Irisnaide Silva is female, Brazilian, indigenous, and she's found an unlikely ally: Brazil's nationalist president Jair Bolsonaro, renowned for his eagerness to develop the Amazon rainforest. Francesca Lynagh reports.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire expressed France's stiff opposition to a possible near-$20 billion takeover of Carrefour by Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard on Friday, driving the French retailer's shares down by 4.5%. Ciara Lee reports
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday that resolving transatlantic trade sanctions were his priority for dealings with the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden.
Carrefour shares surged over 13 percent Wednesday morning after Canadian convenience store chain Couche-Tard said it had approached Europe's biggest retailer about a merger. Julian Satterthwaite reports.