• Qantas and Airbus invest in an Australian biofuel refinery.
  • Hennes & Mauritz: The Swedish company was profitable in the last quarter, while analysts were expecting a loss, thanks to exceptional profits despite weak demand, as consumers cut back on spending amid rampant inflation.
  • Manchester United said Thursday it returned to profit in the second quarter thanks to higher commercial revenues and lower wages. The club reported a net profit of 6.3 million pounds in the quarter, compared with a loss of 1.4 million pounds a year earlier.
  • Electronic Arts, the company behind the "FIFA" football video game franchise, announced Wednesday that it will lay off about 6 percent of its workforce and reduce its office space, making it the latest major video game publisher to announce job cuts.
  • Poste Italiane: 2022 results are down, with dividend reduced to EUR 0.45.
  • SMA Solar: The group confirms strong preliminary results and raises its guidance.
  • Credit Suisse withdraws some proposals for its AGM before its takeover by UBS.
  • Concentrix acquires Webhelp for about $4.8 billion.
  • Alphabet, Microsoft - Google Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Google, accused Microsoft of anti-competitive cloud practices and criticised impending deals with European cloud providers, saying they did not resolve problems with its licensing terms.
  • Roku is up 3% in premarket trading after the streaming platform announced it would cut about 200 jobs.
  • Vodafone plans to cut about 1,300 jobs in Germany, including administrative and management positions.
  • Implenia buys Wincasa for CHF 171.6 million.
  • EQT reviews Credit Suisse 's role in Galderma's IPO. S&P upgrades Dufry' s credit rating to "BB-".
  • Warner Music cuts 4% of its global workforce.
  • Temenos signs with a "major" US bank.
  • Alibaba said Thursday it is considering divesting non-strategic assets and giving up control of some businesses as the Chinese technology giant embarks on a major restructuring.
  • Faraday Future has begun production of its first luxury electric car, the FF 91 Futurist, at its California plant, the Los Angeles-based electric vehicle group said Wednesday, after it raised doubts last November about its ability to continue operations and the delivery schedule for the FF 91. 
  • Siemens Energy issues its first green bond.