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BHP’s top leadership announce the appointment of Mike Henry as its new Chief Executive from January 1, 2020, at a news conference at BHP’s Melbourne headquarters, Australia November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Global miner BHP Group Ltd (BHP.AX) (BHPB.L) on Thursday appointed 16-year company veteran Mike Henry as its new chief executive

NEW YORK (Reuters) – MetLife Inc (MET.N) was sued for gender discrimination on Wednesday by a female former senior vice president who said she was underpaid, called a “bitch” and told she had to “choose between being pretty and being smart” while working at the insurance company. FILE PHOTO: A MetLife Inc. building is shown

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will reduce the share of the U.S. dollar in its National Wealth Fund and is considering investing in other foreign currencies including the Chinese yuan, Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Kolychev said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar and China Yuan notes are seen in this picture illustration June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas

FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outs a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dave Paresh/File Photo/File Photo (Reuters) – A U.S. federal regulator has initiated an investigation into a cloud computing deal between Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Ascension Health which would give Google access to

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen participates in a roundtable discussion with Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker and members of the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 6, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker said on Tuesday

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to discuss the country’s trade policy at the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday, and the markets are likely to hang on every word. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with China’s Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Blacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei is in early-stage talks with some U.S. telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology to them, a Huawei executive told Reuters on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A Huawei company logo is pictured at the Shenzhen International Airport in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Aly

(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said on Friday it is recalling around 33,000 bottles of baby powder in the United States after U.S. health regulators found trace amounts of asbestos in samples taken from a bottle purchased online. The move marks the first time the company has recalled its baby powder for possible asbestos

PARIS (Reuters) – A hefty profit warning sent Renault (RENA.PA) shares tumbling as much as 15% on Friday, capping a miserable year for the French carmaker following the arrest of long-time boss Carlos Ghosn and adding to signs of a sharp slowdown in the global auto industry. FILE PHOTO: The logo of French car manufacturer

(Reuters) – The chief executives of the three largest U.S. drug distributors and a drugmaker have been summoned to appear before a federal judge to discuss a proposal to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging they fueled the U.S. opioid crisis, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Teva

(Reuters) – Morgan Stanley (MS.N) reported a higher-than-expected profit on Thursday, bolstered by strength in bond trading and M&A advisory, but executives were careful not to sound too optimistic about the rest of the year. FILE PHOTO: A sign is displayed on the Morgan Stanley building in New York U.S., July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File

(Reuters) – Domino’s Pizza Group Plc (DOM.L), Britain’s biggest pizza delivery company, on Thursday said it would quit its loss-making international operations, sending shares higher in early trade. FILE PHOTO: A call out mechanic fixes a Dominos delivery scooter in the Clapham district of London, Britain June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo The decision to

(Reuters) – Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) added slightly more paying subscribers than Wall Street expected in the third quarter, a relief to investors who had worried the company might fall short just as Disney and others prepare to ramp up the streaming video wars. FILE PHOTO: The Netflix logo is pictured on a television remote in

(Reuters) – Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N) fell just short of Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday, as weakness in the medical device maker’s cardiovascular business overshadowed strong performance in its fast-growing diabetes care unit. FILE PHOTO: Boxes of Abbott’s heart stents are pictured inside a store at a hospital in New Delhi, India, April

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire attends a joint news conference after a meeting in Paris, France, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes PARIS (Reuters) – France and Germany are agreed on a strategy to respond to a global economic slowdown at a time of international trade problems but differ over how fast to move, French

FILE PHOTO: The Toyota logo is shown at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Thursday announced a 1 billion reais ($243.29 million) expansion at a plant in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, joining Volkswagen and

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Wednesday it will make donating to a U.S. presidential candidate as easy as turning on the lights or replenishing a household’s toilet-paper stocks, via its Alexa digital assistant. FILE PHOTO: Prompts on how to use Amazon’s Alexa personal assistant are seen alongside an Amazon Echo in an Amazon

(Reuters) – As if the U.S. Federal Reserve didn’t already have enough on its plate heading into its meeting on interest rates this week, chaos deep inside the plumbing of the U.S. financial system has thrown policymakers an unexpected curveball. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March

BUENOS AIRES/BEIJING (Reuters) – Cattle ranchers in Argentina, which recently edged out neighbor Brazil as the top exporter of beef to China, are hoping to build on that status by getting more local meatpacking plants approved by Beijing, industry officials and other sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A cattle trader points at cattle for sale

FILE PHOTO: An Adobe Systems Inc software box is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 13, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo (Reuters) – Adobe Inc (ADBE.O) on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations as the software maker faces intense competition in a fast-growing cloud market, sending shares down 4.3% in after-market trading. The

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union’s order for Apple (AAPL.O) to pay 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in back taxes to Ireland “defies reality and common sense,” the U.S. company said on Tuesday, as it launched a legal challenge against the 2016 ruling. The iPhone maker also accused the executive European Commission of using its

TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil fell more than 1% on Tuesday as the market hung on tenterhooks over the threat of a military response to attacks on Saudi Arabian crude oil facilities that cut the kingdom’s output in half and sent prices soaring by the most in decades. Oil pump jacks work at sunset near Midland,

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices soared on Monday after attacks on crude facilities in Saudi Arabia cut the kingdom’s production in half and sparked worries over the impact of an oil shock on economic growth, halting a positive run in world stock markets as investors reached for less-risky assets. Increased demand for safe-haven U.S.

MILAN (Reuters) – Oil prices hit four-month highs on Monday after attacks on crude facilities in Saudi Arabia fueled worries over the impact of an oil shock on economic growth, halting a positive run in world stocks and bolstering demand for safe-haven assets. Brent crude futures rose nearly 20% at one point in their biggest

NEW YORK (Reuters) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP filed for bankruptcy protection in New York Sunday night, succumbing to pressure from more than 2,000 lawsuits alleging the company helped fuel the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic. FILE PHOTO: Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin pills, made by Purdue Pharma LP sit on a counter at a

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil (Reuters) – Embraer (EMBR3.SA) hopes to see more orders for its newest passenger plane by the end of the year, an executive said on Thursday, as Boeing (BA.N) readies to take over the Brazilian planemaker’s commercial jets division in what could mark the next phase of its rivalry with Airbus

FILE PHOTO: Portfolio beer brands of Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Ltd are displayed during a news conference on the company’s IPO in Hong Kong, China July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Andrew Geoffrey Jackson HONG KONG (Reuters) – The world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR), which shelved a Hong Kong IPO of its Asia Pacific unit in July,

NEW YORK (Reuters) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP reached a tentative agreement with some plaintiffs to resolve litigation over its alleged role in fueling the U.S. opioid crisis and plans to tussle with states opposing the settlement offer in bankruptcy proceedings as soon as next week, people familiar with the matter said. On Wednesday,

NEW YORK (Reuters) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is nearing a partial agreement to resolve widespread litigation over its alleged role in fueling the U.S. opioid crisis and plans to tussle with states opposing its settlement offer in bankruptcy proceedings starting as soon as next week, people familiar with the matter said. FILE PHOTO:

OSLO (Reuters) – Airbus has ordered checks on three types of helicopters following a fatal crash in Norway, Norwegian authorities said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO – The logo of Airbus is pictured at their facility in Montoir-de-Bretagne near Saint-Nazaire, France July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe Five Norwegians and their Swedish pilot died when their AS350B3e