Procter & Gamble reported a decline in profits on slightly lower sales Friday as the company said a recovery in China was still a number of quarters away. The producer of Tide detergent and Crest toothpaste, P&G reported mixed sales across its five product categories, with health care growing the most and beauty declining the…
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy will meet his counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday to “challenge” China on sensitive issues like Russia’s war in Ukraine, as the two nations seek to rebuild frayed ties. Lammy is the first British cabinet minister to visit China since Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer took office in July….
European and US stock markets rose Thursday as the European Central Bank cut interest rates and results from key chip maker TSMC calmed fears that the tech sector was struggling. All the major eurozone exchanges closed higher, pulling London up with them, after the ECB cut its main interest rate a quarter point and expressed confidence…
Asian markets rose Thursday following a healthy run on Wall Street, with Chinese investors giving a cautious welcome to Beijing’s latest plan to boost the country’s troubled property sector. Hong Kong and Shanghai finished the morning session on a positive note after China’s housing minister outlined a fresh batch of measures in the latest bid…
Atlanta has been named the host city for Super Bowl 62 in 2028, the NFL announced on Tuesday, marking the fourth time the 1996 Olympic host will stage the championship spectacle. Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the 71,000-seat home of the NFL Atlanta Falcons which opened in 2017, will be the site of the contest, which has not…
Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Bills overcame first-half fireworks from Aaron Rodgers to beat the New York Jets 23-20 on Monday. Tyler Bass atoned for a miss by kicking a 22-yard field goal that put the Bills ahead with 3:43 remaining and Buffalo held on to…
New York forward Breanna Stewart scored 21 points and came up with an WNBA Finals record seven steals as the Liberty thwarted a late Minnesota surge to beat the Lynx 80-66 and level the championship series at one game apiece on Sunday. The Lynx, who had erased a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit to steal an overtime…
Vietnam and China agreed to calm tensions in their South China Sea dispute, Vietnamese state media reported on Sunday, days after Hanoi accused Beijing of a “brutal” attack on its fishermen. China is Vietnam’s biggest trade partner, but the two countries share historic tensions including in the South China Sea, a waterway through which trillions…
Amazon is bolstering its e-commerce empire while continuing a march deeper into people’s lives, from robots to healthcare and entertainment. Innovations unveiled in recent days by the Seattle-based tech titan included a delivery van computer system to shave time off deliveries by its speed-obsessed logistics network. Amazon Stores boss Doug Herrington said that the technology…
Mauricio Pochettino made a winning start to his reign as coach of the United States with AC Milan’s Yunus Musah on target in a 2-0 win over Panama on Saturday. Argentine Pochettino, the former Tottenham, Paris Saint Germain and Chelsea coach, was brought in last month to take over a team which had won just…