By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - Credit Agricole SA, France's second-biggest listed bank, posted a forecast-beating 55% jump in first-quarter net profit on Friday, helped by corporate and investment banking sales that outperformed rivals. ...

By Helen Reid LONDON (Reuters) - As Adidas aims to build on hot demand for its three-striped white and black Samba and multi-coloured Gazelle sneakers, it's also taking steps to prevent the shoes from becoming victims of their own success.  The ...

By Christoph Steitz, Tom Käckenhoff and Vladimir Soldatkin FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Uniper, the biggest corporate victim of Europe's energy crisis, is looking to the courts to solve the issue of its dormant Russian gas supply ...

By Louis van Boxel-Woolf and Isabel Demetz (Reuters) -Germany's Daimler Truck AG posted first-quarter core profit of 1.21 billion euros ($1.30 billion) on Friday, beating the consensus estimate of 1.17 billion euros in a company poll, driven by a ...

By Faith Hung TAIPEI (Reuters) - Money is pouring into Taiwan exchange-traded funds as investors scramble for exposure to the artificial intelligence supply chain, raising analyst and regulator caution just as a rally in the sector has turned ...

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee: A more dovish-than-expected Federal Reserve meeting and an eye-watering $110 billion share buyback programme from Apple have boosted risk sentiment ahead of the crucial U.S.

By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) -French bank Societe Generale's net income fell less than expected in the first quarter, as profits on equity derivative sales offset weaknesses at its retail bank and in fixed-income trading. France's ...

(Reuters) -Collapsed U.S. lender SVB Financial Group said on Thursday that an entity affiliated with Pinegrove Capital Partners will acquire its venture capital business, SVB Capital. A newly-created entity, backed by permanent capital from ...

By Summer Zhen HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global hedge funds that use an equities long-short strategy are growing increasingly bullish on China, evidenced by the heavy pick-up in their purchases of Hong Kong-listed shares, UBS Group said in a note.

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian stocks surged to their highest in 15 months on Friday led by tech and Hong Kong stocks, while the yen put more distance from recent 34-year lows to cap a tumultuous week that saw suspected intervention ...