U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Tuesday as investors assessed a mixed batch of earnings reports, including from Google parent Alphabet and big drugmakers Merck and Pfizer.
ConocoPhillips reported a 43per cent drop in adjusted quarterly profit on Tuesday, dragged by lower crude prices and higher exploration expenses.
U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc raised its 2019 full-year earnings forecast on Tuesday, sending its shares up 3per cent.
Air Canada on Tuesday reported lower-than-expected third-quarter profit, hurt by lower flight capacity in the wake of the grounding of Boeing Co's 737 MAX airplanes.
In the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, America's big tech companies are being challenged on many fronts from across the political spectrum, from antitrust concerns to their policies on political ads and ensuring election security.
Indian budget airline IndiGo is close to placing a near-record order for more than 300 Airbus A320neo-family jets worth at least US$33 billion at recent catalog prices to cement its position as India's largest carrier by market share.
BEIJING: China on Tuesday (Oct 29) blasted as "economic bullying" a US proposal to block telecom carriers buying from Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Monday that the proposed rules - which also require carriers to remove any existing ...
Chinese state media urged investors to remain rational and not equate Beijing's support for blockchain as a boost for virtual currencies, after comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping drove up shares in blockchain-related firms and the price of bitcoin.
Indonesia will suspend nickel ore exports immediately rather than stopping overseas shipments early next year, officials said on Tuesday, as the world's top producer of the mineral looks to ramp up processing at home to boost its income.
REUTERS: Online trading platform Plus500 Ltd reported a jump in third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, as more customers signed up to trade in a volatile period for financial markets driven by the U.S.-China trade spat and Brexit. The company's revenue rose 10per cent to US$110.6 million in the three ......
