BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned plane maker COMAC aims for its C919 jet to start flying on commercial routes to Southeast Asia by 2026 as a first step to moving beyond its domestic market, a senior company official told Chinese media. COMAC, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, also aims for European certification for the C919 as early as this year,...

SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar held near a two-year high against a group of peers on Friday as investors bet the gap between growth in the U.S. and elsewhere will get wider, and Chinese blue chips suffered their biggest weekly fall since 2022. The dollar index, which tracks the currency against a basket of six other currencies, hit its highest since...

05:04 AM EST, 01/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- President Joe Biden has decided to officially block Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion purchase of US Steel (X), Reuters reported, citing a person familiar with the decision. The formal decision will likely be announced on Friday, according to media reports. The media speculation follows a statement from US Steel on Dec. 23 which...

05:13 AM EST, 01/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with X stock price drop in final paragraph.) President Joe Biden has decided to officially block Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion purchase of US Steel (X), Reuters reported, citing a person familiar with the decision. The formal decision will likely be announced on Friday, according to media reports. The media speculation follows...