Eli Lilly and Co reported a 6.4per cent rise in second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by demand for its diabetes drug, Trulicity.
EU antitrust regulators are set to open a full-scale investigation into Alphabet Inc unit Google's US$2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit , people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
SINGAPORE: The Government should extend the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) beyond August but take a more targeted approach to help struggling companies and lower-income workers, analysts interviewed by CNA said. Under the JSS, the Government co-funds between 25 per cent and 75 per cent of the first S ......
Orange, France's number one telecoms operator, expects to reduce its reliance on Huawei mobile equipment in Europe in the medium term, Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Richard said on Thursday.
Japan's Panasonic Corp said on Thursday it expects operating profit to drop 48.9per cent this financial year, as the pandemic hits its wide-ranging businesses from home appliances to automotive batteries.
Bitcoin is doing that thing again. After a 50 per cent slump in the cryptocurrency's price to about US$4,000 in mid-March, when Covid-19 panic was gripping the financial markets, it has bounced back to trade at about US$11,200. Veteran crypto-watchers have seen this rapid shift from...
BANGKOK: Thailand's finance ministry on Thursday (Jul 30) slashed its 2020 economic forecast to a record 8.5 per cent contraction in gross domestic product from the 2.8 per cent growth it projected in January, due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ministry also cut its 2020 estimate for ......
REUTERS: Drugmaker AstraZeneca topped second-quarter sales and profit expectations on Thursday and stood by its 2020 forecasts, helped by strong sales in lockdowns of a diverse line-up, which now includes a potential coronavirus vaccine. Product sales, which exclude payments from tie-ups, rose ...
PARIS: Airbus announced Thursday (Jul 30) net losses of 1.9 billion euros (US$2.2 billion) in the first six months after aircraft delivery halved as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The leading European company delivered 196 planes over the first six months of 2020 as airlines around the globe...
China's Huawei has overtaken Samsung to become the number-one smartphone seller worldwide in the second quarter, industry tracker Canalys said Thursday.
