Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic said on Monday it had temporarily approved Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot targeting the original and BA.1 Omicron coronavirus variants.
U.S. stock index futures slipped on Monday, as an intensifying war in Ukraine and U.S. curbs on chip technology exports to China hit investors' appetite for risk assets ahead of the upcoming earnings season.
Qatar National Bank (QNB) , the Gulf's largest lender by assets, said on Monday its third-quarter net profit was up nearly 14% as net interest income jumped nearly a third.
German logistics company Deutsche Post will hike its full-year guidance when it reports third-quarter financial results on Nov. 8, it said on Monday, citing a rise in quarterly profits.
The trading arm of Russia's Lukoil, Litasco, has moved part of its operations to Dubai over the last few months as European sanctions on Mosow push traders to neutral territory, according to trade sources familiar with the matter.
Some of LVMH retail beauty brand Sephora's stores reopened in Russia on Monday as Ile de Beauté, the Russian firm said, the latest rebranding in the country's retail space as firms exit the country over Moscow's actions in Ukraine.
Russia's defence ministry said it hit "all designated targets" in a massive missile attack on Ukrainian military, communications and energy infrastructure on Monday.
Merck & Co said on Monday an experimental treatment it gained through its $11.5 billion deal for Acceleron Pharma met the main goal of a study testing it in patients with a progressive blood vessel disorder.
Italy's telecoms lobby has called on the European Union to consider ways to help the industry cope with rising energy costs as well as to shield their networks from any planned power cuts, a document seen by Reuters showed.
