(RTTNews) - German stocks advanced on the final trading day of the month as U.S. tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google all reported positive quarterly results, helping investors set aside worries about the long-running economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Upbeat
Australia is getting closer to moving ahead with controversial legislation that will make the U.S. tech giants pay local companies for news. Other measures to contain their influence are also on the cards. The “Draft Mandatory Code of Conduct Governing Digital Platforms and Me
Emerging market currencies were set for their best month this year on Friday, as the dollar was on track to record its worst month in a decade on doubts about a U.S. economic recovery, while a pick-up in Chinese factory activity aided riskier bets.
Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co on Friday raised its full-year profit forecast as it refocuses on its core prescription drug businesses following its $59 billion takeover of Shire Plc last year.
Japan's economy suffered a deeper contraction in the first quarter of 2020 than previously thought, according to a Reuters poll, after recent data showed companies in the world's third largest economy curbed spending during this period.
Mizuho Financial Group said on Friday its net profit dropped 24.6% in the first quarter of its financial year as credit-related costs rose amid the coronavirus pandemic.
(RTTNews) - Oxford Biomedica plc (OXB.L) said it signed a three year Clinical Supply Agreement or CSA with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Axovant Gene Therapies Ltd. (AXGT).
(RTTNews) - London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE.L) reported Friday that its first-half profit before tax was 362 million pounds, compared to last year's 363 million pounds. Basic earnings per share fell 9 percent to 64.6 pence from 70.7 pence a year ago.
Finnish telecom network equipment maker Nokia reported an unexpected rise in its second-quarter underlying profit on lower revenues on Friday, as it reduced low-margin business before a new chief executive takes charge.
(RTTNews) - Glencore Plc (GLCNF.PK, GLNCY.PK, GLEN.L) Friday reported 11 percent decline in its own sourced copper production for the half year, with 15 percent down slide in coal production.
(RTTNews) - Japan Tobacco Inc. (JAPAF.PK, JAPAY.PK) reported a 7.7% decline in second-quarter revenues, reflecting lower revenue in the Japanese-domestic tobacco and processed food businesses, which were impacted by the restrictions on non-essential outings during the declaratio