Nidec shares plunge 22% on accounting probe

Signage at the Nidec Corp. Qingdao Industrial Park in Qingdao, China, on July 9, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Nidec Corp plunged as much as 22.44% Thursday, after the company announced a probe into allegations of improper accounting in its group. This marks the largest one-day drop in the Japanese electronics…

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Stoxx 600, FTSE, DAX, data

LONDON — European stocks are expected to start the new trading week broadly higher on Monday. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen unchanged, Germany’s DAX up 0.12%, France’s CAC 40 up 0.1% and Italy’s FTSE MIB up 0.12%, according to data from IG. It’s a quiet day on the data front in Europe on Monday, although…

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Tariffs voided in court ruling

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the signing of executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 25, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade agenda hit a significant snag this week when a federal appeals court ruled that most of his “reciprocal tariffs”…

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Putin and Zelenskyy have ‘no meeting planned,’ Russia’s Lavrov says

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, Iran, February 25, 2025. Majid Asgaripour | Via Reuters Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov threw cold water on the possibility of an imminent meeting taking place between President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying that no…

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