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News Corp to supply headlines for Facebook's upcoming news tab

Facebook Inc's upcoming news tab will feature headlines from the Wall Street Journal and some other News Corp media properties when it launches in fall of 2019, the social network said on Friday.



6 years ago

Fisher Investments pension losses hit $1.3 billion as Iowa yanks $386 million

The Iowa Public Employees Retirement System is ending its relationship with Fisher Investments, pulling $386 million from the firm. This marks the fourth public pension to drop the mjoney manager following founder Ken Fisher's off-color comments at a conference.

6 years ago

Boeing pilots' messages on 737 MAX safety raise new questions

A Boeing Co senior pilot said he might have unintentionally misled regulators, in a series of internal messages from 2016 that became public Friday, plunging the world's largest airplane maker into a fresh crisis.



6 years ago

Trump hopes U.S.-China trade deal will be signed by middle of November

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he thinks a trade deal between the United States and China will be signed by the time the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings take place in Chile on Nov. 16 and 17.



6 years ago

Opioid settlement talks fail, landmark trial expected Monday: attorney

A landmark trial over the U.S. opioid epidemic is on track to begin on Monday after drug companies and local governments failed to agree on a settlement on Friday that had been expected to be valued at up to $50 billion.



6 years ago

Boeing 737 MAX test pilot grappled with simulator flaws, too

In newly released text messages from 2016, a top Boeing 737 MAX test pilot tells a colleague that the jet's MCAS flight control system - the same one linked to two fatal crashes - was "running rampant in the (simulator) on me."



6 years ago

Mnuchin backs proposal to double IMF's crisis fund

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday said he welcomes a proposal to double the size of the International Monetary Fund's $250 billion crisis lending fund as part of a deal to maintain overall IMF resources.



6 years ago

Exclusive: Huawei in early talks with U.S. firms to license 5G platform - Huawei executive

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.



6 years ago

Opioid settlement talks fail, landmark trial expected Monday

A landmark trial over the U.S. opioid epidemic is on track to begin on Monday after drug companies and local governments failed to agree on a settlement on Friday that had been expected to be valued at around $50 billion.



6 years ago

China's GDP growth grinds to near 30-year low as tariffs hit production

China's third-quarter economic growth slowed more than expected and to its weakest pace in almost three decades as the bruising U.S. trade war hit factory production, boosting the case for Beijing to roll out fresh support.



6 years ago

AB Volvo truck orders tumble after profit beats forecast in third quarter

Sweden's AB Volvo on Friday reported a sharp fall in order intake of its heavy-duty trucks in the third quarter and forecast double-digit percentage declines in commercial vehicles markets on both sides of the North Atlantic next year.



6 years ago

Apple's Cook meets China regulator after pulling Hong Kong app

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook met the chief of China's market regulator in Beijing on Thursday, the Chinese agency said, a week after the U.S. firm was thrust into the midst of political tensions between the mainland and protesters in Hong Kong.



6 years ago

Oil ebbs as China's slowest GDP growth in almost three decades stokes demand fears

Oil prices slid on Friday on jitters over demand from China after the world's largest oil importer recorded its weakest quarter of economic growth in nearly three decades, dragged down by a trade dispute with the United States.



6 years ago

Holiday Inn-owner IHG bruised by weak bookings in China, Hong Kong

Holiday Inn-owner InterContinental Hotels Group blamed lower business bookings in China and protests in Hong Kong for a 0.8% fall in quarterly revenue per room on Friday, the latest company to be pinched by weaker global travel.



6 years ago

Asian shares slump after weak China GDP, pound retreats

Asian stocks stumbled on Friday, erasing earlier gains after China posted its weakest growth in nearly three decades, countering a global lift in sentiment on the UK and European Union striking a long-awaited Brexit deal.



6 years ago