The Spanish bank said net interest income stood at EUR2.07 billion, up 33% from a year earlier, and compared with EUR1.89 billion expected by analysts.

The French pharma majorFR:SAN SNY reported net profit of 1.46 billion euros ($1.59 billion) for the quarter, on sales that grew to EUR10.73 billion from EUR9.99 billion in the previous year.

Needing to calm down Wall Street, Apple executives decided to bring back a forecast of sorts Thursday, though more breadcrumbs than hard numbers.

A private gauge of China’s service-sector activity bounced back in January to expansionary territory, signaling a quick economic recovery following Beijing’s removal of its stringent Covid-19 containment regime in December.

Beyond Meat Inc. is revamping its retail sales strategy to center on five major grocers and hiring a new marketing executive as part of an effort to reinvigorate the plant-based food maker’s business.

Sony Group Corp. shares gained Friday morning after its third-quarter net profit beat analysts’ expectations and the company raised its fiscal year net-profit forecast.

Activist investor Ryan Cohen is amassing a sizable stake in Nordstrom Inc. and intends to urge the upscale department-store chain to make changes to its board following a steep share-price decline, according to people familiar with the matter.

The market’s technical factors scream ‘all-systems-go.’ The fundamentals? Not so much.

General Motors Co. electric vehicles will appear in some Netflix Inc. shows and films, which the companies said reflects “society’s increasing excitement about an all-electric future.”

‘Clients’ attitude toward risk definitely changes with different market conditions,’ one adviser says.