Europe’s largest industrial conglomerate reported rising sales – and is taking fresh steps to avoid going the way of hard-pressed US rival General Electric.

Lyft’s maiden quarterly update sent its stock screeching lower.

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The world’s largest brewer, AB InBev, reported weaker-than-expected results – but it has a plan to reduce its mammoth debts.

Several major European telecoms companies agreed to buy parts of one another’s businesses – while other big potential tie-ups had their cables cut.

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The US-China trade war flared up again as America threatened to impose more tariffs – sending investors away from stocks and clamoring for safety.

Major American broadcaster Sinclair announced an $11 billion purchase of several sports networks from Disney.

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Tesla announced plans to raise a fresh $2 billion from investors after the company swung back into the loss-making lane last quarter.

Shares of Britain’s Metro Bank and Lloyds fell after they reported results – but France’s BNP Paribas rose after its update.

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Plant-based burger startup Beyond Meat made its stock market debut – and WeWork’s got its eye on a listing too.

Two major US education publishers announced merger plans, hoping to form a $5 billion combined company.

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Apple’s quarterly results and forecast were riper than investors expected.

The eurozone economy grew faster than forecast in the first quarter – while Chinese manufacturing data called the country’s recovery into question.

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Google parent Alphabet’s first-quarter results were worse than expected thanks to declining ad sales growth.

Spotify added more paying users than predicted last quarter, but its ad revenue also disappointed.

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The US economy’s growth shot the lights out in the first quarter, exceeding forecasts.

Major oil, autos, and airline companies reported first-quarter results.

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Amazon reported better-than-expected first-quarter results – while two UK supermarkets had a mooted mega-merger blocked.

European banks revealed a mixed bag of first-quarter earnings – and two called off their own mooted mega-merger.

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Investors gave Facebook’s mixed first-quarter results a thumbs-up.

European tech giant SAP and payments firm Wirecard were bright spots in an otherwise dismal German economy.

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