(Reuters) – Cycling was being forced to confront a new controversy on Sunday after the sport’s head confirmed the first top-level case of “technological fraud” with a hidden motor being found on a Belgian cyclist’s bike. The motor was discovered inside the frame of the machine being used by teenager Femke Van den Driessche at […]
* Announces 800 mln euro share buyback (Adds quotes on profit outlook, buyback plans) read more >>> Source : Reuters
Ryanair maintains its full-year forecast and announces an €800m euros ($867m; £609m) share buyback. read more >>> Source : BBC
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s Nokia on Monday settled its patent dispute with South Korea’s Samsung, saying the arbitration verdict would boost its patent sales by hundreds of millions of euros. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Chinese stocks fell Monday after a weak manufacturing report while Japan extended gains following its central bank’s introduction of a negative interest rate policy to boost lending by banks. Other markets were mixed. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
DUBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Dubai International Airport remained the world’s busiest for international passengers in 2015 as traffic grew 10.7 percent, boosted by the addition of new airlines and routes, the airport’s operator said on Monday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
South Korea will increase government support to businesses this year, with an eye on innovative startups in a slew of high-tech fields including 5G telecommunications, IoT, cloud computing, and biotechnology. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex regained the crucial 25,000-mark by rising 131.63 points, or 0.52 per cent to 25,002.32 in early trade. read more >>> Source : EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.Com
Boarding a flight out of Hong Kong just got cheaper, after the city scrapped an old fuel surcharge on Monday. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
The migration policy governing the transition of customers from Telstra’s copper and HFC services to the NBN has been released, calling for information sharing between Telstra, NBN, and retailers. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
* China data not bad enough to provide lift for safe-haven yen read more >>> Source : Reuters
Chinese manufacturing ebbed in January to its lowest in more than three years, a possible sign of further weakness in the world’s No. 2 economy after posting its slowest annual growth in a quarter century. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
TAIPEI, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Chinese passengers will be able to transit through Taiwan and fly onwards to a third destination starting Monday, signalling a step toward greater transportation links between the two political enemies. read more >>> Source : Reuters
To access the newsletter, click on the link: http://share.thomsonreuters.com/assets/newsletters/Indiamorning/MNC_IN_02012016.pdf FACTORS TO WATCH 12:00 noon: LIC Chairman S.K. Roy to launch… read more >>> Source : Reuters
Private data on Monday showed activity in China’s factory sector shrink for an 11th straight month in January, but at a slightly slower pace than in December. read more >>> Source : EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.Com
Toyota, the world’s top-selling automaker, will stop producing vehicles at all assembly lines across Japan for an entire week because of a parts shortage. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
Vodafone is trialling free roaming to NZ for the next year, while international travellers to Australia are being offered duty-free Vodafone-locked smartphones and SIM cards thanks to a deal with Qantas. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
Activity in China’s manufacturing sector contracts for the sixth month in a row in January, hitting its lowest level since 2012. read more >>> Source : BBC
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Activity in China’s manufacturing sector contracted at its fastest pace in almost three-and-a-half years in January, missing market expectations, an official survey showed on Monday. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 49.4 in January, compared with the previous month’s reading of 49.7 and below the 50-point mark that separates growth […]
By Paul Foster, Senior Director, Creative Content at Getty Images As the January blues set in and the winter layers build-up, we find ourselves reminiscing about the year that has passed; however, 2016 has a myriad of visual delights to look forward to, as the advertising industry prepares for a year dominated with images depicting […]
* China data not bad enough to provide lift for safe-haven yen read more >>> Source : Reuters
By Samuel Shen and Pete Sweeney SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese shares got off to a halting start on Monday after an official measure of activity in the giant factory sector fell to its lowest since mid-2012, offering no respite from the economic drift that has dogged markets for months. The official version of the PMI […]
I was raised by a single mom, an immigrant from South America who left her family, support system, and incredible career as a well-connected influencer for a completely different life in the United States. My mother, a beautiful and talented woman, became a domestic worker. And for most of my youngest years, she cleaned wealthy […]
HSBC is imposing a hiring and pay freeze across the bank globally in 2016, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
SEOUL, Feb 1 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd (HMM) plans to seek another buyer for its majority stake in stock brokerage Hyundai Securities Co Ltd , an HMM spokesman said on Monday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Two major global banks, Barclays and Credit Suisse, are paying a combined $154.3 million to settle government investigations that they misled clients about being able to safely trade on their “dark pool” financial exchanges, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Attorney General’s office said Sunday. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, is seeing a growing number of transport services catering exclusively to women. read more >>> Source : BBC
By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell in early trading on Monday after South Korea posted its weakest export data since 2009 and the prospect of a coordinated production cut by leading crude exporters seemed remote. Front-month Brent crude was trading at $35.55 per barrel at 0047 GMT, down 44 cents or over […]
TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Asian shares started a new month on somewhat firmer footing on Monday, helped by accommodative monetary policies in Japan and Europe, but traders were cautious ahead of China… read more >>> Source : Reuters
Theresa May must spell out more clearly how her plan to store internet browsing records will work in practice, MPs say. read more >>> Source : BBC
The media company donated AU$160,000 more to the Liberal Party than the Labor Party during the 2014-15 financial year, according to the Australian Electoral Commission donor disclosures. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
LAEM FA PHA, Thailand, Feb 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – S urakit Laeaddee walks along the narrow banks of earth dividing his organic shrimp and fish ponds, rests under the shade of a tree he recently planted, and points to the lush mangroves marking out his plot. read more >>> Source : Reuters
THE City will want to hear more of BT’s plans now that it has completed its £12.5billion merger with telecoms rival EE when it reports third-quarter results today. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
These housing markets seem to be “beating the winter chill” as homes move more quickly this winter than the rest of the nation…. read more >>> Source : Realtor.org
As a business owner, you expect to work long hours and wear many hats. But, there comes a time when “enough is enough.” You make a decision to get some help. Depending on how long and how hard you’ve been working, your first reaction might be to hire the first promising candidate that applies or […]
Innovid, a video adtech company that allows marketers the ability to serve and measure interactive advertising across screens, has raised $27.5 million in new funding, the company says. New Spring Capital has become the latest investor in the company, while all previous investors, including Sequoia Capital Israel, Genesis Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, Cisco Ventures and […]
Away from the shiny gadgets at CES, an Israeli start-up offers a radical new way to track data and keep it private. read more >>> Source : BBC
United Airlines says CEO Oscar Munoz is doing well after undergoing a heart transplant surgery Wednesday morning. Munoz is expected back to work in the spring. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
Clothing retailer Gap, which operates stores under its own brand as well as Banana Republic and Old Navy, said Thursday that a key sales measure fell 5 per cent for the five-week period ended Jan. 2. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve was closely monitoring the sell-off in stocks that shook world markets on Thursday, while U.S. Republican presidential candidates took aim at Chinese… read more >>> Source : Reuters
Most energy stocks have tanked with the price of oil. Not Valero Energy (VLO). The world’s biggest independent oil refiner is up 50% over the past year, while the S&P 500 is down slightly and the 39-stock oil and gas refining group has dropped 14%. The stock is currently getting support at its 10-week moving […]
The Reserve Bank of India would not aggressively defend a falling rupee to make exports competitive, and instead allow it to slip along with the Chinese yuan. read more >>> Source : EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.Com
As The Economist is reporting in its upcoming January 9th print edition that Saudi Aramco, the Saudi state-owned oil company believed to be the world’s most valuable company, might issue shares for the first time in its history. Aramco is a monster. As The Economist notes, the company produces 10 million barrels of oil each […]
The one question nobody has ever said “no” to: Do you want to make more money? Almost every New Year’s resolution list includes something about making more money. By asking for a raise. Getting a promotion. Perhaps starting a side business to generate additional income Or taking a leap of faith to start your own […]
(Reuters) – Apple Inc suppliers Cirrus Logic Inc and Qorvo Inc estimated third-quarter revenue below analysts’ expectations, exacerbating fears about softening iPhone demand. read more >>> Source : Reuters