Samsung Electronics posted 6.9 trillion won (5.9 billion U.S. dollars) in operating profit in the second quarter, missing market estimates on weak demand for Galaxy S6 smartphones, a regulatory filing showed Thursday.
U.S. stocks declined for the third straight session Thursday as investors meditated on a raft of largely lackluster earnings reports.
U.S. stocks kept falling Wednesday as disappointing quarterly results from big companies weighed on Wall Street sentiment.
Singapore's budget carrier Tigerair reported an operating profit of 600,000 Singapore dollars (440,040 U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of its 2016 financial year, reversing a loss of 16.4 million Singapore dollars (12.03 million U.S. dollars) in the previous quarter, the airline has said.
U.S. stocks ended lower amid lackluster quarterly results Tuesday, as investors were looking for excuses to lock in gains after the Nasdaq Composite Index's three-session record run.
The Singapore economy grew by 1. 7 percent on a year-on-year basis in the second quarter of 2015, lower than the 2.8 percent growth in the previous quarter, according to advance estimates by the Ministry of Trade and Industry on Tuesday.
Think tank projects 0.7 pct GDP growth for Britain in Q2
Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Eduardo Braga announced on Thursday a new bidding round for oil and gas exploration areas.
South Africa's economy slowed down in the first quarter of this year due to power constraints which heavily affected the manufacturing and agricultural sector, according to figures released on Tuesday by Statics South Africa (Stats SA).
Brazil's negative GDP results in the first quarter of 2015 are a reflection of recent economic uncertainty, Finance Minister Joaquim Levy said Friday.
Auto exports by South Korean carmakers tumbled in the first quarter amid a surge in foreign luxury car imports, customs data showed Wednesday.
The Chinese economy reported better-than-expected data for the first quarter as gross domestic product expanded 7 percent year on year, official data revealed on Wednesday.
German central bank forecasts strong growth in 2015
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday rejected the capital plans of two large banks, the American units of the Deutsche Bank and Banco Santander, due to their "qualitative" deficiencies including ability to model losses and identify risks.
Falling dairy prices continued to drag down New Zealand's merchandise terms of trade in the quarter to the end of December 2014, the government statistics agency announced on Monday.
In the fourth quarter of 2014, British business investment decreased at its sharpest rate in nearly six years, data from Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Thursday.
Philips had a decline in profit and sales in the fourth quarter, as well as over the entire year of 2014 due to weak currencies and falling demand and disappointing sales in emerging markets like Russia and China, the Dutch electronics giant reported on Tuesday.
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