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IG Metall said it saw no point in further talks during the planned walkouts, but said it was in principle willing to resume negotiations if employers showed a willingness to make concessions.

“We have to step up the pressure on employers in the coming days so that they show some willingness to compromise,” IG Metall chief Joerg Hofmann told journalists in a news conference on Saturday.
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Airbus looks “forward to delivering the world’s first A350-1000 to Qatar Airways in the coming weeks,” Airbus’ Chief Operating Officer Fabrice Bregier said in a press release issued by the airline.
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The major Middle East airline is known to be a demanding customer when reviewing aircraft for quality defects before delivery. Qatar Airways has in the past refused to take delivery of aircraft over...

�We are progressing very well to receive our aircraft somewhere between the 15th and 20th [of February],� Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker told reporters in Doha.

Qatar Airways has...

Delivery of Europe�s largest twin-engined passenger jet to launch customer Qatar Airways had been delayed from late last year to some time next month due to issues with installing business class...

DOHA (Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA) will deliver the first ever A350-1000 jet to an airline to Qatar Airways between Feb. 15 and Feb. 20, the carrier�s chief executive said on Saturday.

The dollar slipped to 4-1/2-month low against the Japanese yen JPY= after Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank expects the economy to continue growing at a moderate pace and...

�The disappointing print surprised market participants who had expected a number exceeding 3 percent in the October-to-December time period � but on a full-year basis, the economy�s stellar growth...

UBS Wealth Management upgraded its six-month forecasts for the euro on Friday to $1.28, from $1.22.

Data showing U.S. fourth-quarter gross domestic product increased at a 2.6 percent annual rate,...

�We did have those comments, and it added to the drama,� Anderson said.

The market was likely to take a breather now but the underlying trend for a gradually weakening dollar remained intact,...

The signature of the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, is seen on the new 50 euro banknote during a presentation by the German Central Bank (Bundesbank) at its headquarters...

�$1.25 in euro-dollar is a critical level and it�s got a lot of sticker shock associated with it,� said Greg Anderson, global head of FX strategy at BMO Capital Markets.

�There were probably a lot...

The euro was up 0.15 percent against the greenback at $1.2413, after hitting a more than three-year high of $1.2536 on Thursday.

For the week, the Dow rose 2.08 percent, the S&P 500 gained 2.22 percent and the Nasdaq advanced 2.31 percent.

Buoyed by AbbVie, the S&P healthcare index .SPXHC gained 2.17 percent, scored its...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 223.92 points, or 0.85 percent, to 26,616.71, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 33.62 points, or 1.18 percent, to 2,872.87 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 94.61...

Weakness in the dollar, which is supportive for large multinational companies, continued. The greenback was down 0.34 percent against a basket of major currencies.

The dollar was on track for its...

�You have manufacturing and the consumer doing well at the same time and the globe is doing better, so that�s a path for future GDP gains, which has always provided a fertile backdrop for earnings...

The earnings enabled investors to shrug off a reading on economic growth that came in below expectations.

Gross domestic product increased at a 2.6 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, the...

�We continue to see these positive steps in the right direction and definitely earnings are clearly justifying a lot of the recent move that we�ve had,� said Ryan Detrick, senior market strategist at...