Suedzucker, Europe's largest sugar refiner, said on Thursday its earnings would be hit by expected losses during the restructuring of British commodity group ED&F Man in which it holds a stake of about 35%.
Southwest Airlines Co said on Thursday it was seeing a slowdown in improving revenue trends in recent weeks, at a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in the United States.
Southwest Airlines Co said on Thursday it has seen a slowdown in revenue improvement in recent weeks for the months of November and December, at a time when COVID-19 cases are rising in the United States.
South Korea's Hanjin Group, owner of the nation's largest airline Korean Air Lines Co Ltd, is in talks to acquire debt-ridden Asiana Airlines Inc, local media reported on Thursday, citing unnamed investment banking sources.
The global zinc concentrate market is forecast to switch back to a surplus in 2021, after a short-lived deficit this year, Chinese metals research house Antaike said on Thursday.
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden wanted a Brexit trade deal to be clinched with the European Union so British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should knuckle down and strike an agreement.
Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 62 points lower at 6,320 on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures down 0.79% ahead of cash market open.
Younger and urban customers helped return Burberry to growth in October, with the British luxury brand's comparable quarterly store sales falling by less than expected despite the ongoing effects of the coronavirus crisis.
Emirates lost $3.4 billion in the first six months of the year, tipping the Dubai state-owned airline's holding company into its first half-year loss in more than thirty years.
Israel's ICL (ICL) reported lower third quarter earnings that topped estimates, and said it expects the market to normalize from the impact of COVID-19 next year with stronger demand for bromine-based flame retardants and fertilizers.
Emirates airline said on Thursday it lost $3.4 billion in the first half of the year due to the coronavirus crisis, handing its holding company a half-year loss for the first time in over thirty years.
Baggy pants and oversized t-shirts helped spare Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo from the steep coronavirus-led fall in sales that hit rival fashion chains such as H&M and Zara.
German minerals miner K+S on Thursday reported higher than expected third-quarter core profit, buoyed by strong performance by industry and consumer segments of its Americas unit and strict cost discipline.
German minerals miner K+S on Thursday reported higher than expected third-quarter core profit, as strong results in the Americas segment and strict cost discipline offset the effects of lower early de-icing salt fills.
Alibaba and JD.com said the United States was the top seller of goods to China during the Singles' Day shopping extravaganza that generated about $116 billion in merchandise volume for the pair.
Australia's Woodside Petroleum shelved talks to sell stakes in a gas field and liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to Chinese firms because of the diplomatic row between Australia and China, the company's chief executive said on Thursday.
The opening of Asia's first "travel bubble" allowing tourism without quarantines since the pandemic hit has sparked a surge in searches and bookings for travel between Singapore and Hong Kong, stirring hopes the model could be rolled out more broadly.
Brazil-based meat giant JBS SA on Wednesday reported a near nine-times increase in third-quarter net profit, beating market expectations, driven by strong demand at home as well as from the United States and China.