Danske Bank tempers full-year profit expectations, unveils plan to control costs
Danske Bank shares fell more than 4% on Friday after the troubled lender said its annual profit would come in at the low end of...
Novartis arthritis drug falls short in challenge to global bestseller
Novartis said a trial fell short of producing statistical evidence that its anti-inflammatory drug Cosentyx can beat the world’s best-selling drug Humira in treating a...
Shares shuffle higher, dollar lays low ahead of U.S. jobs data
World shares were eyeing two-year highs and a fourth straight week of gains on Friday as the third U.S. interest rate cut of the year...
California makes headway against wildfires after fierce Santa Ana winds ease
Fierce, dry Santa Ana winds off the Southern California mountains eased early Friday, helping firefighters make progress in corralling major wildfires that have displaced thousands...
Summer Olympics marathon to move out of Tokyo
The Japanese city of Sapporo was formally approved on Friday as host of the marathon events at next year’s Summer Olympics. The decision was made...
U.S. blocks $105 mln in aid to Lebanon: sources
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding $105 million in security aid for Lebanon, two U.S. officials exclusively told Reuters on Thursday. The officials did...
Scotland’s Sturgeon says to demand powers for new independence referendum
Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday she would make a demand before Christmas for the powers to hold another independence referendum....
Procter & Gamble, rivals take refills into beauty aisle
Under pressure to reduce environmental waste from single-use containers, major consumer companies including Procter & Gamble Co, Unilever Plc and The Body Shop are rolling...
Decade-long drought in Chile wipes out hives as bees are left without flowers
Beekeeper Pablo Alvarez squats beside his backyard hives and points upward into a cloudless Chilean sky. Bees come and go along the line he signals,...
AppleTV+ debuts streaming TV service with Oprah and Aniston
Apple TV+, the iPhone maker’s entry into the crowded streaming TV market, debuts on Friday as the first “all-original” subscription video service, according to Apple...