McDonald's Corp's board cannot be sued for allowing former CEO Steve Easterbrook to keep tens of millions of dollars when the restaurant chain fired him for having a relationship with an employee, a Delaware judge ruled on Wednesday.
Aston's share price nevertheless rallied 14.2 percent to 226.69 pence Wednesday as investors focused on a forecast of "significant" growth in profitability this year.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Wednesday it was possible the central bank had already come to the end of its rate-rising cycle, leading financial markets question whether a rate rise this month is as clear-cut as they thought.
S&P 500 sheds 2%, FTSE 100 is expected to open lower, while the UK has seen the British pound fall against the dollar as the government negotiates with the striking public sector.
British house prices last month dropped by the most in more than 10 years, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Wednesday, adding to signs of a slowdown in the housing market in the face of high inflation and rising borrowing costs.
British factory activity contracted last month at the slowest pace since July and 60% of manufacturers expect output to rise in the coming 12 months, reflecting cooling inflation pressure, a survey showed on Wednesday.
Miners and luxury firms lifted European shares on Wednesday after strong data from China brought relief to investors fearful of an economic slowdown, while declines in shares of eurozone's biggest bank BNP Paribas kept the gains in check.
British Foreign Minister James Cleverly raised the issue of tax searches at the BBC's offices in India during a meeting with his counterpart in New Delhi on Wednesday, the minister told Reuters.
Britain provisionally cleared satellite company Viasat's buyout of rival Inmarsat on Wednesday, saying the $7.3 billion deal would not substantially reduce competition in the supply of wifi on commercial flights.
Bayer warned operating earnings would decline in 2023, adding to the challenges for its new CEO who will take the helm in June, as the agriculture and healthcare company is hit by higher costs and the reversal of last year's price boost for its weedkillers.
Other matters of interest include Tesla's plan for procuring lithium and key raw materials, as well as updates on driver-assistance technology and the state of EV demand.
China's manufacturing activity expanded as the fastest pace in more than a decade in February, an official index showed on Wednesday, smashing expectations as production zoomed after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions late last year.
Oil prices rose for a second day on Wednesday as reports of expanding manufacturing activity in China, the world's biggest crude importer, boosted the outlook for global fuel demand.
Volkswagen faced a barrage of criticism from campaigners and its works council on Tuesday after the head of its Chinese business said he saw no sign of forced labour during a visit to the carmaker's Xinjiang plant.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc would aim to grow fees from asset and wealth management and try to make profits from a newly-created unit, the investment bank said on Tuesday, laying out its key priorities at the start of its second investor day.
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British grocery inflation hit 17.1% in the four weeks to Feb.
A set of bumper earnings reports from the likes of Baidu Inc and other Chinese internet giants isn't impressing hedge funds and other investors who have cut exposure to the stocks and seem to be waiting for more good news.
European shares fell on Tuesday, with UK's Ocado sinking after a worse-than-expected full-year loss, while data from France and Spain pointed to inflation being stickier than feared.
Swiss regulators have rebuked Credit Suisse for "serious" failings in its handling of a multi-billion business with now defunct financier Greensill, the third such public censure in two years.
The main U.S. stock indexes were on track for a mixed open on Tuesday as Treasury yields resumed their gains on bets of more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
U.S. payment giants Visa and Mastercard are slamming the brakes on plans to forge new partnerships with crypto firms after a string of high-profile collapses shook faith in the industry, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Artificial intelligence and cloud-based analytics could be the biggest help for retailers to understand customer behaviour in 2023.
As the debate around four-day working week lingers, priorities such as job security and the need to earn more are making more UK workers consider side hustles.
EnBW and bp to unite with Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to explore how support vessels can generate zero or low emission on offshore wind farms.
Esther Crawford, the director of product development at Twitter, has been fired.
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Australian retail sales rebounded in January after a surprise plunge in December that owed much to changing spending habits, though the underlining pulse was facing headwinds from high inflation and rising interest rates.
The border is a delicate issue that was part of a 1998 peace deal to end decades of armed conflict in Northern Ireland.
The new "Windsor Framework" creates a check-free lane for goods coming from the rest of the UK that are intended to stay in Northern Ireland.
