TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Kellogg Co. says it will buy palm oil only from companies that don’t destroy tropical rainforests to produce the additive used...
TORONTO—The Toronto stock market headed for a lower open Thursday amid earnings reports from the insurance, manufacturing and resource sectors. There was also major acquisition activity...
NEW YORK—Burger King reported a higher quarterly profit as growth overseas helped lift a key sales figure. The Miami-based chain says global sales rose 1.7 per...
RICHMOND, Va.—Philip Morris International Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit dropped 5 per cent as cigarette sales fell in most of its markets despite commanding higher...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia’s economy grew at its slowest pace in four years in 2013 because of a slump in commodity prices and a slowdown in consumer spending....
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB said Thursday that higher sales helped it post a modest rise in fourth quarter profits, offsetting the impact of...
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine economy expanded 7.2 per cent in 2013 despite the havoc wrought in the last months of the year by a super typhoon, an earthquake and a...
The price of oil was little changed Friday, remaining above US$98 a barrel as signs of stronger recoveries in the U.S. and Japan prompted expectations of...
TOKYO—Japan’s consumer price index rose 0.4 per cent in 2013, the first increase in five years, in further evidence the recovery in the world’s third-largest economy...
WASHINGTON—The federal government is suing Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc., charging that the defence contractor submitted false claims and took kickbacks in connection to a...