France, Germany Seek More Power to Regulate Internet Firms
Europe escalated its war against U.S. technology superpowers as
the Continent's two largest economies and the European Parliament
on Thursday backed fresh efforts to rein in the growing influence
of companies such as Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google Inc.
Rio Tinto Committed to Higher Investor Returns in 2015
Rio Tinto, the world's No. 2 iron-ore miner, said it was
committed to giving significantly more money back to shareholders
in 2015 despite a sharp slide in iron-ore prices, reiterating plans
for heftier returns to investors after years of heavy spending.
BAIC Motor Tests Investor Appetite for IPO
BAIC Motor, a Chinese car maker partly owned by Daimler, is
planning to start gauging investor interest next week in an initial
public offering that could raise between $1.2 billion and $1.5
billion in Hong Kong, a person familiar with the situation said
Friday.