UnitedHealth Group Inc on Friday raised its annual profit forecast for the second time this year, after the company topped estimates for quarterly results on lower medical costs in its health insurance business.
EU mulls sanctions as Russia accused of shelling Ukraine from nuclear plant
Shares in Saipem on Friday tumbled below the issue price for new stock in a hyper-dilutive cash call that fell short of the 2 billion euro ($2.01 billion) target the Italian energy services firm sought from investors to shore up its finances.
The World Bank is seeking to block release of a report prepared for the Group of 20 major economies that calls for lowering the bank's capital requirements to boost its lending capacity, four sources familiar with the matter said.
The European Commission, the EU executive, formally proposed on Friday its latest package of sanctions against Moscow, including an import ban on Russian gold, and legal tweaks to prevent current measures from hampering food shipments.
The European Commission is set to adopt on Friday its seventh package of sanctions against Russia, which will add a ban to the import of Russian gold and tweak existing restrictive measures to avoid hampering food exports, two officials told Reuters.
Crisis hit airline SAS said on Friday negotiations with pilots to secure new working terms and make savings that will allow it to secure its future will start again on Saturday.
Talks between airline SAS and pilot unions resumed on Friday as the parties seek to agree on a complicated deal to end a strike that the carrier says is threatening its future.
By Saikat ChatterjeeA look at the day ahead in markets from Saikat Chatterjee.
Investors betting that Japan will have to quit its ultra-loose monetary policy are running into riskier and pricier territory as the showdown shifts to the Bank of Japan's home turf in the bond market.
Aston Martin's shares jumped 20% on Friday after the British luxury carmaker announced an capital raising that will see Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) become its second-largest shareholder with an almost 17% stake.
Things are looking up for GSK and its chief Emma Walmsley as the British drugs giant prepares to spin off its consumer health business on Monday in London's biggest listing in a decade and the company's most radical shake-up in 20 years.
Rising recessionary concerns are seeing some investors reduce risk in their credit exposure as they brace for an economic slowdown whose magnitude remains highly uncertain.
Chinese regulators' assurances of help in delivering property projects on time failed to convince some homebuyers threatening to stop mortgage payments and investors continued to sell shares in embattled developers on Friday.
Stocks jump as US consumers keep spending
The Red Sea islands caught between Egypt, Saudi and Israel
'True balance': Japan's quiet telework revolution
The dollar consolidated near a two-decade high on Friday as traders flirted with the prospect of a 100 basis point rate hike by the Federal Reserve later this month, while the euro was pinned near parity.
The U.S. dollar held at a two-decade high on Friday as a broad wave of risk aversion swept through global markets, with traders flirting with the prospect of a 100 basis point rate hike by the Federal Reserve later this month.
The dollar hovered below a near two-decade high in Asian trading on Friday, having slipped overnight after two Federal Reserve policymakers said they favored a smaller rate rise than the 100 basis-points that investors were betting on.
Beijing has dug its heels in on a zero-Covid policy of stamping out virus clusters with snap lockdowns and long quarantines, but this has battered businesses and kept consumers jittery.
Global equities rebounded on Friday as U.S. spending data beat forecasts, while the dollar dipped and oil rose as investors digested an easing of Italy's political crisis and tempered expectations of a more aggressive U.S.
European stocks rose on Friday and Wall Street was tipped for a firmer open as risks appeared to ease of an immediate political crisis in Italy and two Fed policymakers hosed down expectations of a more aggressive U.S.
Airlines' fragile recovery from Covid
Aviation buzzing for return of Farnborough airshow
The helmets were given out as replacements for Sakar's multipurpose helmets that were recalled last March.
Omanyala heads to world athletics as organisers cope with US visa issues
Oil was up 2.5% on Friday after a U.S. official told Reuters that an immediate Saudi oil output boost was not expected, and as investors question whether OPEC has the room to significantly ramp up crude production.
Oil prices gained 2.5% on Friday after a U.S. official told Reuters that an immediate Saudi oil output boost was not expected, and as investors question whether OPEC has the room to significantly ramp up crude production.
Bank of America fined $225 mn for 'botching' US Covid-19 aid payments
