Novo Nordisk raised its full-year sales guidance after revenue from its blockbuster Wegovy obesity treatment surged in the second quarter.
The carmaker is recalling 1.68 million cars in China to fix the same hood problem that recently affected models in the U.S.
ABN AMRO raised its net interest income guidance for the year as it continued to benefit from higher interest rates, which helped lift its second-quarter net profit above expectations.
Siemens Energy reported a reduced net loss for the third quarter as revenue rose 19%, with its wind unit continuing to recover following restructuring efforts.
Cathay Pacific Airways said it would buy 30 Airbus aircraft for about $11 billion and has the option to buy an additional 30 jets.
Rep. Cori Bush, a progressive, lost her Democratic primary in Missouri to St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, a well-funded challenger backed by the pro-Israel group Aipac.
This Hulu reboot of the Lifetime show plunges into the simmering rivalries of a suburban studio.
Tokyo stocks recovered and the yen fell after a Bank of Japan deputy governor said the central bank wouldn’t raise rates when markets are unstable.
Artificial intelligence is upending the country’s tech outsourcing industry. While the sector is adapting, the changes might result in the loss of many coveted jobs.
A rally in U.S. stocks that lifted both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq by 1% and the Dow by 0.8% nonetheless left investors battered by markets’ wild swings and bracing for more turbulence.
OpenAI co-founder John Schulman left the ChatGPT maker to join rival firm Anthropic.
Amazon last month wrested NBA rights from Warner TNT with provisions that the league’s longtime media partner couldn’t match, including the tech giant’s NFL telecasts.
Walt Disney said it would raise prices for nearly all of its streaming plans and introduce continuous playlists on Disney+ later this year.
Aramco said it plans to pay $31.05 billion in dividends to the Saudi government and its shareholders despite a fall in second-quarter profit.
A union pension fund sued KKR, accusing it of paying founders Kravis and Roberts a huge sum on their exit from day-to-day management but getting nothing in return.
Uber shares rose 11% after the company said it returned to profitability on the back of solid growth in its ride-share and food-delivery businesses in the second quarter.
Social-media company X filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against an advertising-industry coalition, saying companies in the group illegally boycotted the platform.
Bayer posted a second-quarter net loss and lower underlying earnings, weighed down by its crop-science division as agriculture companies cope with falling crop prices.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, the microcredit pioneer, was chosen to lead Bangladesh’s caretaker government after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned after weeks of violent protests and fled the country.
Bloomberg Philanthropies will make a $600 million donation to four historically Black medical schools, a gift that will more than double the endowments at three of the four institutions.
Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, praising the former high-school teacher and football coach with a progressive streak as a homespun leader dedicated to inspiring people to “dream big.”
Months after protests rocked Columbia University’s campus, President Minouche Shafik proposed additional muscle for the school’s security force, including new authority to arrest protesters.
Hamas said it chose Yahya Sinwar, the group’s leader in Gaza and architect of the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel, to succeed the former head of its political wing, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed last week in Tehran.
A Pakistani man with ties to Iran was charged with plotting assassinations of Trump and other politicians, law-enforcement officials said.
Corrections & Amplifications for the edition of Aug. 7, 2024.
