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Nissan net profit nearly doubles despite China challenges
Nissan said Thursday it nearly doubled its full-year net profit in 2023-24, weathering challenges in the Chinese market, but forecast a dip of around 10 percent for the current financial year.
Spain vows to block BBVA's hostile bid for rival bank
Spain's second-largest bank BBVA announced Thursday a hostile takeover bid for smaller rival Banco Sabadell but the government vowed to block the move, which would create a European giant in the sector.
Blackstone wins bidding war for UK music rights firm
US private equity firm Blackstone emerged victorious Thursday in a takeover battle for struggling UK music rights owner Hipgnosis Songs Fund, after American group Concord refrained from improving its bid.
Nissan annual net profit nearly doubles on-year
Nissan said Thursday it nearly doubled its full-year net profit in 2023-24 but forecast a dip of around 10 percent for the current financial year.
Chinese cities lift curbs on buying homes as property crisis bites
Two of China's wealthiest cities said Thursday they would lift all restrictions on buying homes, joining a growing list of urban areas rolling back curbs as they look to prop up the faltering property market.
Markets' rally stutters as traders eye rate cut outlook
Equity traders struggled to get a recent rally back on course Thursday following a tepid lead from Wall Street, but record performance in Europe highlighted optimism that central banks were on course to cut interest rates.
Spanish bank BBVA goes hostile in Sabadell takeover bid
Spain's second-largest bank BBVA announced Thursday a hostile takeover bid for Banco Sabadell, three days after its smaller rival rejected an offer that would create a European banking giant.
Chinese city lifts curbs on buying homes as property crisis bites
One of China's wealthiest cities said Thursday it would lift all restrictions on buying homes, joining a growing list of urban areas rolling back curbs as they look to prop up the faltering property market.
Asian markets mixed as traders eye rate cuts
Asian traders fought to get a recent rally back on course Thursday following a tepid lead from Wall Street but record performance in Europe highlighted optimism that central banks were on course to cut interest rates.
Bank of England set to hold rate at 16-year high
The Bank of England was set Thursday to keep its main interest rate at a 16-year high, resisting a cut as UK inflation cools at a slower pace than forecast.
China's Xi in Hungary to celebrate 'new era' with Orban
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will host Chinese President Xi Jinping in Budapest on Thursday in a bid to strengthen already flourishing ties between Beijing and its closest EU ally.
Canada regularization of undocumented migrants in jeopardy
Canada offered hope for thousands of undocumented migrants with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promising a major regularization program. But in just a few months, political winds changed, leaving dreams of residency in jeopardy.
US forges new 'battery belt' in hopes of electric future
Growing up, Devante Cuthbertson assumed he might have to leave his North Carolina hometown to pursue a career, but a new multi-billion-dollar Toyota battery plant is offering him a reason to stay put.
European stocks rise while Wall Street has another mixed session
European stocks advanced Wednesday, with London striking another record, driven by hopes of interest rate cuts while Wall Street finished mixed on another day without major macroeconomic news.
Kenya inks deal to end doctors' strike
Kenya's government has signed a deal with striking doctors, the health ministry announced Wednesday, after almost two months of industrial action that left thousands of patients struggling to find medical care.
EU eyes first ever sanctions on Russia's LNG sector
The EU is considering expanding its sanctions against Moscow over the war in Ukraine to target Russia's liquefied natural gas sector, EU diplomats said Wednesday.
European stocks rise but Wall Street wobbles
European stocks advanced Wednesday, with London striking another record, driven by hopes of interest rate cuts as inflation eases.
US revokes some licenses for exports to China's Huawei
The United States has revoked some export licenses that allowed companies such as US chip firm Qualcomm to supply Chinese tech giant Huawei, the Commerce Department confirmed on Wednesday.
Kenya health ministry says deal signed to end doctors' strike
Kenya's government has signed a deal with striking doctors, the health ministry announced Wednesday, after almost two months of industrial action that left thousands of patients struggling to find medical care.
European stocks rise but Wall Street slips
European stocks advanced Wednesday, with London striking another record, driven by hopes of interest rate cuts as inflation eases.
EU queries X over cut to content moderation resources
The EU on Wednesday told digital platform X to explain a cut to content moderation resources, amid concerns over disinformation ahead of European elections in June.
Europe stocks advance, London hits new record
European stocks advanced Wednesday, with London striking another record, driven by hopes of interest rate cuts in the eurozone, Britain and the United States as inflation eases.
BMW says EU probe into China EV subsidies against free trade
The chief executive of German luxury carmaker BMW on Wednesday warned the European Union's investigation into Chinese electric car subsidies runs counter to free trade.
Bubbling profits for AB InBev despite Bud Light boycott
The world's largest brewer AB InBev on Wednesday toasted a jump in profits in the first quarter, despite a drop in beer sales driven by a Bud Light boycott in the United States.
AstraZeneca withdraws Covid vaccine as demand dives
Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Wednesday said it was withdrawing Covid vaccine Vaxzevria, one of the first produced in the deadly pandemic, citing "commercial reasons" following a slump in demand.
Markets mixed as traders weigh rates outlook
Equity markets were mixed Wednesday as the latest global rally ran out of steam due to a lack of major catalysts, while investors contemplated the outlook for monetary policy.
Spain struggles to stamp out drug trade in poor south
The killing of two police by drug traffickers has focused attention on smuggling networks in southern Spain, where poverty makes it easy for gangs to recruit youngsters.
Japanese auto giant Toyota posts record net profit
Toyota reported record annual net profit of more than $30 billion on Wednesday but the world's largest automaker by sales warned that the current year would be less spectacular.
Rubbish, climate change help boost Portugal's white stork numbers
Above a flowering meadow in southern Portugal, three white stork nestlings click their beaks, adding to the chorus of a thriving stork population that has settled year-round in the country.
Mongolia's wildlife at risk from overgrazing
The icy peaks of Jargalant Mountain are supposed to belong to snow leopards, whose numbers have dwindled to fewer than 1,000 in Mongolia, but hard-pressed herders are increasingly pushing into the vulnerable animals' traditional habitat.
Toyota posts record yearly net income, revenue
Toyota said Wednesday that it enjoyed a record net profit of 4.94 trillion yen ($31.9 billion) in the year to March on revenues of 45.1 trillion yen, which was also an all-time high.
Global car giants seek tech allies in China's cutthroat EV market
Struggling foreign automakers in China are looking for help from local tech giants to try to stay competitive in the world's biggest electric car market, where shiny smart screens, assisted driving and sophisticated map technology are in high demand.
US centenarian to marry at Normandy, 80 years after Allied landing
Americans Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin promise their courtship is "better than Romeo and Juliet": He is 100, she's 96, and they marry next month in France, where the groom-to-be served during World War II.
Sideways day on Wall Street as London notches another record
The rally in Wall Street stocks took a pause Tuesday while many overseas bourses pushed higher amid renewed optimism that the US Federal Reserve could cut interest rates this year.
China's Xi lands in Serbia after talking Ukraine, trade in France
Xi Jinping arrived in Belgrade on Tuesday evening, after French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a high altitude lunch at a childhood haunt in the Pyrenees mountains for the Chinese leader.
Argentina introduces 10,000-peso banknote
Inflation-battered Argentina on Tuesday introduced a 10,000-peso banknote, worth the equivalent of about $11 -- five times the face value of the previous biggest 2,000-peso bill.
TikTok challenges potential US ban in court
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance filed a legal challenge against the United States on Tuesday, taking aim at a law that would force the app to be sold or face a US ban.
Disney reports small loss but sees improvement in streaming
Disney reported higher revenues Tuesday on a strong performance by its theme parks division and an improving streaming business, but a write-down in the company's India business resulted in a small loss.
Biden slams 'ferocious' rise in anti-Semitism amid Gaza protests
US President Joe Biden condemned a "ferocious surge" in anti-Semitism on Tuesday, in a Holocaust memorial speech that came at a fraught moment in Israel's war in Gaza and with protests roiling American universities.