Morgan Stanley reported a better-than-anticipated rise in its quarterly profit, boosted by robust trading gains triggered by the coronavirus outbreak that had driven record swings in the world's financial markets.
On Thursday, Johnson & Johnson raised its annual profit outlook and topped analysts' expectations for its quarterly earnings due to strength in J&J's pharmaceuticals unit that covered a deep fall in its medical devices' sales.
World's top oil firms, such as Saudi Aramco, Exxon Mobil and China's CNPC, have set targets to trim their joint greenhouse gas emissions for the first time due to rising pressure on the climate stance in the sector.
China has vowed "necessary measures" in response to the UK's "discriminatory" ban imposed on Huawei Technologies, as it severely damaged the country's investment confidence, according to China's Commerce Ministry.
GVC Holdings announced on Thursday its long-time CEO Kenny Alexander will depart after 13 years being at this role and building the group into world's top largest gambling businesses.
On Wednesday, Zalando, the German online retailer, has raised its full-year earnings guidance, as the COVID-19 pandemic encourages more people to do shopping online.
China's economy has returned to its growth in the Q2 after a deep plunge at the current year's start, but investment and domestic consumption remained sluggish as the coronavirus crisis had hit hard the country's sectors.
Tesla's car registrations in California nearly halved during the Q2, as the coronavirus outbreak affected car sales and production, data from the marketing research firm Cross-Sell showed.
Google said that its corporate Gmail customers will be able to edit files without leaving the email service, aiming to attract clients from rivals by making tools more integrated.
The government of France is set to cut taxes French firms have to pay in addition to corporate income tax by €20B over the next two years.
The combined company resulting from the merger of France's Peugeot owner PSA and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is expected to be called Stellantis, the automakers announced.
Germany's online fashion retailer Zalando raised its full-year earnings guidance, expecting GMW to jump 20% to 25% and revenue growth of 15% this year.
Luxury brand Burberry announced that it would slash nearly 500 jobs globally, including 150 UK-based office roles, as it expected no rapid recovery in demand.
Canadian home sales grew 63% in June from the prior month, the Canadian Real Estate Association stated, as buyers and sellers kept returning to the market after lockdowns.
Navistar International acquired a minority stake in TuSimple and intended to co-develop self-driving trucks by 2024 to roll out the US autonomous freight network.
Canada's factory sales increased a record 10.7% in May from April, though remained below the pre-pandemic level, Statistics Canada reported.
The Bank of Canada held rate unchanged at 0.25% on Wednesday, adding that economic growth is unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2022.
The US import prices rose 1.4% in the prior month, the biggest increase since 2012, due to a surge in the cost of fuel.
On Wednesday, Chipotle Mexican Grill announced it was planning to hire 10K workers over the next couple of months, seeking to support the drive-thru expansion.
Over 2.5K mobile games were deleted from Apple's app store in China during July's first week, after Apple shut down a loophole in order to comply with the local licence requirements, according to the SensorTower data.
Alphabet's Google is set to acquire a 7.7% stake worth $4.5B in Reliance's Jio Platforms, helping the digital unit realise its ambitions, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
PVH Corp, the owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands, is planning 450 layoffs in North America, while also intends to close 162 retail stores of the giant's business, which houses such brands as IZOD and Van Heusen.
On Wednesday, Nissan Motor has released its new Ariya electric sports-utility vehicle, the first brand-new global model in the last five years, fostering hope it would help the company to recover after over a year-long decline into the earnings losses.
The New York Times is planning to move part of the Hong Kong office to South Korea's Seoul, two weeks after Beijing imposed its new national security legislation.