Industrials

Public will decide future of Mexico's $13 billion airport

Mexico City's new airport is already about a third completed, but its future comes down to a public vote this week in a political high-wire act by the country's president-elect that could shut down Mexico's largest infrastructure project in recent memory.

UK's May faces down critics but 'no deal' Brexit chaos looms

Britain's National Audit Office says smugglers and other organized criminals are likely to exploit gaps in border enforcement if the country leaves the European Union without an agreement because necessary preparations may not be completed in time.

World markets mixed as investors monitor earnings

Asian markets turned mixed on Wednesday as traders mulled over the impact of tariffs on corporate America, after big industrial companies admitted that they were facing rising costs.

Acrimony over trade, politics sinking China-US ties further

The White House's move to expand Washington's dispute with Beijing beyond trade and technology and into accusations of political meddling have sunk relations between the world's two largest economies to their lowest level since the end of the Cold War.