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Global goods trade buffeted for three months by supply disruptions faces a possible demand jolt that keeps boosting seaborne freight costs before the usual restocking race in the third quarter.

Blackstone Inc. is providing as much as $1.3 billion in financing to Apogee Therapeutics Inc. to help the biotech company advance a potential competitor to the blockbuster drug Dupixent.

Bolloré SE’s chief executive officer said billionaire Bill Ackman’s offer for Universal Music Group NV undervalues the record ...

Germany and Spain are leading opposition to European Commission plans to ban Chinese technology suppliers from telecom networks as part of new cybersecurity rules, according to people familiar with ...

China’s efforts to control capital outflows are colliding with growing demand from mainland investors for access to overseas ...

As Washington continues to crush the Cuban economy by cutting off its fuel and hammering it with sanctions, it’s also squeezing Cuban migrants in the US.

German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche said the European Union should ensure that any measures it applies on Chinese trade don’t harm the bloc’s exports to the country.

Akzo Nobel NV has rejected a cash offer from Japanese peer Nippon Paint and US paintmaker Sherwin-Williams Co. that would break up the business, and will press on with plans to merge with US firm ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni got told by the International Monetary Fund that her government’s energy aid should target poorer families rather than apply to everyone.

It only took one investor who wanted out to spur a Vista Equity Partners private credit fund to enforce its 5% limit on withdrawals last month.

The Labor Department’s top internal watchdog isn’t distancing himself from his political affiliations and public persona: For ...