(Reuters) - - Labor talks at U.S. ports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico are a looming risk for retailers, manufacturers and other shippers already grappling with longer transit times and higher costs. The International Longshoremen's Association contract covering 45,000 dockworkers at three dozen ports stretching from Maine to Texas expires on Sept. 30. If there is no...

HONG KONG, June 13 (Reuters) - China hopes the European Union will seriously reconsider tariffs for Chinese EVs and stop going further in the wrong direction, according to a commentary in state-backed news Xinhua. The statement comes after the European Commission said on Wednesday it will impose extra duties of up to 38.1% on imported Chinese electric cars from July....

NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) boosted its outlook for investment banking revenue, forecasting a jump of 25% to 30% in the second quarter fueled by capital markets, a top executive said on Wednesday. The forecast became more bullish than in May, when the bank predicted investment banking revenue would rise by a mid-teens percentage...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor ( HMC ) will start selling a micro-sized electric van targeted at Japan's delivery industry in October, the Japanese automaker said on Thursday, joining an increasingly crowded part of the market. The small electric commercial van will have a cruising range of 245 km (152 miles), the company said in a statement. It will be...