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Airbus Helicopters expects new orders and deliveries to keep growing this year, its chief executive told Reuters, as a scramble for new energy supplies and higher military spending accelerate a recovery in the long-sluggish rotary-wing sector.

Global trade bellwethers like FedEx and Cathay Pacific Airways have cast a pall over the year-end holiday shopping season - the business slowdown they're seeing points to weaker-than-expected consumer demand, not a Christmas bonanza.

Macau's government opened bids on Friday from seven companies, including a wildcard from Malaysian operator Genting, for licenses to operate casinos in the world's biggest gambling hub, kicking off a closely watched battle for six available slots.

New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC is in talks to invest around $150 million in Indian small-business lender Vistaar Finance, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking its latest bet in a booming lending market.

Germany seizes Russian energy firm's subsidiaries

Spanish islanders struggle one year after volcanic eruption

Adobe Inc agreed on Thursday to acquire cloud-based designer platform Figma for $20 billion, sparking investor concerns about the rich price tag that led to a drop of more than $30 billion in the market value of the Photoshop maker.

Dealmakers, fund managers and CEOs are flocking to Singapore for a slew of high-profile conferences this month, as the city-state burnishes its credentials as a major global financial centre.

Proposed rules by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to boost central clearing in Treasuries could help to shore up resiliency in the $24 trillion market and may pave the way for more trading that bypasses the large banks that have traditionally dominated the market.

Banks' cryptocurrency projects have been upended by U.S.

Asian stocks open lower as all eyes on Fed decision next week

Charles travels to Wales ahead of 'princes vigil' for queen

Makers of the top selling drugs in the United States are costing patients billions of dollars and worsening a drug pricing crisis by abusing the U.S.

Long lost moon could have been responsible for Saturn's rings

Kanye West ends Gap partnership, aims to open own boutiques

Regulators in the UK on Thursday announced an investigation into Microsoft's $69 billion deal to buy developer Activision Blizzard.

Stocks fell for the second day in a row in choppy trading and the release this week of key economic reports delivering mixed signals.

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on Thursday he wants the company to fully transition to EVs by 2030.

Water filtration startup ZwitterCo raised $33 million to continue to advance its work toward making ultra-polluted wastewater reusable.

Cardi B pleads guilty to two charges in strip club brawl case

Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance, wants roughly half its 26 members to use biometrics technology by 2025, as passenger demand grows for contactless travel and less airport congestion after COVID-19.

Bed Bath & Beyond has announced the first round of stores that it is closing. Is your local store affected?

Disney World is being called out for its rising ticket prices amid claims the theme park isn't being kept up.

Adobe reached a $20 billion deal Thursday to buy Figma, a design startup based in Palo Alto, California.

The hot U.S. labor market has been the bright spot of a cooling economy in recent months, but there might be more at play.

Oil futures fell about 4% to a one-week low on Thursday on a tentative agreement that would avert a U.S.

Europe's power crisis, production cuts and shortages of aluminium have left consumers in a quandary about Russian supplies of the metal vital for the region's transport, construction and packaging industries.

Florida governor flies migrants to toney Martha's Vineyard

US rail companies, unions reach 'tentative' deal to avert strike