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Barclays joins rivals with cuts to CEO pension perks

Barclays joins rivals with cuts to CEO pension perks

Barclays is planning to cut the 396,000 pounds ($508,068) pension allowance it pays Chief Executive Jes Staley by around half, echoing moves by rivals who have pledged to rein in executive pension perks following a campaign by investors.



6 years ago
Permira, North Face owner among bidders for sneaker brand Golden Goose: sources

Permira, North Face owner among bidders for sneaker brand Golden Goose: sources

U.S. apparel and footwear conglomerate VF Corporation and buyout funds Permira and Advent are lining up indicative offers for Italian shoe brand Golden Goose ahead of a mid December deadline, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.



6 years ago
State-controlled lender Banco do Brasil sees 2020 profit up 10%: CFO

State-controlled lender Banco do Brasil sees 2020 profit up 10%: CFO

Brazilian state-controlled lender Banco do Brasil SA sees its profits likely to grow 10% in 2020 from this year, its Chief Financial Officer Carlos Hamilton Araujo said on Thursday in a meeting with analysts.



6 years ago
Hong Kong loses luster for luxury brands as mainland China shines: Bain

Hong Kong loses luster for luxury brands as mainland China shines: Bain

Luxury brands are likely to retreat from Hong Kong as the city is wracked by protests at a time when wealthy Chinese shoppers are staying on the mainland, consultancy Bain said on Thursday, highlighting a shift that is reshaping the global industry.



6 years ago
Novartis's $90 million Swiss factory to help solve cell therapy bottleneck

Novartis's $90 million Swiss factory to help solve cell therapy bottleneck

Swiss drugmaker Novartis's new $90 million cell and gene therapy factory in northern Switzerland is on track to begin commercial production of treatments, including Kymriah for cancer and Zolgensma for spinal muscular atrophy, in 2020.



6 years ago
Top Mexican official floats prospect of labor tweak for continental trade deal

Top Mexican official floats prospect of labor tweak for continental trade deal

Adjustments could be made to how labor disputes are handled in the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal to help push through its ratification in the United States, Mexican deputy foreign minister Jesus Seade said on Wednesday.



6 years ago
Exclusive: Amazon's cloud unit readies more powerful data center chip - sources

Exclusive: Amazon's cloud unit readies more powerful data center chip - sources

Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing unit has designed a second, more powerful generation of data center processor chip, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, the latest sign that the company is pouring money into custom silicon for its fastest-growing business.



6 years ago
Panasonic to sell its chipmaking business to Taiwan's Nuvoton Tech: Nikkei

Panasonic to sell its chipmaking business to Taiwan's Nuvoton Tech: Nikkei

Japan's Panasonic Corp will sell its loss-making semiconductor business to Taiwan's Nuvoton Technology, a Nikkei Asian Review reported on Thursday.



6 years ago
Australia's Westpac allows withdrawal of share purchase applications

Australia's Westpac allows withdrawal of share purchase applications

Australian lender Westpac Banking Corp said on Thursday it would let investors withdraw their share purchase applications filed prior to the money laundering allegations made by financial crime watchdog AUSTRAC on Nov. 20.



6 years ago
Solid data, trade hopes lift Wall Street to records

Solid data, trade hopes lift Wall Street to records

Wall Street's main indexes closed at record levels for a third straight day in a muted volume session on Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, as fresh data pointed to an economy on solid footing, while investors remained cautiously optimistic about a resolution to U.S.-China trade tensions.



6 years ago
Australia's Westpac gives withdrawal option for share purchase applicants

Australia's Westpac gives withdrawal option for share purchase applicants

Australian lender Westpac Banking Corp said on Thursday it would let investors withdraw their share purchase applications filed prior to the money laundering allegations made by financial crime watchdog AUSTRAC on Nov. 20.



6 years ago
Pfizer, Novartis lead pharma spending spree on gene therapy production

Pfizer, Novartis lead pharma spending spree on gene therapy production

Eleven drugmakers led by Pfizer and Novartis have set aside a combined $2 billion to invest in gene therapy manufacturing since 2018, according to a Reuters analysis, in a drive to better control production of the world's priciest medicines.



6 years ago
U.S. Justice Department closes antitrust probe over wireless carrier-switching technology

U.S. Justice Department closes antitrust probe over wireless carrier-switching technology

The Justice Department has closed an antitrust investigation into a trade group that includes Verizon and AT&T among its members and which had been criticized for making it harder for consumers to switch carriers.



6 years ago
Stocks near record highs on trade hopes, dollar gains

Stocks near record highs on trade hopes, dollar gains

The U.S. dollar rose and a gauge of global equities pushed closer to an all-time high on Wednesday after a batch of U.S. economic data brightened the economic outlook and investors remained bullish on the prospect of a U.S.-China trade accord.



6 years ago
BAT says U.S. vaping slowdown will lead to slower growth in e-cigarette business

BAT says U.S. vaping slowdown will lead to slower growth in e-cigarette business

British American Tobacco , the world's no. 2 tobacco company by revenue, said on Wednesday a slowdown in the U.S. vaping market would result in slower growth in revenue from its "new categories" business that sells vaping products.



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