analysts at Morgan Stanley said on Friday, estimating that $2.2 trillion worth …
LILLE, France – European justice ministers and tech giants Google’s and Meta agreed on Friday that a clear legal framework was needed to step up cooperation against online hate, France’s …
-Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc on Friday reported fourth-quarter revenue that beat analysts’ estimates, boosted by demand for blockbuster drugs Dupixent and Eylea, coupled with higher sales of its COVID-19 therapy. Sales …