Tag: Reuters: Money News

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is optimistic of reaching a deal on a global tax on digital companies, despite an initial failure to agree one with the United States. … Read More

HDFC Bank will retain global executive search firm Egon Zehnder to find a successor to managing director Aditya Puri, four sources familiar with the matter said, as its board seeks … Read More

South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) said on Thursday exports fell nearly 2% last year to 72.15 million tonnes, their lowest level since 2014, in part because the monsoon … Read More

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) is acquiring independent index provider Scientific Beta Pte Ltd for 186 million euros ($206.35 million) in its biggest deal, in a move aimed at scaling up … Read More

World shares fell on Thursday, led by the biggest decline in Chinese stocks in more than eight months, as concern mounted about the spread of a deadly virus in China. … Read More

BP’s finance chief Brian Gilvary is to step down in June after eight years in the role and will be replaced by a close ally of Bernard Looney who takes … Read More

ASOS beat analysts’ expectations for sales growth over Christmas, indicating that management at the British online fashion retailer has addressed operational issues that plagued it in 2019, sending its shares … Read More

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Wednesday that the government needed to halt the illegal flow of gold out of the South American country and sanctions might be needed. … Read More

Negative interest rates are a necessity for Switzerland, with recent policy tweaks designed to allow the measure to be maintained or even cut deeper, Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan … Read More

Gold prices edged lower on Thursday, consolidating near the $1,550 level, ahead of a policy decision by the European Central Bank, although mounting concerns over a virus outbreak in China … Read More