Netflix’s new figures. Streaming specialist Netflix released detailed figures on its subscriber base and revenues outside the United States. The EMEA region has more than doubled its subscriber base since the beginning of 2017 and is Netflix's second largest geographic area, right after the United States.

Stop. Boeing will finally suspend production of its B737s in January due to the MAX's setbacks, which still can't get back into the air, causing the stock to drop by 4% yesterday. The decision was made at a time when no return to service date can be determined to date, as the U.S. Civil Aviation Agency is unwilling to take any risks after the two fatal accidents that occurred with the aircraft. It should be recalled that this situation also has consequences for suppliers to American industry and aeronautics, such as the French engine manufacturer Safran, which was sanctioned yesterday on the stock exchange in the wake of its customer.

Sprint and T-Mobile bias? American elected officials have criticized the telecoms regulator, the FCC, for adopting an overly positive bias in the context of the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile US, an operation that is still uncertain because of investigations launched by the prosecutors' offices of several federal states.

Roche gets the green light. The American antitrust authority, the day after its British counterpart, finally authorized Roche's takeover of Spark Therapeutics, after months of waiting for the Swiss laboratory.

PFC? FCP? Fiat Chrysler's Supervisory Board is scheduled to meet this afternoon to discuss the next steps in the proposed merger with Peugeot. The French group has also scheduled a meeting of his supervisory board. It seems that the planets are aligned to create a new major player, even if some voices have recently been raised to obtain more guarantees for PSA, particularly on governance. The Ghosn nightmare is in everyone's mind.

The atmosphere is deteriorating. Amazon.com has prohibited third-party vendors from using FedEx for Prime subscribers, considering that its performance is insufficient. The online retail giant points out that the ban will cease when FedEx's delivery performance has returned to adequate levels. Amazon had already excluded FedEx from its road haulers for its own deliveries for the same reasons.

J&J wins lawsuit. Jurors have cleared Johnson & Johnson of responsibility for the terminal illness a California woman claims was caused by J&J's talc-based Baby Powder. 

Go west. NuCom Group, ProSiebenSat's e-commerce subsidiary, is negotiating the acquisition of the American Meet Group, according to information from Reuters. The Meet share soared by 21% in the session before closing at USD 5.33, up 5.3%. Its capitalization reached $382 million.

Successful exam. The seven major British banks have successfully passed the Bank of England's stress tests, which underlines that they are all ready to face a severe recession in the United Kingdom, provided they drastically reduce dividends and variable compensation. These are Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide Building Society, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander UK and Standard Chartered.

In other news. Tim Leissner, a former Goldman Sachs banker involved in the 1MDB Malaysian fund misappropriation scandal, was banned from the financial sector for life by the SEC. British Airways (International Consolidated Airlines) has signed a compromise with its pilots after a social movement that has been going on for several months. Intel acquires the Israeli start-up Habana Labs, specialized in artificial intelligence, for $2 billion. Bâloise relocates life insurance activities to Luxembourg.