(RTTNews) - Amazon.com (AMZN) announced Wednesday that its cloud platform Amazon Web Services or AWS has reached a long-term agreement with British bank HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC, HSBA.L).
Saudi Arabian supermarket retailer Bindawood Holding has postponed its planned initial public offering (IPO) to September, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
(RTTNews) - Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (CZMWF.PK) reported earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of 111.9 million euros for the first nine months of 2019/20 compared to 184.2 million euros, prior year. Earnings per share was 0.77 euros compared to 1.22 euros.
One small firm in three around the world was obliged to cut jobs to stay open through the coronavirus pandemic in May, a survey showed on Wednesday, underlining how hard the outbreak has slammed the world economy.
Euro zone bond yields held steady in early Wednesday trade, with a light data calendar keeping focus on Thursday's European Central Bank meeting and Friday's European Union summit.
Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed on Wednesday it will stage the longest ever Big Bash League (BBL) in 2020/21, despite some players calling for a reduced version of the domestic Twenty20 tournament.
Risk sentiment was upbeat in currency markets on Wednesday, as signs of progress towards a COVID-19 vaccine and a Wall Street equities rebound on Tuesday pushed commodity currencies higher and the dollar to a one-month low.
Some gold, diamond and bauxite mines in the Venezuelan Amazon are largely controlled by criminal gangs who exploit, beat and even kill workers, a United Nations investigation has found.
WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann has invested $10 million in GoTo Global as part of a $19 million funding round for the vehicle sharing service provider that operates in Israel and Malta.
China shares ended lower on Wednesday after a volatile session as U.S. actions against Hong Kong dented the market sentiment, but the bull-run-triggered heavy trading kept its momentum.
Quarterly profits at Handelsbanken and SEB fell less than expected as the Swedish banks coped with the economic hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, although SEB saw a spike in provisions for bad loans.
China's mutual fund industry saw another massive jump in new products and subscriptions in June, suggesting the swift rally in mainland stocks has room to run further.
ASML Holding NV, one of the largest equipment suppliers to computer chip makers, on Wednesday reported net income of 751 million euros ($856 million)for the second quarter, slightly below expectations.
Sweden's Handelsbanken reported a smaller-than-expected fall in quarterly net earnings on Wednesday as the bank's loan portfolio continued to weather the impact of the coronavirus pandemic with ease.
More than 200,000 Brazilian people and groups will next week kick off a 5 billion-pound ($6.3 billion) lawsuit against Anglo-Australian miner BHP in Britain over a 2015 dam failure that led to Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
China and Hong Kong shares fell on Wednesday on deepening worries about Sino-U.S. decoupling after President Trump signed a bill that would penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement the new security law.
Japanese government bond yields edged higher on Wednesday, after the Bank of Japan kept monetary policy on hold and as investors focused on positive results from an early-stage trial of a coronavirus vaccine.