Masks in luggage: How a Malaysian tech firm reopened its China factory
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Exclusive: Jet buyers back Boeing-Embraer deal as Airbus expands reach
Airbus (AIR.PA), Europe’s biggest planemaker, on Thursday increased its controlling stake in the A220 regional jet program – Embraer’s main rival – as Canada’s Bombardier (BBDb.TO) sold out of the project it had set up.
‘Wishful thinking’: Chief justice no savior for liberals at Trump trial
Some Democratic senators, liberal activists and commentators had wanted Roberts to play an active rather than a largely ceremonial role in the historic proceedings, perhaps even summoning witnesses despite opposition from Trump’s fellow Republicans who control the Senate.
Exclusive: Ahead of 2020 election, a ‘Blue Wave’ is rising in the cities, polling analysis shows
If the trend lasts until Election Day on Nov. 3, it would be a reversal from the 2016 election when rural turnout outpaced voting in urban areas, helping Trump narrowly win the White House.
Global central bankers scour shopping malls, manufacturers for coronavirus playbook
The SARS epidemic in 2003, they noted, had come and gone with little economic impact.
Autonomous driving startup Pony.ai raises $462 million in Toyota-led funding
FILE PHOTO: Staff members are seen at the Halloween-decorated reception area of the Chinese self-driving startup Pony.ai headquarters in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Yilei Sun
Bloomberg has barbs at the ready for his first 2020 debate
Bloomberg told Reuters in an interview earlier this month he would contrast their experience to his success as billionaire chief executive of global financial information and media company Bloomberg LP and three-time mayor of New York City.
Exclusive: Sears snags new financial lifeline as losses continue – sources
Sears’ billionaire owner Eddie Lampert rescued the retailer from liquidation in a $5.2 billion takeover during bankruptcy proceedings a year ago. The company’s unabated need for new funding underscores Lampert’s challenges in turning it around.
Coronavirus clouds Apple’s timeline for new iPhones
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks wait for checking their temperature in an Apple Store, in Shanghai, China, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Exclusive: France’s Engie eyes U.S. energy services firm Ameresco – sources
The approach will test the appetite of Ameresco’s 72-year-old chairman and chief executive, George Sakellaris, to cash out. Sakellaris founded the Framingham, Massachusetts-based company in 2000 and remains its controlling shareholder.
Deere taps tractor-hailing tech in bid to break ground in Africa
David Kayi, a Hello Tractor engineer, installs an application on a John Deere 5503 tractor, using the Hello Tractor technology that connects farmers with vehicles’ owners, at a hay farm in Umande village in Nanyuki, Kenya February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi
Exclusive: Google users in UK to lose EU data protection – sources
The shift, prompted by Britain’s exit from the EU, will leave the sensitive personal information of tens of millions with less protection and within easier reach of British law enforcement.