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Shorter shopping season means a more intense scramble

The mad scramble between Thanksgiving and Christmas just got six days shorter. Black Friday once again kicks off the start of the holiday shopping season. The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, baked the shorter seas…

Brussels Edition: Von der Leyen’s Big Plans, Germany’s Future

(Bloomberg) — Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every weekday morning.Ursula von der Leyen has big plans for the Brussels bubble. S…

Samoa measles toll hits 42 as nations dispatch medical teams, supplies

More nations were flying medical staff and supplies to Samoa on Friday to battle a measles outbreak that prompted the Pacific island nation to declare a state of emergency this month, as the death toll rose to 42, most of them children younger than fou…

Indian retailer Future's shares surge as regulator approves Amazon investment

Shares in Future Retail Ltd surged 13% on Friday, after India’s antitrust body approved a deal that would give Amazon.com Inc a minority stake in one of the country’s top retail groups. Future Retail in August announced the deal that would result in t…

FOREX-Dollar stands tall as upbeat U.S. data trims Fed cut bets

“There seems to be pretty good optimism around the trade talks going on between U.S. and China,” said William O’Loughlin, a portfolio manager at Rivkin Securities in Sydney. The British pound has been the week’s other main beneficiary, adding half a p…

China, HK stocks drop as Sino-U.S. trade tensions escalate

Hong Kong’s benchmark index dropped 2% on Friday on concerns how an overdue truce might be agreed between Washington and Beijing amid fresh trade-war headlines. ** The Hang Seng index was down 2% at 26,363.78 points, while the Hong Kong China Enterpri…

The Tories Secretly Fear Donald Trump Could Wreck Boris Johnson’s Election

(Bloomberg) — Sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, follow us @Brexit and subscribe to our podcast.A few hours in the genteel English countryside next week could be the biggest risk to Boris Johnson in the final stretch of his election bid.The British prime…

China limits number of rides drivers can offer through car-pooling services

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Transport said car-pooling services have to limit the daily number of rides drivers can offer through apps such as Didi Chuxing’s Hitch, which began trial operations this month a year after passenger dea…

UPDATE 1-Hong Kong protesters call for weekend rallies, police quit campus battleground

Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong stirred support for more rallies over the weekend, as police withdrew on Friday from a university campus which had seen some of the worst clashes with security forces during nearly six months of unrest. Partly nu…

China limits number of rides drivers can offer through car-pooling services

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Nov 29 (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Transport said car-pooling services have to limit the daily number of rides drivers can offer through apps such as Didi Chuxing’s Hitch, which began trial operations this month a year after passe…

Could Naval Mines Win Iran A War Against the United States?

Low cost and low tech, Iran could sink a U.S. Navy warship.

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