(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is declining on Wednesday following the negative cues overnight from Wall Street amid uncertainty about a new stimulus bill. Investor sentiment was further dampened following news that U.S. health regulators paused Eli Lilly's late-stage tri
World champions South Africa have been handed a 48-hour deadline to resolve internal issues and confirm their participation in the Rugby Championship, governing body SANZAAR said on Wednesday.
(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, gathering almost 35 points or 1.4 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 2,565-point plateau although it may run out of steam on Wednesday.
Rains that were forecast to blanket a wide portion of Brazil starting on Oct. 10 have arrived in a patchy fashion and will not be sufficient for the nation's 2020/21 soy planting cycle to advance considerably, meteorologists and industry experts told Reuters.
Federal labor prosecutors in Brazil have filed a civil suit against food processor Seara Alimentos, a division of meatpacking giant JBS SA, for failing to protect its workers from the coronavirus at two plants in the southern state of Santa Catarina, they said in a statement on Tuesday.
Asian equities were set to slip on Wednesday as halted COVID-19 vaccine trials and an elusive U.S. stimulus agreement weighed on investor sentiment, while the dollar rose from Tuesday's three-week low as demand firmed for safe-haven assets.
(RTTNews) - The Malaysia stock market bounced higher again on Tuesday, one session after it halted the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced more than 40 points or 2.7 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now rests just above the 1,525-point plateau although it fi
A measure of Australian consumer sentiment soared in October to the highest since July 2018 in a sign of confidence in the country's fiscal and monetary authorities for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Codiak BioSciences, an early stage biotech developing novel exosome therapeutics for cancers, raised $83 million by offering 5.5 million shares at $15, the midpoint of the $14 to $16 range.
Codiak BioSciences plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol CDAK. Goldman Sachs,
It's rare when a company returns federal money. It's rarer still when that money amounts to billions of dollars. Yet that's the situation with top U.S. hospital operator HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA), which aims to return gobs of government largesse from whence it came.
Britain’s biggest asset manager plans to increase the number of companies it assesses and engages with over climate change to help to accelerate global efforts to move to a low-carbon economy, it said on Wednesday.
LONDON, Oct 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain should make companies draw up plans for closing their gender pay gaps, women's rights experts said on Wednesday amid warnings that COVID-19 threatens to worsen inequality.
Mexican cement maker Cemex said in a statement on Tuesday that it has extended repayment dates on about $2.1 billion of credit and will prepay some $530 million in loans, as part of a so-called "green" financing deal.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled its latest line of iPhones on Tuesday, along with a new home speaker and numerous product enhancements. The event, usually held live, was instead live-streamed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
German plastics group Covestro is seeking to raise 450 million euros ($528 million) through a capital increase placed with investors, one of the bookrunners on the deal said on Tuesday.
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