Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine on Monday threatened to seize control of enterprises across their territories unless Kiev halts a blockade by nationalist protesters.

Saudi Arabia's Aramco will invest $7 billion in a giant Malaysian oil refinery project, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday, as he declared ties with the kingdom were "at an all-time high".

The deal between Aramco and Malaysia's Petronas for the $27 billion project will be signed on Tuesday, the prime minister said. 

Accusations of sexism, cut-throat management, and a toxic work environment have Uber trying to pull its image out of a skid as competition revs in the on-demand ride market.

"Experienced managers know how to prevent these kinds of problems, or make it look like there isn't a problem at all," analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group said while discussing Uber's travails.

In the rolling countryside of southwest England, farmer Charles Martell is tending to his rare breed of cattle while two of his dairy workers get to work making Single Gloucester cheese -- a British delicacy.

China's stock market regulator on Sunday denounced the "crocodiles" that prey on small investors, at a time when Beijing is trying to reassure retail investors following the crash of summer 2015. 

Egypt is pursuing a raft of reforms to try to revive an economy weakened by years of turmoil, but analysts say that wooing foreign investors will take time.

Morocco's key tourism sector barely grew last year amid security challenges, but operators are hoping Chinese and Russian visitors will boost their fortunes in the coming years.

The United States has rekindled interest in ultra long-term debt, including possibly a rare century bond, to lock in the current very low borrowing rates. 

"I think it's something that we should seriously look at," newly-installed US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday. 

World equity markets were under pressure Friday as analysts ran out of ways to justify Donald Trump inspired stock valuations, but some said the party may not be completely over.

Royal Bank of Scotland said Friday that annual net losses more than trebled to £6.95 billion ($8.7 billion, 8.2 billion euros) in 2016 on litigation and restructuring costs.