- Mastercard will examine its relationship with Pornhub after the publication of a New York Times op-ed alleging videos showing abuse of minors.
- EQT sells Aploena to PAI Partners for €1.6 billion.
- Volkswagen's CEO expects autonomous vehicles on the market between 2025 and 2030.
- French banks Société Générale and Crédit du Nord validate the merger of their two networks.
- Goldman Sachs will set up its asset management in Florida, sulking New York.
- The Munich public prosecutor's office opens an investigation against EY in the Wirecard case.
- Engine N°1, a new ESG activist fund, wants to put pressure on Exxon Mobil.
- Elliott offers CHF 0.80 per Aryzta share to buy the group, the board examines the proposal.
- Sportswear Company SpA (brand Stone Island) joins Moncler.
- Bayer signs development agreement with Atara for its early-stage oncology candidate ATA3271.
- Jean-Pierre Mustier's resignation from UniCredit orders has nothing to do with a possible acquisition of Banca Monte dei Paschi, said the new chairman, Pier Carlo Padoan.
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) will place JPY1,000 billion (approximately $9.6 billion) of debt in the bond market, a record in Japan.
- Zalando Rubin Ritter's co-CEO, Zalando Rubin Ritter, will resign at the next shareholders' meeting in 2021 after 11 years with the company.
- Nissan uses its electric vehicles to power the grid.
- Yara wants to launch a CO2-neutral ammonia plant in Norway.
- Relief Therapeutics has recruited the required patient quota in its Covid-19 study.
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