Ugandan chocolatier keeps Valentine’s Day lovers sweet
Ugandan chocolatier Stephen Sembuya expects a boost in sales this Valentine’s Day. The CEO of Pink Foods Industries is creating personalised chocolate bars to keep customers sweet. As Laura Frykberg r ...
Gucci helps Kering to fashion strong sales growth
Gucci-owner Kering posts better-than-expected sales growth in the fourth quarter and said 2018 should be another solid year as the French group refocuses its business solely on luxury. Laura Frykberg ...
Beer volumes up but Heineken downs growth target
Heineken, the world's second-largest brewer, says its operating margin in 2018 will grow below the rate it had guided for between 2014 and 2017, citing a volatile market environment and an acquisition ...
Apple’s Home Pod hits stores, late in the game
Apple's smart speaker Home Pod finally hit stores on Friday. Reuters Stephen Nellis tried it out and says it's not only late to the game compared with Amazon's Echo, it's also still missing some funct ...
Wall St ends brutal week on upbeat note
Wall Street rebounded Friday in a choppy session after the S&P 500 hit a key technical level. Fred Katayama reports.
Dark times for workers in the U.S. solar industry
The U.S. solar industry shed nearly 10,000 jobs in 2017, the first year of job losses in seven years, according to an industry report.