The operator of the London Stock Exchange in the first half of the year increased its pre-tax profit by 30% year-on-year to 360 million pounds sterling. Adjusted operating profit rose 21% to 480 million pounds, while analysts had predicted ...
The Australian Government has allocated a grant of 8 million 300 thousand dollars to the start-up named TravelbyBit, finversia.ru wrote. According to the Cointhelegraph, Australian authorities plan to develop tourism by creating new outlets ...
On Thursday, oil prices continued to decline based on data on the unexpected growth of commercial inventories in the US. According to official data, last week commodity stocks of oil in the US increased by 3 million 800 thousand barrels, while ...
Italian fashion house Prada in the first half of 2018 increased its net profit by 10.7% in annual terms to 105 million 700 thousand euros. The profit before tax and interest payments increased by 16% and amounted to 159 million 200 thousand ...
The Bank of England at its meeting on August 2 decided to increase the base interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.75%. The regulator first unveiled its vision of a neutral rate level, in which monetary policy will neither stimulate nor ...
The Mayor of London, Charles Bowman, said that the loss of jobs in the financial sector by March 30, 2019 will be from 5 thousand to 13 thousand. The authorities of the City of London estimate that job cuts after Brexit are lower than those ...
The largest financial group of the Netherlands, ING, reported second-quarter net profit growth of 4.2% year-on-year to 1 billion 429 million euros, helped by higher interest income and commission income. The basic pre-tax profit amounted to ...
The Franco-Dutch company Air France-KLM, Europe's largest air carrier, reported a 81.6% fall in annual earnings, or 5.4 times, in the second quarter, to 109 million euros, due to losses because of strikes. Operating profit decreased from 586 ...
The fall in oil prices intensified on Wednesday based on data on the unexpected growth of oil reserves in the United States. Last week, oil reserves in the US increased by 5 million 600 thousand barrels, distillates - by 2 million 900 thousand ...
Restaurant Brand International, one of the world's largest operators of fast food chains, increased its net profit 1.4 times year-on-year to $593 million in the first half of the year, finversia.ru reported citing company reports. Revenues ...
American company Tesla, specializing in the production of electric vehicles, solar cells and other energy storage systems, plans to invest $5 billion in the construction of a plant near Shanghai. The company said that it intends to launch production ...
The purchasing managers index in the manufacturing industry of the UK fell to 54 points in July from 54.3 points a month earlier, IHS Markit showed. The growth of the industrial sector in July was the slowest in 3 months. The growth rates of ...
China Tower Corp, the world's largest in terms of revenue owner of cellular towers, has hosted the world's largest IPO in the last two years, CNBC reported. During the initial public offering of shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange, the company ...
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has kept the discount rate at the level of 10%, the lower threshold of the interest corridor is kept at 8%, the upper one - at the level of 12%. This was stated by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ...
The net income of the Chinese Internet giant Baidu in the second quarter of 2018 increased by 45% in annual terms, or 1.5 times, to 6 billion 400 million yuan. Adjusted earnings per share were 21.06 yuan, while analysts had predicted 16.46 ...
The total volume of freight traffic by various modes of transport in China in the first half of 2018 increased in annual terms by 6.9% to 23 billion 210 million tons, the Ministry of Transport of China reported. Cargo transportation by rail ...
The Italian manufacturer of sports cars Ferrari in the second quarter increased its net profit by 18% year-on-year to 160 million euros. On a per share basis, the figure rose to 85 cents, while analysts had predicted 80 cents. Quarterly revenues ...
In June 2018, the unemployment rate in the euro area remained at the May level of 8.3%, which is the lowest since December 2008, Eurostat reported. The indicator coincided with the forecasts of analysts. Unemployment in the European Union remained ...
Swiss bank Credit Suisse Group in the second quarter increased its net profit 2 times year-on-year to 647 million Swiss francs. Analysts had expected the figure at 596 million francs. The gain was 5 billion 600 million francs, while analysts ...
On Tuesday, oil prices declined moderately on reports of an increase in production in Russia and amid lower fears concerning Iranian oil. As a source familiar with statistics told Interfax, in July, Russia produced 1 million 530 thousand tons ...