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Rovio Entertainment, maker of the 10-year-old "Angry Birds" mobile game series, on Tuesday reported an almost 75per cent rise in first-quarter profit, helped by lower costs.

BP's first quarter profits tumbled by two-thirds as the coronavirus crisis hammered oil demand and the energy major's debt rose sharply as it warned of exceptional uncertainty ahead.

Diageo , the world's largest spirits maker, launched a US$2.5 billion bond offering on Tuesday, weeks after suspending its share buyback programme in response to the coronavirus crisis.

AMSTERDAM: Dutch telecom provider VodafoneZiggo will make 5G services available in large parts of the Netherlands on Tuesday, making it the first carrier to offer the technology in the country. VodafoneZiggo, a joint venture of Vodafone and U.S. based cable firm Liberty Global, said it would ...

THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) and China securities firm CITIC Securities Company have signed a wide-ranging strategic cooperation agreement to collaborate across multiple areas.

Bayer on Tuesday faces its second annual investor reckoning over its handling of a wave of U.S. lawsuits claiming its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer.

At work, you may have firewalls, antivirus, and intrusion detection systems provided by your company. Such protections are void for most of us when working from home, says an observer.

The Federal Reserve has two core jobs assigned by Congress: Foster maximum employment and stable prices.

FRENCH asset manager Tikehau Capital announced on Tuesday that it has appointed banking veteran Neil Parekh as the head of Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

LONDON: HSBC's first-quarter profit nearly halved from a year ago, missing estimates, after boosting provisions against bad loans as the coronavirus pandemic hits borrowers worldwide. Europe's biggest bank by assets said profit before tax came in at US$3.21 billion for January to March, down from ...