Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators are working towards an "early harvest" of confidence-building agreements that could forestall further U.S. tariffs, including an agreement to avoid currency manipulation, a senior U.S. Chamber of Commerce official said on Thursday.
Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators met on Thursday for the first time since late July to try to find a way out of a 15-month trade war as new irritants between the world's two largest economies threatened hopes for progress.
Apple Inc has removed an app that helped Hong Kong protesters track police movements, saying it was used to ambush law enforcement, following sharp criticism of the U.S. tech giant by a Chinese state newspaper for allowing the software.
Boeing Co said Thursday that airlines around the world have inspected 810 737 NG planes and found 38 structural cracks that will require repair and replacement of the affected parts.
A member of Swiss drugmaker Roche's controlling family said on Wednesday that short-term profit maximization has "destroyed the planet" and the world needs a new breed of capitalism putting long-term interests first.
A strong sales update from LVMH boosted stocks across the luxury goods sector on Thursday, as months of unrest in Hong Kong proved less of a drag on the Louis Vuitton owner in the third quarter than expected.
U.S. stocks gained on Thursday on hopes that top-level U.S.-China trade talks would yield at least a partial deal, while a rise in Apple's shares lifted the technology sector.
American Airlines Group Inc said on Thursday it would restructure its operations and commercial teams and announced a host of new appointments as the No. 1 U.S. airline increases focus on revenue growth and network expansion.
Nissan's European operations, which include plants in Britain and Spain, will not be sustainable if Britain's departure from the European Union leads to 10% tariffs on vehicles, the firm's European Chairman Gianluca de Ficchy told reporters on Thursday.
Delta Air Lines reported a bigger-than-expected increase in third-quarter profit on Thursday thanks to "surprise" demand growth, prompting a need to hire pilots, flight attendants, and airport workers more quickly, Chief Executive Ed Bastian told Reuters.
Renault's CEO Thierry Bollore, evoking reports of his potential departure, told staff on Thursday that the future of the carmaker's alliance with Nissan was what mattered, not people, according to two company sources.
The firm also raised its 12-month price target on the stock to $260, which represents a rally of more than 14% from Wednesday's close.
Delta Air Lines reported a greater-than-expected increase in quarterly profit on Thursday thanks to "surprise" demand growth, prompting the airline to accelerate its hiring of pilots, flight attendants, and airport workers, Chief Executive Ed Bastian told Reuters.
U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Thursday, as high-level negotiators from the United States and China geared up to meet for the first time since late July as they try to hammer out a deal to end a 15-month long trade war.
Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc has suspended a deal to purchase two more Boeing 737 MAX planes after the same model of aircraft crashed in Ethiopia, a source from the airline told Reuters on Thursday.