Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to use the power of his office to help bring the world's largest retailer to Israel. That was Netanyahu's message to John Furner, a senior Walmart Inc. executive, at a meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, according to Netanyahu's
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Chancellor Angela Merkel said “difficult” negotiations with the German Social Democrats lie ahead as the German parties struggled to bridge differences with a Sunday deadline looming to agree on forming a new government. Social Democratic leader Martin Schulz said divisions with Merkel's Christian
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In letters delivered Sunday, Israel says the migrants have 60 days to accept the offer to leave the country for an unnamed African destination in exchange for $3,500 and a plane ticket. Those who don't by Apr. 1 will be incarcerated indefinitely. Some 40,000 migrants, nearly all from Eritrea and Sudan,
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Top officials of the ruling African National Congress are to meet Sunday with President Jacob Zuma to discuss his departure from office, the Johannesburg-based Sunday Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The meeting, to be held at the president's official residence in Pretoria, will be
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Jorgensen says part of the issue is that “today you can report to whatever exchange you want, even for the Danish traders. They could report to Deutsche Boerse or some other venue.” (Bloomberg L.P. is among companies providing platforms to aid with MiFID II reporting requirements.) With MiFID II only
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