Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 005930.KS may launch its flagship Galaxy S smartphones more than a month earlier than expected in a bid to grab market share from Huawei and fend…
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Nissan plots digital course for car sales in a post-pandemic world
As COVID-19 threw a wrench into the cogs of car retailing, a senior Nissan board member challenged the chief operating officer to explain what the automaker was doing to adapt…
Homebound workers inject life into suburban malls after downtowns empty out
As the coronavirus pandemic rages and most downtown office employees in many cities work from home at least through year-end, urban retailers’ loss is turning out to be suburban shopping…
Canada’s Gardaworld extends offer for UK’s G4S
Canadian security firm GardaWorld, which launched a hostile bid last month for larger rival G4S Plc GFS.L, said on Sunday it has extended its offer after the British company repeatedly…
SocGen to announce 650 job cuts in France
French bank Societe Generale SOGN.PA is set to cut 650 jobs in France, mainly in its investment banking division, French business newspaper Les Echos reported on Sunday. The bank is…
Wall Street Week Ahead: Small caps join market rally but pandemic could derail them
U.S. small caps joined in the broad market rally in the days after Election Day as investors priced in the likelihood of a divided Washington with Democrat Joe Biden president…
Johnson says EU trade deal is ‘there to be done’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday a trade deal with the European Union was “there to be done”, suggesting his view that the agreement’s broad outline was already…