• HSBC: Q3 results beat expectations, in line with other financial institutions that have already released. A $2bn share buyback program will be launched soon.
  • PayPal is backing away from buying Pinterest "for now".
  • Italian government and UniCredit end talks on troubled bank Banca Monte dei Paschi on a finding of failure.
  • Tesla is raising its rates.
  • Daimler CEO hopes to stabilize supply chain this quarter.
  • Banco de Sabadell has rejected Co-op Bank's £1bn-plus bid for its UK TSB unit.
  • Exor has reportedly reopened talks with Covéa over PartnerRE, according to Il Sole 24 Ore, which speaks of a $9bn valuation.
  • Tesco has been the victim of a cyber attack, apparently without consequences.
  • Hellman & Friedman and EQT will finally join forces to buy Zooplus at EUR 480 per share.
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb expressed interest in buying autoimmune disease drug developer Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, whose shares surged on Friday.
  • China Evergrande Group says it is reviving more than 10 real estate projects.
  • Rogers Communications on Sunday reiterated its support for CEO Joe Natale, after attempts by former chairman Edward Rogers to remove him from the Canadian company.
  • Italy is courting Intel for a semiconductor plant.
  • Panasonic unveils a prototype battery for Tesla.
  • In Australia, Telstra to buy Digicel Pacific.
  • Novartis fails with lung cancer drug canakinumab.
  • Bossard acquires Dutch company Jeveka.
  • CD Projekt acquires 60% of the capital of the American company The Molassess Flood Studio.

Main earnings reports: Facebook, HSBC, LG Chem, Michelin, Galp Energia, Icade, SSAB...