SYDNEY, July 24 – Shanghai shares led Asia higher on Tuesday as China touted fiscal action to support the world’s second largest economy, while stellar results from internet giant Alphabet underpinned the tech sector generally. Global bonds remained under pressure on speculation the Bank of Japan may soon trim its massive stimulus. In China, government […]

Shares of Papa John’s International Inc (PZZA.O) fell 8 percent on Monday after the Pizza chain said it would implement a “poison pill” stock dilution that would act against any move by founder John Schnatter to take a bigger stake. The implementation of the stockholder rights plan, which aims to stop investors from amassing more […]

BERLIN  – German industry groups warned on Sunday, before European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker meets U.S. President Donald Trump this week, that tariffs the United States has imposed or is threatening to introduce risk harming America itself. Citing national security grounds, Washington imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the EU, Canada and Mexico […]

SAN FRANCISCO  – Tariffs are starting to bite big manufacturers and Wall Street could get another bout of caution and uncertainty from major industrial companies when a swath of reports comes in over the next week. Investors are worried about the impact on earnings should the United States’ trade war with China and other major […]

You can’t just create a cool product – you have to sell it. For some reason, startup advice has always been about tips for non-technical founders — or how they could scoop one of us up. But what about us technical founders? Yeah, we’re creative. But that creativity doesn’t automatically translate to sales and marketing. A number of […]

WASHINGTON  – President Donald Trump said he was ready to impose tariffs on all $500 billion of goods the U.S. imports from China, remarks that sent financial markets retreating and threatened to escalate a trade clash with the Asian giant. “We’re down a tremendous amount,” Trump said in an interview about trade imbalances with China […]

LONDON  – The dollar stayed strong but metal markets buckled badly on Thursday, as signs that China was resorting to credit-fueled stimulus again and trade jitters helped drive its currency to a one-year low. Asian shares had struggled following the moves and Europe’s bourses were also in the red as traders banked some of the […]

BRUSSELS  – EU antitrust regulators hit Google with a record 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion) fine on Wednesday and ordered it to stop using its Android mobile operating system to block rivals, a ruling which the U.S. tech company said it would appeal. The penalty is nearly double the previous record of 2.4 billion euros […]

China will pass the US as the biggest air travel market within 10-15 years, driving a big rise in aircraft sales, the world’s largest jet maker says. Boeing’s latest global industry report predicts airlines will need 42,700 aircraft over the next 20 years, up 3% on last year’s forecast. Boeing valued the sales at $6.3 […]

The money you don’t waste is the easiest profit you can ever earn. Businesses are supposed to make money. So why do small business owners waste money on things they don’t need? According to Business Insider, cash-flow problems account for 82 percent of all small business failures. That’s nearly double the second-place factor (no market need […]