Markets

U.S. stocks hit record highs on Thursday as Middle East tensions eased, optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal rose and several brokerages boosted price targets on high-profile companies.

U.S. central bank officials need to hold themselves accountable and boost communication of their strategy as they grapple with the challenge of preventing inflation - and inflation expectations - from falling too low, a senior Fed official said Thursday.

REUTERS: A unit of British electricals retailer Dixons Carphone has been fined 500,000 pounds relating to a cyber attack that affected at least 14 million people between July 2017 and April 2018, Britain's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said. In a separate statement on Thursday, the ...

Airbus will increase production of A320-family jets at its Mobile, Alabama, plant to seven a month by the beginning of 2021, adding 275 jobs, the European planemaker said on Thursday.

SINGAPORE: Women in Singapore earned 6 per cent less than their male peers in 2018, according to a study conducted by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) released on Thursday (Jan 9). This means women got S$342 less in median monthly salary than men who were in similar job roles.  The 6 per ......

Two years ago, investor William Ackman, who pushes corporations to perform better, took his own advice and laid out a plan for a comeback after years of losses.

Concerns among French lawmakers about aerospace firm Latecoere's sale to a U.S. fund are "overblown", the head of its major client Dassault Aviation said on Thursday.

A Lebanese prosecutor imposed a travel ban on former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn on Thursday, judicial sources said, after he was questioned over an Interpol warrant issued by Japan seeking his arrest on financial misconduct charges.

REUTERS: U.S. private equity firm Insight Partners said on Thursday it was buying Swiss data management company Veeam Software, in a US$5 billion bet on the fastest-growing player in the market for backing up critical information on remote servers. The acquisition of Veeam, which is based in Baar ......

Volkswagen on Thursday said vehicle deliveries for 2019 were slightly above prior year, revising upward an earlier forecast which predicted annual sales to be "on the level of prior year."