Dominic Cummings, one of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's most influential advisers, will leave his position at the heart of Downing Street when Brexit is done at year-end, after an internal battle over who should be Johnson's chief of staff.
Japan's Nikkei share average ended lower on Friday, snapping eight consecutive sessions of gains, as investor sentiment was knocked by concerns around resurging new cases of the novel coronavirus both at home and abroad.
The Chinese city of Wuhan said on Friday it had detected the novel coronavirus on the packaging of a batch of Brazilian beef, as it ramped up testing of frozen foods this week as part of a nationwide campaign.
Stocks in China and the Philippines led declines across Asia on Friday as surging COVID-19 cases globally and more lockdowns clouded the region's recovery prospects.
Indonesia is expected to have a slightly narrower trade surplus in October, with imports seen contracting steeper than exports due to weak domestic demand during the pandemic, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
Chinese feed producers, pig farmers and traders are reshaping the global grain market as they scour the world for supplies amid a domestic shortfall that sent local corn prices to record highs and is expected to fuel global food inflation in 2021.
South Korea's Hanjin Group, owner of the nation's largest airline Korean Air Lines Co Ltd, is in talks to acquire debt-ridden Asiana Airlines Inc, local media reported on Thursday, citing unnamed investment banking sources.
Baggy pants and oversized t-shirts helped spare Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo from the steep coronavirus-led fall in sales that hit rival fashion chains such as H&M and Zara.
JetBlue Airways is gradually removing seat blocks set up on its flights early in the pandemic, with all available seats up for sale after the holiday travel season, the budget carrier said on Thursday.
Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines on Thursday cautioned that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases may have a negative impact on travel over the winter holidays, a period the sector had hoped would see improved bookings.
Avianca Holdings said on Thursday it has won the support of a large number of institutional investors and existing lenders, meaning it will no longer need the Colombian government's participation as part of its restructuring process.
In trading on Thursday, shares of Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (Symbol: KALU) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $71.56, changing hands as low as $69.17 per share. Kaiser Aluminum Corp. shares are currently trading down about 2.9% on the day. The chart below shows the one
Norsk Hydro will pay a dividend to shareholders next week, the company said, reinstating a payout for 2019 that had been suspended in April because of uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [nL8N2BQ744]
Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines on Thursday cautioned that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases may have a negative impact on travel over the winter holidays, a period the sector had hoped would see improved bookings.
Food processor JBS SA reiterated plans to grow production capacity in Brazil and in the United States after posting strong third quarter results, executives said in a conference call to discuss earnings on Thursday.
London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium has this week hit its highest level since March 2019. The three-month price CMAL3 is sitting just below Monday's high print of $1,935 at a current $1,925 per tonne.
Votorantim SA, one of Brazil's biggest diversified holding companies, reported on Thursday a third-quarter net income of 77 million reais, driven mainly by a jump in cement and metal sales and reversing a loss posted in the year earlier period.
Argentina's wheat harvest is seen at 16.7 million tonnes, slightly down from the previous 17 million tonne estimate due to a prolonged drought, the Rosario Grains Exchange (BCR) said.
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