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Big firms could help rein in French finances: minister 12 Dec 2018 - 09:35 pm
Bruno Le Maire
In airline-business rarity, Air France picks a woman CEO 12 Dec 2018 - 09:34 pm
Anne Rigail speaks during a press conference to announce the re-opening of direct flight between Paris and Nairobi, in Nairobi on March 26, 2018. AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
China to consider delaying high-tech ‘Made in China 2025’ plans 12 Dec 2018 - 08:46 pm
An employee assembles a robot at a factory in Handan in China's northern Hebei province on August 27, 2018. The company provides personalized robots used for customer services. AFP
China makes first major buy of US soybeans since Trump-Xi meet 12 Dec 2018 - 07:30 pm
Soybean farmer Raymond Schexnayder Jr closes a bag of soybeans from his farm outside Baton Rouge in Erwinville, Louisiana, July 9, 2018. Reuters/Aleksandra Michalska
Canada-China relations turn icy over arrest of Chinese exec 11 Dec 2018 - 11:20 pm
A sign in support of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is displayed outside of the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 10, 2018. Reuters/David Ryder
Millions invested but gold mining 'under-exploited' in West Africa 11 Dec 2018 - 10:44 pm
A gold bar is presented at the German Central Bank in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany on August 23, 2017. AFP / DPA / Arne Dedert
Huawei's CFO Meng would pay for security to keep her in canada 10 Dec 2018 - 07:43 pm
A home owned by the family of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who is being held on an extradition warrant, is pictured in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 8, 2018. Reuters/David Ryder
GoPro takes the lead in shift out of China to avoid tariffs 10 Dec 2018 - 07:43 pm
A GoPro camera is seen on the helmet of a skier as he rides down the slopes in the ski resort of Meribel, French Alps January 7, 2014. Reuters/Emmanuel Foudrot
Huawei CFO bail hearing to resume in Canada as Beijing steps up pressure 10 Dec 2018 - 06:05 pm
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, 46, was arrested by Canadian authorities on Dec. 1 at the request of the United States.
Ghosn wanted to retrieve cash, artwork from Rio apartment 10 Dec 2018 - 05:04 pm
Carlos Ghosn
"We will not renegotiate" Brexit, EU executive tells Britain 10 Dec 2018 - 02:54 pm
Anti-Brexit protesters wave flags and placards opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, December 10, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Japan enacts controversial law to accept foreign workers 08 Dec 2018 - 01:58 am
Parliament members of the ruling party vote during a plenary session of the upper house at parliament in Tokyo on December 7, 2018.  AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Ted Baker CEO to take leave of absence 07 Dec 2018 - 08:11 pm
People shelter under umbrellas as they pass a Ted Baker a store in London, Britain October 06, 2015. Reuters/Neil Hall
JPMorgan sees global political tumult putting a lid on megadeals 07 Dec 2018 - 07:55 pm
 Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T Inc., and Dennis Muilenburg, chairman, president and CEO of the Boeing Company, participate in a business roundtable discussion on
Lagarde warns impatient markets that US-China deal isn't easy 06 Dec 2018 - 09:45 pm
Christine Lagarde Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund speaks during the Women In The World conference in the Manhattan borough of New York, April 7, 2016. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Macron's popularity sinks as Paris prepares for more violence 06 Dec 2018 - 08:28 pm
FIFA president Gianni Infantino, President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of France Emmanuel Macron stand during the presentation during the World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, July 15, 2018. Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach
UK finance minister says too late to negotiate new Brexit deal 06 Dec 2018 - 03:18 pm
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond attends the weekly meeting of the cabinet at 10 Downing Street in London on December 4, 2018. / AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Pakistan's trade can rise eightfold: World Bank report 06 Dec 2018 - 01:52 pm
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