Vodafone Group announced on Tuesday that its annual core earnings came in line with the expectations of a 2.6% increase, as the company maintained its full-year dividend at 7.91 pence per share.
According to the Bloomberg News report, published on Tuesday, Uber Technologies has approached the food delivery service GrubHub Inc with a takeover offer.
The US Labor Department reported on Tuesday that the consumer price index fell by 0.8% in April, the largest decline since December 2008.
On Tuesday, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu blamed the United Arab Emirates of spreading chaos in the whole Middle East.
Nanit, the US-Israeli baby monitor and sleep tracker devices maker, announced that it raised $21M in a private funds, bringing the total amount raised to $50M.
Saudi Aramco closed a $10B one-year loan provided by 10 banks, aiming to use it to back the acquisition of 70% stake in SABIC.
Registrations of electric vehicles in Europe grew 57.4% in the Q1 of 2020, though still accounted for only 4.3% of total registrations, as carmakers struggled to meet new anti-pollution regulations.
L'Oreal announced that it launched a €150M programme, which included climate change initiative and financial support to vulnerable women affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Toyota Motor announced that it expects profit to drop 80% to $4.66B in current fiscal year, compared to the prior year, as the impact of the coronavirus sapped global demand for cars.
Honda Motor reported that its operating profit fell 13% to $5.9B in March, the lowest level in four years.
Nokia, the Finnish maker of telecom equipment, will cooperate with Microsoft in SONiC, the open-source network operating system, which is exploited in data centres of the biggest cloud-service providers.
On Tuesday, Embraer blamed the failed Boeing's takeover of its commercial plane division for a sharp drop in jet deliveries by over a half in Q1, from the prior year's reading.
Logitech International reported on Tuesday its quarterly sale rose 13.6% on rising demand for its computer products due to global lockdowns that forced people to work from home.
The world's second-largest mobile operator Vodafone has met forecasts with a 2.6% surge in its full-year core earnings to €14.9B, but withdrew the 2020 outlook amid the uncertainty triggered by the coronavirus.
Smartphone shipments from the Chinese plants to vendors jumped as much as 17% last month, from the same month in 2019, signalling a likely rebound, government's data showed on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia's state oil company Aramco reported a 25% drop in its Q1 net profit, missing analysts' estimates, tumbled by falling crude oil prices amid the coronavirus crisis.
On Tuesday, Ryanair confirmed it would resume 40% of its scheduled flights starting from July 1, requiring passengers to bring their own face masks, as well as ask crew members' permission for the toilet use.
Toyota Motor will cut its North American output by 29% through October amid the coronavirus crisis, expecting to build about 800K vehicles, including its Camry sedans and RAV4 SUV crossovers, at the US, Mexico and Canada plants.
Starbucks is planning to reopen 150 drive-thru locations, as well as some takeaway stores, in Britain, after the country has eased road travel restrictions related to the coronavirus outbreak.
The billionaire Richard Branson is considering a sale of up to 25M shares in Virgin Galactic Holdings, the space tourism company, seeking to attract funds due to the coronavirus pandemic.
China's Tencent Music reported its Q1 revenue rose nearly 10% to 6.31B yuan, missing Wall Street expectations for 6.33B yuan, blaming the impact from the coronavirus crisis and sending the group's shares down over 3%.
According to Veem's survey, 81% of small US businesses are expecting the coronavirus crisis to affect their services and operations over the following 12-16 months, while nearly 90% brace for an economic slump.
Sweden's Ericsson is set to raise its 2025 outlook for 5G subscriptions to about 2.8B from 2.6B seen previously due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, the company stated on Monday.
Sales of the Volkswagen Group declined 67% in Germany in April, compared to the same period the prior year, Germany's largest car producer reports.