• Credit Suisse chairman António Horta-Osório says he "unwittingly" violated Swiss quarantine rules by leaving the country.
  • Apple temporarily allowed to keep App Store rules unchanged. It was also revealed that three top engineers have left Apple's car project to join startups, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
  • Volkswagen announces three battery partnerships.
  • The U.S. Justice Department suspects Deutsche Bank of violating a criminal agreement in the U.S.
  • Uber is in the hot seat with the French justice system, regarding the employment of its drivers.
  • The FDA has approved the emergency use of the antiviral cocktail developed by AstraZeneca to protect against a severe form of covid-19.
  • Vail Resorts will acquire three ski resorts in the Pittsburgh area for $125 million.
  • Rolls-Royce more optimistic than expected about its 2021 cash outlays.
  • GameStop loses some ground in after-hours trading.
  • Comcast issues guidance that shows slowing growth.
  • Zur Rose raises CHF 188.5 million in a capital increase.
  • Adobe to acquire social media and content marketing platform ContentCal.
  • Canadian mining group Kinross buys Great Bear for $1.42 billion.
  • Celyad Oncology raises $32.5 million from Fortress.
  • Gamestop is down 4.2% in pre-market trading after the video game distributor announced that it had received a subpoena from the SEC, the U.S. securities regulator, in August as part of an investigation into trading in its shares.* Halliburton is down 1.3% in the pre-market in the wake of the decline in oil prices.
  • Citigroup is down 0.5% in premarket trading ahead of next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting.
  • Uber - The European Commission unveiled a proposal Thursday to give people who work through digital platforms like Uber better rights and benefits. The U.S. VTC giant's stock is down 0.6% in pre-market trading.
  • Amazon - Italy's competition regulator announced Thursday that it has fined the e-commerce giant 1.13 billion euros for alleged abuse of market dominance.
  • KKR - Investment funds KKR, Advent, Silver Lake, EQT, Bridgepoint, Apollo, CVC Capital Partners and Bain Capital are among the likely bidders for a stake of up to 20 percent in the trading company that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) wants to set up to manage the broadcasting rights of French soccer, several sources told Reuters.
  • Blackstone plans to float its subsidiary Cirsa on the stock market next year in a deal that could value the Spanish casino operator at up to three billion euros, Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias reported on Thursday.

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