• The U.S. FTC will review the agreement between Microsoft and Activision.
  • UBS Group exceeds expectations in Q4 and will buy back $5bn of shares
  • this year.
  • Siltronic will not be acquired by GlobalWafers after Berlin implicitly vetoed the deal.
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment to buy Bungie for $3.6 billion.
  • SIG Combibloc acquires Scholle IPN for €1.36 billion.
  • Novozymes' operating result IS below expectations.
  • Meta (Facebook) permanently buries Diem, formerly Libra, its ambitious cryptocurrency.
  • Qatar Airways signs up to acquire B777 freighters and B737MAXs from The Boeing Company.
  • The New York Times buys back the Wordle pun.
  • Stadler Rail wins a contract in Serbia.
  • Glencore sells its logistics subsidiary Target Group for $177 million.
  • Exxon will merge two entities and move its headquarters to Houston.


Main earnings releases: Alphabet, Exxon, PayPal, United Parcel Service, Keyence, UBS Group, Novozymes, Vantage Towers, Nomura, Lundin Energy...