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(RTTNews) - BCE Inc. (BCE.TO) revealed earnings for second quarter that declined from last year.

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(RTTNews) - Indian shares rose sharply on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left interest rates unchanged, as widely expected, and maintained an accommodative stance as long as it is necessary to revive growth and mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on the economy.

(RTTNews) - Sealed Air Corp. (SEE) announced a profit for its second quarter that climbed from last year.

Lebanon mourned on Thursday the victims of the most powerful blast to hit a country that has already been struck down by an economic crisis, as rescuers searched for those missing since the explosion flattened Beirut port and devastated the city.

Chinese-owned video app TikTok, facing the threat of a U.S. ban, said on Thursday it will set up its first European data centre in Ireland, extending its presence in the country where it already has a hub dealing with regional regulatory issues.

Israel's Wix.com, which helps small businesses build and operate websites, swung to a loss in the second quarter as it ploughed investments into marketing to meet the demands of new customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In its daily note to clients, JP Morgan continued to see a good possibility of EUR/USD reaching 1.2500 this year, and expect it north of 1.3000 next year.

(RTTNews) - French stocks were moving lower on Thursday after the Bank of England held interest rates steady and maintained its existing level of asset purchases, but warned that GDP will not recover to pre-Covid-19 levels until the end of 2021.

Singapore Exchange's regulatory unit is seeking more powers to publicly reprimand companies breaching listing rules, while also making it mandatory for firms to have a whistleblowing policy.

Greece's jobless rate rose to 17.0% in May from an upwardly revised 15.7% reading in the previous month, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

State-owned Chinese conglomerate CITIC Group Corp aims to cut 10 billion yuan ($1.44 billion) in administrative expenses this year to counter an economy weakened by COVID-19, according to a internal document seen by Reuters on Thursday.

Australia will spend A$1.66 billion ($1.19 billion) over the next 10 years to strengthen the cyber defences of companies and households after a rise in cyber attacks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.

(RTTNews) - German stocks gave up early gains to drift lower on Thursday as the Bank of England unanimously decided to retain the interest rate at a record low, as widely expected, but warned of a slower economic recovery.

Japan's three biggest banks and two smaller banks are starting talks on building a common settlement infrastructure for small payments, with the aim of cutting interbank fees, they announced on Thursday.

Behind Monageng Legae's funeral parlour in the South African township of Soweto sits a refrigerated shipping container made to store chilled goods. Now it stores bodies.

Russian bank TCS Group Holding on Wednesday reported a 25% rise in second-quarter net profit, but said it expects full-year earnings to lag 2019 levels as it reintroduced guidance scrapped last quarter due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian to death on Thursday for making drugs, the third Canadian to be sentenced to death for drugs in China since Canada detained a top executive of Chinese company in 2018.

Saudi Basic Industries Corp, the world's fourth-biggest petrochemicals firm, reported a net loss of 2.2 billion riyals ($586.6 million) in the second quarter, its third straight quarterly loss, on impairments and a drop in sales.

Germany's benchmark 10-year bond yield touched a new one-week high on Thursday as the prospect of fresh bond supply and upbeat data put euro zone bond markets on the back foot.