Lowe's, Target, Copart, Hal Trust, The Sage Group, Babcock are among companies reporting their earnings today.

EasyJet: these will not be empty words. The low-cost flying company announced that it will invest $32 million to finance projects related to environmental protection, including tree planting. The objective is to offset the significant CO2 emissions induced by its activity. In order to respond to sceptics, the British company wants to calculate and communicate its actions for the environment in a scrupulous way, in order to avoid associating its actions with "green washing". 

A new merger on the horizon, after the Federal Reserve approved the proposed merger between BB&T and SunTrust Banks.

Boeing has sold 50 737MAX to Astana and another unidentified buyer, while the aircraft is still grounded, and could place 30 B787s at Emirates. But the good news is eclipsed by another scandal for the plane maker. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board called today on Boeing Co to redesign the fan cowl structure on 737 NG planes after a passenger was killed on a Southwest Airlines plane in April 2018 following an engine failure.

The United States is reported to have opened an investigation into Swedbank regarding a violation of the Russian embargo, a case that could cost the Scandinavian institution a lot of money. On the other side of the world, Australian bank Westpac Banking is accused by its regulatory authority of massively failing to comply with its anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism obligations: the regulator has identified more than 23 million breaches!

The US distribution is struggling. A complicated session yesterday for the American distributors Home Depot (-5.4%) and especially Kohl's (-19.5%), both of which reduced their annual forecasts. A negative signal before the crucial holiday season, especially the "black Friday" and "cyber Monday", which are now a must for consumers.

Aston Martin relies on the DBX. Aston Martin Lagonda launches its first SUV model. DBX is expected to start leaving the UK production lines in the second quarter of next year. The brand needs to get back on track, after a year 2019 that looks complicated. Introduced a year ago at GBP 1900 each, the stock is now trading at only GBP 440.60.

Wirecard, bis repetita? The German group's share was expected to fall sharply at the opening, after an article in the Handelsblatt revealing that Wirecard's Singapore subsidiary's accounts were not certified in 2017.

In short, elsewhere. Alibaba's IPO in Hong Kong should raise $11.2 billion, as the latest rumors indicate a price of HKD 176 per share. Atlantia finally leaves the Alitalia takeover consortium. Alcon is adjusting its 2019 guidance, in the upper range for revenues and the lower range for margin, and launching a savings program. Fevertree has lowered its forecasts because of the United Kingdom, but reassures the United States. Roche will buy back $2 billion of debt. Kuehne + Nagel acquires Rotra's logistics. Macy's revealed a data leak, but assures that it has only reached a small number of its customers.