Morgan Stanley profit beats as bond trading surges; shares jump 4%
Morgan Stanley beat estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday, buoyed by higher revenue from bond trading and M&A advisory fees, sending its shares up 4%...
Bulgaria regulator sacks state radio chief in free speech row
Bulgaria’s broadcast regulator sacked the chief of the country’s public radio, BNR, on Thursday for taking its news channel off the air for hours last...
British TV starts Brexit-free news channel
Bored by Brexit? After three years of crisis, Sky News is betting that some viewers are so fed up with the divorce drama that there...
Qatar approves minimum wage law, scraps worker exit permits
Qatar’s government said on Thursday it adopted a new minimum wage law and will scrap mandatory exit visas for all workers, part of a broad...
Stock market tunes in to Netflix after subscriber bounce
Wall Street cheered a rebound in Netflix subscribers in the third quarter, driving shares in the firm 9% higher on Thursday even as analysts warned...
Catalan regional chief calls for independence vote after night of violence
Catalonia should hold a new vote on independence from Spain within two years, the head of the region’s government said on Thursday in a fresh...
Futures rise on Brexit deal; Netflix, Morgan Stanley earnings adds to cheer
Wall Street was set for a higher open on Thursday, after Britain struck a preliminary last-minute deal with the European Union helping to ease some...
Norwegian Air, JetBlue tie up to make transatlantic bookings simpler
Passengers with Norwegian Air and New York’s JetBlue Airways will be able to fly between Europe and the United States and make connecting flights on...
Brazil’s government appoints economist Geraldo Melo as new land rights chief
The Brazilian government has appointed economist Geraldo Melo Filho as the new head of the agency responsible for rural land rights, replacing a general who...
‘We have delivered’: Barnier after Brexit deal
Britain and the European Commission have agreed a new withdrawal accord that will be presented to European Union leaders later on Thursday, the EU’s Brexit...