The CFM International aero-engines joint venture of French group Safran and General Electric has won a multi-billion dollar deal to supply engines for China's future C919 plane, Safran said on Monday.
Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher opening on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.13 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.07 percent at 0845 GMT (3:45 a.m. EST).
French aerospace group Safran and U.S. conglomerate General Electric have won a multibillion dollar deal to provide the motor for China's new C919 plane, Safran said on Monday.
Asian share markets struggled to hold early gains on Monday, with bank shares pressuring some lower even as tech stocks gained, while the dollar held steady on the yen and hovered near a three-month high on the euro.
The world will find it hard to get U.N.-led climate talks back on track in Mexico in 2010 after an unambitious deal agreed in Copenhagen set no firm deadline for a legally binding treaty.
Thousands of people marched in Taiwan on Sunday to protest against warming ties with political rival China, a day before Beijing's top negotiator arrives on the island for talks on a landmark free trade pact.
About a thousand people marched through Macau's streets on Sunday, urging the government to fight corruption and grant them more political freedom, as the territory marked its 10th anniversary under Chinese rule.
U.N. climate talks ended with a bare-minimum agreement on Saturday when delegates noted an accord struck by the United States, China and other emerging powers that falls far short of the conference's original goals.
A U.N. climate meeting in Copenhagen committed on Saturday to try and complete its work on agreeing a new global pact by the end of 2010.
Several developing nations rejected on Saturday a climate deal worked out by U.S. President Barack Obama and four major emerging economies, saying it could not become a U.N. blueprint for fighting global warming.
Obama's remarks following Copenhagen -- Full transcript
All countries agreed a deal to combat climate change at a summit in Copenhagen on Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.
China's largest hotel operator has world-class aspirations and is betting that the U.S. is fertile ground for expansion.
U.S. President Barack Obama has invited Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for another bilateral meeting to discuss outstanding issues on a U.N. climate change agreement, the White House said in a statement.
The White House said that world leaders had reached a meaningful agreement that would pave the way towards multi-laterally combatting global climate change.
U.S. President Barack Obama reached agreement with major developing powers on a climate deal on Friday, a U.S. official said, but he said the accord was only a first step and was insufficient to fight climate change.
U.S. President Barack Obama reached a climate agreement on Friday with leaders from India, South Africa and China that will be a historic step forward in combating global warming, a U.S. official said.
Belgian film and printer company Agfa-Gevaert said it has signed a deal worth up to $500 million to have its hospital imaging systems distributed in China, seen as a critical emerging market for healthcare.
Brazil's CSN (CSNA3.SA) (SID.N) offered on Friday to buy Portuguese cement producer Cimpor (CPR.LS) for 3.86 billion euros ($5.6 billion) as the steelmaker slowly diversifies from its core business outside its home base.
European Union carbon emissions futures steadied on Friday, as investors awaited an outcome from a U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen.
Nordic telecoms operators Tele2 (TEL2b.ST) and Telenor (TEL.OL) picked China's Huawei [HWT.UL] to supply their joint 4G network in Sweden, shutting out Ericsson (ERICb.ST) in its home market, Tele2 said.
World leaders worked toward a target of halving greenhouse gas emissions on Friday, but a draft text abandoned ambitions for a legally binding climate treaty next year in a sign divisions remain.
