Earnings season. In Europe, Heineken, Deutsche Boerse, Akzo Nobel, ADP Group, Lufthansa, Amundi, Bic, Rexel or Tele2 are among companies reporting earnings. In the US, Cisco, Recruit Holdings, Progressive Corp, American International Group, Manulife, Daikin, Hilton Worldwide or Teva.

Keeping up with the Joneses. Google is looking to catch up in the cloud with Amazon and Microsoft. The new head of the division, Thomas Kurian, has great recruitment ambitions to accelerate the group's development in this market.

Game over. Activision blizzard will cut approximately 8% of its workforce after disappointing annual results. The video game sector is clearly shaken by the emergence of new players.

Suspicions. A shareholder brought legal action for insider trading against CBS executives, allegedly carried out before the Leslie Moonves sexual harassment scandal broke out.

The end for the A380? Airbus could seal the fate of its A380 as soon as its annual results are published on Thursday, Reuters learned, after a series of withdrawals that jeopardize the commercial future of the very large carrier.

Green light. Brussels authorized the proposed acquisition of joint control of Virgin Atlantic by Air France KLM, Delta Air Lines and the Virgin Group. The Franco-Dutch company will own 31% of the transatlantic airline.

Defenseless. Carlos Ghosn's main lawyer in Japan resigned, without giving any reasons at this stage. The former boss of Renault and Nissan is the target of three charges of breach of trust and reduced income to the stock exchange authorities between 2010 and 2018.

Arbitration requested. The rag is burning between Bouygues and Alpiq over the French group's takeover of the service activities of the Swiss company. The final price will be the subject of arbitration. The additional price is estimated at CHF 12.9 million by Alpiq, while Bouygues is at -205.1 million euros!

EUR 60 per share. Terreis will sell €1.7 billion in assets to Swiss Life, representing 72% of its assets. The funds will make it possible to return EUR 60 per share to shareholders, via a dividend of EUR 25 and a public stock buyback tender offer at EUR 35 per share.

Hispasat sold. Abertis (Atlantia) sold Hispasat to Red Electrica for €949 million. The satellite operator thus remains in the hands of a Spanish actor, which is what the local authorities wanted given its strategic nature.

In other news. Amazon and General Motors discussed an investment in Rivian Automotive, which has developed an electric pickup truck. International Business Machine announces that its artificial intelligence has been judged less convincing than a human being during an organized debate on a social subject. Toshiba is reducing its forecasts.