GDANSK/PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Vivendi management and bosses of some of its newly spun out companies - Canal+, Havas and Louis Hachette Group - need to lay out more clearly their strategies to convince investors the break-up was worth it, analysts and investors said. The spin-offs in December, backed by the Bollore family, split Vivendi into four multi-billion-euro companies in a...

LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hold or fold? That is the dilemma facing the hundreds of Western companies still operating in Russia as Donald Trump returns to the White House with a promise to end the Ukraine conflict while Moscow's tougher exit conditions make it costlier to leave. Many companies, including Renault, McDonald's and Heineken have left Russia since Moscow sent troops...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was firm and Asia's stock markets were cautiously positive on Monday as investors waited for an expected flurry of policy announcements in the first hours of Donald Trump's second presidency and eyed a rate hike in Japan at the end of the week. Trump takes the oath of office at noon Eastern Time (1700 GMT),...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump's second presidential term could have huge implications for U.S. trade policy, climate change, the war in Ukraine, electric vehicles, Americans' taxes and illegal immigration. While some of his campaign proposals would require congressional approval, here is a summary of the policies Trump has said he will pursue after he takes office on Monday. MORE TARIFFS Trump...