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Morale among Italian businesses and consumers moved in opposite dierctions in February, data showed on Thursday, in surveys conducted before the coronavirus outbreak that has rocked the country over the last week.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, made a 19.9% return on investment last year, earning a record 1.69 trillion Norwegian crowns ($180.49 billion), it said on Thursday.

Shelling on Thursday morning forced a suspension of flights at Mitiga, the only functioning airport in Libya's capital Tripoli, airport authorities said in a statement on Facebook.

British medical journal the Lancet on Thursday retracted a letter from two Chinese nurses purporting to be on the front line of the coronavirus fight, saying the authors had requested that it be withdrawn because it was not a first-hand account.

(RTTNews) - Vesuvius plc (VSVS.L) reported Thursday that its fiscal 2019 profit before tax declined 24.1 percent to 118.6 million pounds from 156.2 million pounds last year. Earnings per share fell 41.9 percent to 29.8 pence from 51.3 pence a year ago.

WPP, the world's biggest advertising company, said it would target flat organic growth and profit margin in 2020 after weakness in major markets dragged its fourth quarter down.

Vistry Group, formerly known as Bovis Homes Group, on Thursday beat market estimates with a 12% rise in annual profit as it sold more homes and said it had seen increased levels of consumer demand in the new year.

Persimmon said on Thursday Chief Executive Officer David Jenkinson would step down from his role, months after Britain's second-largest homebuilder said it would address concerns over the quality of its homes.

British insurer RSA posted an above-forecast operating profit of 656 million pounds ($852.41 million) in 2019, helped by strong underwriting performance and a restructuring of its international commercial business, it said on Thursday.

Wednesday budget should decide the fate of South Africa's solitary remaining investment grade credit rating, but with many in the country already resigned to its loss the bigger question might be how low could it go.

Russia's largest lender Sberbank on Thursday reported a 20.3% year-on-year increase in its 2019 fourth-quarter net profit to 212 billion roubles ($3.25 billion).

ABB's robotics division is "well placed" to increase sales by broadening its business beyond the struggling automotive sector, the Swiss engineering company said on Thursday, confirming its profitability goal.

British wealth manager St. James's Place on Thursday posted a 5% fall in full-year operating profit after gross inflows of client cash dipped amid political uncertainty and costs linked to a technology upgrade increased.

Swiss telecommunications provider Sunrise Communications Group AG on Thursday forecast an increase in 2020 core profit after reporting slightly higher than expected full-year results on higher customer additions.

Dassault Aviation said on Thursday its operating income rose 14% last year, and it predicted lower net sales for 2020.

The South African rand strengthened early on Thursday, a day after Finance Minister Tito Mboweni proposed cuts to the public sector wage bill.

Shares of Hong Kong property group Wheelock and Co jumped 50% after it announced a plan to take the company private in a HK$48 billion ($6.16 billion) deal.

(RTTNews) - Beer manufacturer Anheuser-Busch InBev (AHBIF.PK, BUD) on Thursday reported that its profit attributable to equity holders for the fourth quarter fell to $114 million from a restated $456 million in the previous-year quarter. Earnings per share slipped to $0.06 from

(RTTNews) - Getlink (GRPTY) reported fiscal 2019 consolidated net profit of 159 million euros compared to 132 million euros, prior year, an increase of 20%. Consolidated EBITDA was at 560 million euros, down 12 million euros compared to 2018 at constant exchange rate.