Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire strongly reaffirmed France's opposition to French retailer Carrefour possibly being taken over by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard on Friday, sending Carrefour's shares down 4.5per cent.
British airline Virgin Atlantic said on Friday it had completed the sale and leaseback of two Boeing 787s as part of a plan to strengthen its balance sheet.
Business software group SAP forecast flat revenue and a decline in operating profit in 2021, as it released preliminary annual results that came at the high end of guidance slashed last autumn.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire strongly reaffirmed France's opposition to French retailer Carrefour possibly being taken over by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard on Friday, sending Carrefour's shares down 4.5per cent.
Spanish power company Naturgy plans to invest up to US$1.8 billion in the United States after making its first push into the U.S. renewable market with the US$57 million acquisition of a solar energy developer, the company said on Friday.
SINGAPORE: Private developers sold 1,217 new homes excluding executive condominiums in December last year, tipping new private home sales past the 10,000 mark for the whole of 2020. The monthly figure was a 57.2 per cent jump compared to November last year, when 774 private residential units were ...
China firmly opposes new sanctions by the United States on its officials and companies over accusations of misdeeds in the disputed South China Sea, as well as an investment ban on nine more of its firms, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
A takeover approach for Carrefour by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard is raising concerns over jobs and the future management of the French retailer among staff, a Carrefour CFDT union representative said on Friday.
The co-founder of U.S. LNG developer Tellurian said Thursday that the company is targeting this summer to begin construction of its US$16.8 billion Driftwood LNG export project in Louisiana as demand for the super-cooled fuel surges worldwide.
Asian shares rose on Friday, brushing off a late Wall Street dip as expectations of large U.S. stimulus under President-elect Joe Biden shored up sentiment while oil prices perked up on upbeat Chinese trade figures.
