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Tuesday reported an increase in profit for the first quarter, as revenues increased and margins improved, with both earnings and revenues trumping estimates.

Belgian chemicals giant Solvay said Wednesday it will pay $5.5 billion for US firm Cytec, aiming to be a key player in the fast-moving air and space composite materials market.

FRANKFURT, July 29 German drugs distributor Celesio has agreed to buy Sainsbury’s pharmacy business for 125 million pounds ($195 million) via its British chain LloydsPharmacy.

LONDON-U.K. utility SSE PLC SSEZY, +0.85% said Wednesday it has agreed with French oil and gas major Total SA TOT, +1.61% to buy a 20% stake in four gas fields in the North Sea’s Shetland Islands and a 20% stake in a new Shetland gas plant for GBP565 million ($881...

“It is necessary to secure that this “game” won’t happen again during coming discussions about the form of the third aid package for Greece”.

The death toll in the building collapse in Thane, Maharashtra, has now gone up to 4.

That resulted in Barclays reporting a 26% fall in its first quarter statutory profits to £1.34bn. By comparison, Deutsche Bank AG has increased 20 percent in that period, while UBS Group AG is up 25 percent.

The Doha-based carrier issued the statement this week in response to recent news reports suggesting it could take a stake in Delhi-based SpiceJet.

TransAlta manipulated power prices “away from a competitive market outcome”, the utilities commission said.

Verizon headquarters in Manhattan on May 12, 2015.

Sky’s net profit for the fiscal year ended June 30 rose to 1.96 billion pounds ($3.06 billion) from GBP865 million in the year preceding.

“Negotiations on a memorandum of understanding should now progress as swiftly as possible”.

The fund, Elliott, is opposing a takeover deal between Samsung companies that critics say will ensure Samsung’s founding family retains outsized influence over the conglomerate.

As a reminder, the Samsung Galaxy J5 comes with a 5 inch HD display that has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, the device also comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and 1.5GB of RAM.

British bank Virgin Money said its first-half profit jumped 37 percent, bolstered by a surge in mortgage lending.