Shares in GAM Holding AG fell nearly 30% on Thursday as the crisis-hit Swiss money manager forecast a huge loss, scrapped its dividend and unveiled job losses. GAM has been fighting investor withdrawals and the loss of more than three-quarters of its stock market value since it announced the...

Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.EB) on Wednesday moved to shore up confidence among investors by launching a share buyback of up to three billion Swiss francs over the next two years, as the Swiss banking giant confronts a steep drop in its share price this year. The Swiss banking giant will buy at...

WPP PLC (WPP.LN) Chief Executive Mark Read set out his vision for a turnaround on Tuesday, a strategy he hopes will make the world's largest advertising company easier for clients to work with and better-positioned to contend with the rapidly-changing marketing landscape. The company said it...

A Chinese court ordered Apple Inc. to stop selling older iPhone models in the country after finding the tech giant infringed on two patents held by Qualcomm Inc., the chip supplier said Monday. The Nov. 30 decision by a Chinese intellectual-property court is the first in the world's largest...

U.S. employers slowed their pace of hiring in November, but wage growth matched the highest rate in nearly a decade and unemployment held at a very low level, showing the labor market remains a pillar of strength even as the stock market and other economic signals flash caution. U.S. nonfarm...

The U.S. trade deficit reached its highest level in 10 years in October, led in part by tax-cut-driven domestic demand and a potentially tariff-related fall in exports. The foreign-trade gap in goods and services rose 1.7% from the prior month to a seasonally adjusted $55.5 billion in October,...

Bayer AG said that it is aiming to increase sales and profitability across all its divisions through 2022. The company said it aims to grow sales about 4% in 2019 and between 4% and 5% annually on average from 2020 and 2022. It also aims to grow adjusted earnings before interest, taxes,...

German auto executives outlined plans for U.S. investments Tuesday during meetings with President Trump and top White House officials, a strategy aimed at easing U.S. threats of auto tariffs. The senior executives of Germany's biggest auto makers laid out proposals for financing new vehicles,...

Qatar said it plans to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, a surprise decision for a member that has long played a key role inside the cartel, but has more recently clashed with de facto leader Saudi Arabia. Qatar is a small oil producer, but has in recent decades become...

The U.S. and China said they would launch negotiations to ease trade tensions, with the U.S. postponing plans to increase tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods. Under the plan, the two sides would discuss forced technology transfer, intellectual-property protection, nontariff barriers,...