Japan automaker Honda reports profit rise despite pandemic
Danish diabetes drug maker Novo Nordisk will acquire U.S. Emisphere Technologies, which specialises in developing orally administered versions of drugs, in a deal totalling US$1.8 billion, it said on Friday.
Facebook Inc on Thursday said it had taken down a rapidly growing group where some supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump posted violent rhetoric and baseless claims that Democrats were stealing the election.
Japan's Sharp Corp reported on Friday a 17.1per cent drop in second-quarter operating profit as the coronavirus pandemic continued to hurt sales of automotive displays and office printers.
Honda Motor Co on Friday more than doubled its full-year operating profit forecast as it reported second-quarter earnings grew 28per cent amid a rebound in China after auto sales were squeezed by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
German insurer Allianz on Friday posted an unexpected 6per cent rise in net profit in the third quarter from a year earlier, despite pressure on business from the coronavirus pandemic.
The upcoming release of a ninth generation of video game consoles by Sony and Microsoft is set to be a sales slam dunk with consumers seeking entertainment during pandemic confinement. But could it also be their swansong as the habits of gamers change?
U.S. employers likely hired the fewest workers in five months in October, in what would be clearest indication yet that the end of fiscal stimulus and exploding new COVID-19 infections were sapping momentum from the economic recovery.
A winner of industry awards, Snehapoo Padavattan should have raced up India's corporate ladder. There was just one problem. She belongs to the country's lowest caste, the Dalits.
Toyota Motor Corp more than doubled its full-year operating forecast on Friday amid a rebound in sales in China that were hit by the coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, even as it reported second-quarter operating profit slid 24per cent.
