ANA Holdings said on Tuesday its first-half operating profit had more than quadrupled amid the post-pandemic travel boom but kept its full-year forecast unchanged citing higher oil prices and costs related to inspections of Pratt & Whitney engines.
China's state-backed chip investment fund has invested 14.56 billion yuan ($1.99 billion) in a memory chip company called Changxin Xinqiao, records showed.
The chief executives of Air India and Akasa Air have privately exchanged barbs over the poaching of pilots, with the latter accusing its bigger rival of rule violations, provoking a reply that collusion to curb job switching can breach competition law.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is seeking to buy a total of 113,506 metric tons of food-quality wheat from the United States, Canada and Australia in a regular tender that will close on Thursday.
Most nonferrous metals prices declined on Tuesday, as an unexpected slowdown in manufacturing activities in top metals consumer China weighed on sentiment and demand outlook.
France's Thales on Tuesday posted a 7.5% underlying rise in nine-month revenues to 12.854 billion euros ($13.62 billion), led by resurgent demand for jetliner components and military equipment.
France's Thales on Tuesday posted a 7.5% underlying rise in nine-month revenues to 12.854 billion euros ($13.62 billion), led by resurgent demand for jetliner components and military equipment.
Gold prices near record highs could dampen demand in India during the peak festival season and lead to the lowest purchase volumes in three years, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Tuesday.
Chicago wheat futures fell on Tuesday as supply concerns eased, but prices still headed for their first monthly rise since July after dry conditions damaged yields in Argentina and Australia, raising the prospect of a tighter market.
China is set to import record volumes of wheat this year, trading sources say, with rain damage to its crop and worries over dry weather in exporting nations fuelling Beijing's appetite to buy while prices are low.
Pilots at Network Aviation, the charter subsidiary of Qantas Airways, would not go ahead with a planned two-day strike this week, the Australian Federation of Pilots (AFAP) said on Tuesday.
Asiana Airlines said on Tuesday it would reconvene a board meeting in early November to decide whether it should accept prospective buyer Korean Air's proposal that includes the sale of its cargo operations over EU antitrust concerns.
Chicago wheat futures fell on Tuesday but were still set for their first monthly gain since July, supported by falling exports from Ukraine and concern that dry conditions have reduced harvests in the southern hemisphere.
New Zealand's business confidence surged in October amid a bounce in most activity indicators following a national election which resulted in the Labour government losing power, an ANZ Bank survey showed on Tuesday.
It has been a few years since the United States has had a truly good winter wheat harvest, though the 2024 crop could be on its way despite lingering drought in top states.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday rated
47% of the U.S. winter wheat crop in good to excellent
condition, the highest for this time of year since 2020,
reflecting improved soil moisture following a three-year drought
in the Plains.