Three new U.S. stock exchanges are set to launch by the end of September, vying for market share against incumbents like the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Inc , which have benefited from elevated trading volumes during the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. stock index futures ticked lower on Friday, a day after the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed at a record high, as investors awaited U.S. business surveys for more clues on the economy's health.
One of the world's leading investor groups pushing for more corporate action on climate change said it has added Mexican state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to its list of targets.
Facebook is a non-partisan platform which denounces hate and bigotry, the company's India head said on Friday, amid a controversy over how the U.S. social media giant regulates political content in its biggest market by number of users.
U.S. home sales rose at a record pace for a second straight month in July and home prices hit a record as historically low interest rates boosted demand for homes even as the coronavirus pandemic put millions of people out of work.
Ryanair plans to cut significantly fewer jobs than the 3,000 it originally estimated, after 97per cent of pilots and over 90per cent of cabin crew signed up so far to pay cuts and work practice changes, its director Of operations said on Friday.
REUTERS: Amazon.com Inc said on Friday Jeff Wilke, chief executive officer of its consumer business, would retire from early next year. (Reporting by Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)
