Nasdaq News

(RTTNews) - HMS Holdings Corp. (HMSY) revealed a profit for fourth quarter that dropped from last year.

(RTTNews) - Shares of Akebia Therapeutics Inc. (AKBA), which touched a new 52-week high of $10.42 in intraday trading yesterday, have gained an impressive 65 percent so far this year.

NMC Health's founder BR Shetty has hired investment firm Houlihan Lokey to advise on strategic options for its portfolio and debt restructuring, a source familiar with the matter said.

(RTTNews) - U.K. stocks followed Wall Street and Asia lower on Friday as a sudden rise in the number of coronavirus infections outside of China dented investors' appetite for riskier assets.

Russian technology start-up Cognitive Pilot, which makes components for driverless vehicles, is considering an initial public offering (IPO) after 2023, its chief executive told Reuters.

Sterling rose against the dollar and euro on Friday after UK purchasing managers indexes showed British factories posted the fastest rise in output for 10 months.

Japan's yen bounced sharply in early European trading on Friday, as traders swooped back into the currency after its worst four-day run in over two years.

Malaysian telecoms firm Axiata Group is talking to eleven potential partners, including banks, to jointly bid for a digital banking licence, its deputy chief executive, Mohd Izzaddin Idris, said on Friday.

Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane had not turned up for a court appearance over his wife's death two hours after the hearing was meant to start on Friday, and police said they were unsure of his whereabouts.

Sanlam Kenya on Friday reported a full-year pretax profit of 550 million shillings ($5.44 million), swinging from a loss of 2.1 billion shillings in the prior period, the insurance company said.

Shares across the world fell on Friday and were set for their worst week in four as investors dumped riskier assets for the safety of bonds and gold, with coronavirus cases in China and elsewhere spreading.

(RTTNews) - French stocks were moving lower on Friday after China's National Health Commission reported a total of 75,465 confirmed cases and 2,236 deaths on the mainland by the end of Thursday.

Germany's 10-year government bond yield bounced off four-month lows after a batch of business surveys delivered healthier-than-expected views of the euro zone economy.

Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh smashed the half marathon world record by 20 seconds on Friday to win the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) event in the United Arab Emirates on Friday.

(RTTNews) - German stocks cut early losses to trade on a flat note Friday after Markit's German Manufacturing PMI for February beat estimates with a score of 47.8 points, far above 44.8 expected and 45.3 recorded in January. That's the highest level in 13 months.

(RTTNews) - Asian stocks ended Friday's session mostly lower after China reported an uptick in new coronavirus cases, raising concerns the COVID-19 epidemic will eventually expand rapidly beyond its center in China. The new cases are mushrooming beyond China, most notably in Jap

Fast Retailing, which operates casual clothing chain Uniqlo, said it had reopened about 100 stores in China since last week, although about a third of its 750-strong remained closed on Friday because of a coronavirus outbreak.

U.S. President Donald Trump will be accorded the biggest public reception given to any foreign leader in years during his visit to India beginning on Monday, officials say, one that could help paper over the two countries' growing friction over trade.

Belgian consultancy firm Deminor said on Friday it had filed a complaint on behalf of 155 institutional investors seeking 358 million euros ($386 million) in damages from Danske Bank's former Chief Executive Thomas Borgen.

The Turkish lira and bonds slipped on Friday as increasing conflict in neighbouring Syria unsettled investors, with the market also hit by a global flight to safe-haven assets in response to coronavirus worries.