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LONDON – Russia is resuming a support programme for critically important firms, hoping to protect companies from the effects of international sanctions by reviving measures first introduced in 2020 to …

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – The European Union is considering loosening state aid rules for companies affected by EU sanctions against Russia over Ukraine and the bloc’s competition regulators …

– Two of the Big Four accounting firms KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) on Sunday said they will no longer have a member firm in Russia due to the country’s …

OTTAWA – Russia could allow passenger airliners to be maintained by third-party firms in a bid to help its domestic carriers hit by sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine, Tass …

By Hannah Lang – The U.S. Treasury Department has reached out to cryptocurrency companies about their cybersecurity controls amid concerns that Russia could wage retaliatory cyber attacks in response to …

By Brijesh Patel – Palladium extended gains to a more than seven-month high on Thursday, spurred by concerns over supply shortages following harsh sanctions on top-producer Russia, while the Ukraine …

By Bharat Gautam – Palladium raced to an over seven-month peak on Thursday in a rally sparked by concerns over supply from top producer Russia, while a relatively less hawkish …

By Bharat Gautam – Palladium raced to an over seven-month peak on Thursday in a rally sparked by concerns over supply from top producer Russia, while a relatively less hawkish …

By Samuel Shen and Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI – The Moscow branch of a Chinese state bank has seen a surge in enquiries from Russian firms wanting to open new accounts, …

– The U.S. economy expanded at a modest to moderate pace from mid January through mid February while inflation pressures broadened and employers continued to struggle to find workers, a …

By Elaine Lies TOKYO – The cyberattack on a Toyota Motor Corp supplier that brought the automaker’s domestic production to a halt shows how more vulnerable small firms can pose …

By Foo Yun Chee and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – The European Commission will propose that member countries tax the profits energy companies made from recent gas price spikes and invest …

SHANGHAI -Shares in energy firms and payment service companies rose sharply on Chinese markets on Monday as investors bet on stocks they saw potentially benefiting from the conflict in Ukraine, …

SHANGHAI – A growing number of Chinese firms with business in Ukraine or Russia say the impact from the region’s crisis is limited for now, as some sought to reassure …

By Simon Jessop and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS – The European Commission will unveil on Wednesday a proposal to make large companies operating in the European Union check that their suppliers …

HONG KONG – China does not agree with the U.S. government’s decision to include some e-commerce sites in its “notorious markets” list, calling the action “irresponsible,” the Chinese ministry of …

DENVER – Scott Sheffield, chief executive officer of U.S. public shale firm Pioneer Natural Resources Co, on Thursday said private oil and gas companies needed to be “reined in” for …

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO – More than two-thirds of Japanese firms don’t plan to raise base salaries at this year’s labour talks, a Reuters poll showed, with pay increases more …

SAO PAULO – Embraer SA’s electric aircraft subsidiary Eve has received orders from Australian charter firms Aviair, HeliSpirit and Microflite for up to 90 electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft …

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 …

FRANKFURT – Euro zone companies expect wages to rise by 3% or more this year as workers demand to be compensated for inflation and it becomes more difficult to find …

By Timothy Aeppel – More robots joined the U.S. workforce last year than ever before, taking on jobs from plucking bottles and cans off conveyor belts at trash recycling plants …

By Christian Kraemer BERLIN – German companies doing business in China are worried the Omicron coronavirus variant will trigger more strict lockdown measures from Beijing that could exacerbate supply chain …

SHANGHAI – Tencent Holdings, China’s biggest social media and video games company, on Tuesday said it fired nearly 70 staff over bribery and embezzlement incidents last year and named 13 …