Earnings season. Deutsche Bank, Danske Bank, BBVA, Novo Nordisk, Electrolux, CaixaBank, Signify, Glencore, Fortum, Stora Enso are among companies posting results in Europe. Exxon Mobil, Merck, Cigna, Aon, Honeywell or Johnson Controls in the United States. Sony, Honda and Takeda in Japan.

Dive into the Alliance. Nissan and Renault are reportedly reviewing the fees paid to some consultants as part of their alliance, Bloomberg said. Rumors earlier in the week suggested that Mazars had been assigned an audit mission.

Forced marriage. Rumors are multiplying in Germany about a form of forced marriage between Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank. Meanwhile, DB published this morning a positive net result for the 2018 financial year, reduced to €267 million, but for the first time in four years in the green.

Amazon cautious. The online retail giant disappoints with its forecasts, the title was losing ground after the session on Wall Street. The sales forecast for the first quarter of 2019, which ranges from $56 to $60 billion, is below consensus expectations, which were for Amazon to reach $60.8 billion. At the same time, analysts fear cost inflation.

Help yourself. Elon Musk announced that Tesla's patents will be made public to help fight global warming. A new surprise that does not weigh excessively on the title, for the moment. 

End clause? The future of the A380 is darkening as Emirates could transform its orders into A350s due to a lack of agreement on a modernization of the very large aircraft. Airbus confirmed the existence of discussions without giving the content. In addition, according to Reuters, Berlin will probably choose its next fighter jet between Airbus and Boeing.

It's signed. LafargeHolcim has completed the sale of its Indonesian subsidiary to Semen Indonesia. The proceeds of the transaction are valued at $917 million.

Orange strengthens its defense. The operator has acquired the UK's leading independent cyber security company, SecureData, to strengthen its offer. This company generated approximately €50 million in revenues in 2018.

In other news. Innogy will cut 900 jobs in Great Britain to reduce costs. Exxon Mobil plans to split its upstream division into three. Apple is tightening its policy of access to its app development tools, by temporarily cutting off access to Google and Facebook employees.