HOUSTON (Reuters) – Carlyle Group LP is in discussions with three companies that operate pipelines and terminals to sell a 25% stake in its Corpus Christi, Texas, crude oil export terminal for $625 million, according to a source familiar with the matter. Carlyle is also in talks with the three companies to jointly operate a […]

(Reuters) – Britain’s Co-op Bank approached Barclays Plc in November about Barclays acquiring it, but the talks did not proceed beyond the exploratory stage, the Telegraph newspaper reported late on Saturday. The report bit.ly/2HzpCj2 did not give financial details of the talks. The companies did not respond immediately to a request for comment on Saturday. […]

(Reuters) – Britain’s Co-op Bank approached Barclays Plc in November about Barclays acquiring it, but the talks did not proceed beyond the exploratory stage, the Telegraph newspaper reported late on Saturday. The report bit.ly/2HzpCj2 did not give financial details of the talks. The companies did not respond immediately to a request for comment on Saturday. […]

To the Editor: Re “What ‘Good’ Fathers Get Away With,” by Darcy Lockman (Sunday Review, May 5): For too long we’ve been asking “Can women really have it all?” when we should really be asking: “Why do we treat women so poorly and make them do twice the work, which then causes them to become […]

Canada’s federal government is currently working to pass a bill that would provide pardons for people convicted of minor cannabis possession. With a federal election around the corner, it may be too little, too late. As a result of mounting pressure, Canada’s federal government is now struggling to pass this bill before politicians leave the […]

Popular wisdom once had it you could always rely on the Blueshirts to look after the family silver. Tightwads, the lot of them, when it came to spending. After all don’t they come from a tradition where a shilling was hived off the blind pension – all in the interests of balancing the nation’s books? […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. The global trade war had a momentary reprieve. President Trump delayed a decision on auto tariffs, taking a step back from opening another front in the continuing conflict. He set a tight six-month deadline for the U.S. to reach […]

Between my freshman and senior years of high school in the late ’90s, my father spent his evenings, weekends and vacations drilling my best friend and me for our SATs. My father was born black in the 1930s in the segregated South and became the first member of his family to go to college, let […]

(Reuters) – A dispute between bidders for SNC-Lavalin Group’s stake in a Canadian toll highway will delay the C$3.25 billion ($2.41 billion) sale after an original purchase agreement was scrapped, the Canadian construction and engineering company said on Friday. Two shareholders in the Highway 407 toll road operator are trying to acquire SNC’s 10.01% stake, […]

MADRID (Reuters) – Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman’s investment fund LetterOne (L1)has won control of Spanish retailer DIA but has not yet secured support from all of the loss-making group’s creditors with three days to go before a financing deadline. DIA’s inability to compete with domestic and foreign rivals, who invest heavily in their stores, has […]