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Wall Street ends lower after a down week

A cluster of concerns has cast markets into turmoil.

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Mueller says Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen made significant efforts to help special counsel

Cohen gave Mueller “information about attempts by other Russian nationals to reach” Trump’s presidential campaign as far back as November 2015, the special counsel said.

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Huawei: The rapid growth of a Chinese champion in five charts

China’s tech giant leads the market for telecoms infrastructure, and is second only to Samsung in smartphone sales.

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Federal prosecutors in New York call for ‘substantial term’ in prison for Michael Cohen

Prosecutors said the sentence “should reflect the seriousness of Cohen’s brazen violations of election laws.”

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Huawei CFO could face sentence of up to 30 years per charge if extradited to US

U.S. prosecutors want a top executive of China’s Huawei Technologies, the world’s largest supplier of telecommunications network equipment, to face charges of fraud linked to the skirting of Iran sanctions.

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Mexican auto exports to US keep surging as Americans clamor for trucks and SUVs

President Donald Trump may not like it, but the flow of vehicles built in Mexico and sold in the U.S. is not slowing down. In fact, Mexico is on pace for a record year for auto exports to the U.S., with the total likely topping 2.5 million vehicles.

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Apple and Alphabet erase their gains for the year

Two of the biggest tech companies, Apple and Google parent company Alphabet, are now down for the year as markets slid on Friday.

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Oil prices rise on planned Opec cuts

Opec and allies agree to cut oil production by more than one million barrels per day.

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Ted Baker boss takes leave of absence

The fashion chain’s founder Ray Kelvin is facing allegations of harassment.

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Merkel protege Kramp-Karrenbauer succeeds her as German CDU leader

Germany’s Christian Democrats elected Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Friday to replace Angela Merkel as party leader, a decision that moves her into pole position to succeed Europe’s most influential leader as chancellor.