LONDON (AP) — Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline says second-quarter revenue was 7.3 billion pounds ($9.6 billion), up 4 percent when discounting currency shifts, amid a promising performance of a new shingles treatment. Sales of the...
Read MoreREVERE, Mass. (AP) — The owner of a company that makes candies such as Necco wafers and Sweethearts has unexpectedly shut down operations at its Massachusetts plant. The Boston Globe reports Round Hill Investments LLC announced...
Read MoreMILAN (AP) — Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding CEO who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save both Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain failure, died Wednesday. He was 66. The holding company of...
Read MoreDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai-based port operator DP World says it has signed a deal with Mali to build a 1,000-hectare, or 2,470-acre, large logistics hub outside of Bamako. The global port operator, majority owned...
Read MoreLUXEMBOURG (AP) — European Union judges have ruled that the four-fingered shape of the KitKat chocolate bar is not distinctive enough to be trademarked. KitKat maker Nestle, the food multinational, has been trying since 2002 to...
Read MoreMADRID (AP) — Cabin crew workers for low-cost airline Ryanair went on strike Wednesday in four European countries over working conditions, forcing thousands of passengers to make last-minute travel adjustments at the peak of the...
Read MoreWhile automakers still offer inexpensive utilitarian trim levels of small cars, they are increasingly creating high-end, luxury-like versions as well. With its newly redesigned Jetta, for example, Volkswagen is betting that a...
Read MoreJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s trade minister has opened a summit of the BRICS emerging economies with a warning that the world’s trading system is enduring “enormous turbulence.” Rob Davies on...
Read MoreTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has replaced the governor of the central bank as the country’s currency continues its downward spiral to record lows, state media reported Wednesday. State news...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say a total of 15 people have been detained in a growing scandal over the faking of records by a rabies vaccine maker. Those detained include the CEO of Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd.,...
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