WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will speak remotely at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, delivering his first major speech to global business and political leaders. Trump is due to give a speech and engage in a dialogue at 11 a.m. Eastern time (1600 GMT), according to the meeting schedule. It is not clear what he...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - British Airways-owner IAG is likely to be a frontrunner to buy a stake in Portuguese carrier TAP, valued at about $1 billion, bankers and analysts said, marking the next phase in consolidation of the European market. Aviation executives highlighted at the Airline Economics finance conference in Dublin last week the need for consolidation in the industry as...

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) -China announced plans on Thursday to channel hundreds of billions of yuan annually into shares from state-owned insurers, in the government's latest effort to support equity markets. Authorities will in the first half of this year call on insurers to invest at least 100 billion yuan ($13.75 billion) of long-term funds into stocks, China Securities Regulatory Commission...

SEOUL, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor ( HYMTF ) said on Thursday that it aims to sign binding deals with General Motors ( GM ) involving various areas of cooperation including the joint purchase of vehicle parts. Hyundai said the two automakers also seek cooperation in commercial and passenger vehicle businesses. ...