• Macy’s reported lower-than-expected quarterly sales on Thursday, as consumers curbed non-essential spending in the face of persistently high inflation. The stock fell 10.2% in pre-market trading.
  • Salesforce lost 5.5% in pre-market trading after reporting its slowest quarterly sales growth in 13 years, as demand from financial services and technology companies for cloud-based software offerings slowed.
  • Dollar General lost 6.2% in premarket trading after lowering its sales forecast for the year.
  • Nordstrom - The department store chain reported a surprise first-quarter profit on Wednesday, thanks to improved inventory management and demand. Its shares gained 8% in pre-market trading.
  • The merger between UBS and Credit Suisse is behind schedule, according to several reliable sources.
  • Exxon and Chevron shareholders overwhelmingly reject climate-related resolutions.
  • Shell strengthens its presence in the Spanish solar energy market.
  • American Airlines announced that it would appeal a court ruling forcing it to end a partnership with JetBlue Airways in the northeastern U.S., which a federal judge ruled violated antitrust law.
  • Fujitsu's majority stake in Shinko Electric Industries has attracted the interest of Apollo Global Management Inc. and Bain Capital, Bloomberg reported.
  • Former Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann was elected Chairman of Commerzbank's Supervisory Board yesterday.
  • Roche will sell its Vacaville site in California.
  • Safran is in exclusive negotiations with Air Liquide to acquire its aeronautical oxygen business.
  • Lucid will raise $3 billion from Saudi backers.
  • IMI will replace The British Land in the FTSE 100.
  • Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi denies receiving illegal public subsidies.
  • Apollo Global Management is reportedly interested in Fujitsu's majority stake in Shinko Electric Industries, Bloomberg reported.

Today's main earnings reports: Broadcom, VMware, Dollar General, Lululemon, Rémy Cointreau, Pennon, Altri... The full earnings calendar is here.