By Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) – BNP Paribas Asset Management said on Thursday it had bought a majority stake in a Danish firm specialising in woodland and agricultural investments. The purchase of the stake in International Woodland Company, which has more than $5.7 billion in assets under management, means BNP Paribas will for the first…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week but the labor market remains one of strongest parts of the U.S. economy. Applications for unemployment benefits rose to 230,000 for the week ending Dec. 3, up by 4,000 from the previous week’s 226,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week moving average…
By Tassilo Hummel and Gus Trompiz PARIS (Reuters) -Germany’s Bayer has been ordered to pay compensation of 11,135 euros ($11,700) to a French farmer who inhaled fumes from a weedkiller, ending a 15-year legal battle. The French case had added to health claims against the crop chemical and pharmaceutical group, which is facing thousands of…
LONDON (AP) — Google has to delete search results about people in Europe if they can prove that the information is clearly wrong, the European Union’s top court said Thursday. The European Court of Justice ruled that search engines must “dereference information” if the person making the request can demonstrate that the material is “manifestly…
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc will shorten shift hours at its Shanghai factory and has delayed on-boarding of new staff at its most productive plant, according to a report by Bloomberg News on Thursday. The EV maker did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. (Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry…
(Reuters) -German luxury automobile firm BMW was fined 30,000 pounds ($36,519) plus a daily penalty of 15,000 pounds by UK’s anti-trust regulator on Thursday for failing to provide requested information related to an ongoing industry probe. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it believes BMW holds information important to the probe it launched earlier…
By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -Alphabet unit Google must remove data from online search results if users can prove it is inaccurate, Europe’s top court said on Thursday. Free speech advocates and supporters of privacy rights have clashed in recent years over people’s “right to be forgotten” online, meaning that they should be able…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google must remove data from online search results if users can prove that such information is manifestly inaccurate, Europe’s top court said on Thursday. “The operator of a search engine must dereference information found in the referenced content where the person requesting dereferencing proves that such information is manifestly inaccurate,”…
TOKYO (Reuters) -The talks between Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co over alliance restructuring are certain to spill into next year, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The automakers are looking to make announcements toward the end of January, Bloomberg reported. In their talks, Renault is hoping to convince Nissan to…
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Friday after an advance on Wall Street led by the latest rally in technology companies. Chinese benchmarks rose on reports the government is planning new measures to support the ailing property sector, which has dragged on growth over the past several years. The relaxation of some of…
