The European Union said Tuesday that it cleared E.ON SE's (EOAN.XE) acquisition of Innogy SE (IGY.XE) under the condition that E.ON complies with a remedy package it has offered to get the German utility deal greenlighted. E.ON is acquiring the distribution and consumer-solutions business as...

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) said Monday that it was buying the remaining interest in RF360 Holdings Singapore Pte. Ltd., which makes RF frong-end filters. RF360 is a joint venture with Tokyo-based TDK Corp. (6762.TO), with TDK's remaining interest valued at $1.15 billion in August. Qualcomm's stock...

London Stock Exchange Group PLC took a swipe at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. Friday, rejecting its $36.6 billion bid and questioning Hong Kong's future as a financial gateway to China. Undeterred, the HKEX said it was disappointed the LSE had failed to properly engage in talks and said...

The European Central Bank cut its key interest rate and launched a sweeping package of bond purchases Thursday that lays the ground work for what is likely to be a long period of ultraloose monetary policy, jolting European financial markets and triggering an immediate response from President...

HSBC Holdings PLC is preparing to put its French retail bank on the sales block in one of its first strategic actions under new interim Chief Executive Noel Quinn, people familiar with the matter said. The potential disposal of the money-losing French unit is part of a longer-term effort to shed...

Ford Motor Co. (F) said Tuesday that it expects electrified vehicles to account for more than half of its sales in Europe by the end of 2022, surpassing the combined share of petrol and diesel models. "With electrification fast becoming the mainstream, we are substantially increasing the number...

Activist investor Elliott Management Corp. disclosed a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T Inc., criticized the company's strategy and called on the telecommunications giant to shed unnecessary assets. The New York hedge fund wrote in a letter to the company released Monday that it would seek seats...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy faced a favorable outlook despite significant risks from weaker global growth and trade uncertainty, and he cited the central bank's turn toward providing more stimulus this year as an important reason for that outlook. "The Fed has...

Safran SA (SAF.FR) raised its 2019 guidance on Thursday after first-half adjusted revenue and profit surged, but warned that free cash flow could be further impacted by Boeing Co.'s (BA) grounding of its 737 MAX aircraft. The French aerospace-and-defense company now expects adjusted revenue to...

British lawmakers imposed twin defeats on Prime Minister Boris Johnson, frustrating his signature effort to take Britain out of the European Union at the end of October and thwarting his push for a quick election. The back-to-back blows Wednesday for Mr. Johnson's minority government...