• European aircraft manufacturer Airbus delivered between 140 and 142 planes in the first quarter, up nearly 13 percent from the same period last year, industry sources said Wednesday.
  • Atlantia is reportedly in the sights of Blackstone and ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, according to Bloomberg.
  • Berkshire Hathaway has invested $4.2 billion in HP Inc.
  • The UK is freezing the assets of Sberbank and Alfa Bank.
  • Meta Platforms is thinking about cryptocurrencies again, according to the FT.
  • Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) has received the second partial approval to start up what would be the first battery plant in Germany.
  • Samsung expects Q1 operating income to rise 50.3%.
  • Marcio Weber is to take over as CEO of Petrobras.
  • Microsoft, Google and Amazon win a cloud contract from The Boeing Company.
  • Emmi no longer exports to Russia.
  • Belgian investment group Gimv creates digital marketing group Olyn.
  • Electric car maker shares rose in pre-market trading after a meeting between Joe Biden's administration and industry leaders, at which the U.S. government talked about a consensus on interoperability of electric vehicle charging stations.
  • Tesla will recall 127,785 Model 3 vehicles in China because of potentially faulty semiconductors that could cause accidents.
  • In France, the conviction of Google to 150 million euros fine for abuse of dominant position in the advertising market was confirmed on appeal.
  • Levi Strauss & Co. reported better-than-expected quarterly results Wednesday night on the back of higher prices and solid demand.
  • Regeneron - The U.S. drugmaker and Sanofi announced Thursday that the European Commission has extended the marketing authorization for their treatment Dupixent in a form of severe asthma in children aged six to 11.
  • British online gaming group 888 will pay about 585 million pounds, nearly 30 percent less than the 834.9 million previously expected, for the international assets of William Hill, owned by Caesars Entertainment, the companies announced Thursday, citing economic and regulatory changes.
  • JD.Com - The Chinese online shopping site, facing slowing growth, on Thursday promoted its chairman Lei Xu to CEO to succeed founder and CEO Richard Liu, who will focus on the company's rural operations and supervision of young managers.

Main earnings reports: Constellation Brands, Conagra, Entain, Hella, Gerresheimer... All the agenda here.