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UBS upgraded shares of Nike to buy from neutral and JPMorgan added the stock to its "analyst focus list" on Monday.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would be prepared to back changes to the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, the bloc's legal cornerstone if need be, adding that the EU27 must become more competitive now that Britain has left.

Credit Suisse proposed on Monday Richard Meddings, a British banker with long experience of crisis management, for election to its board in its first non-executive nomination since the Swiss bank was rocked by a spying scandal.

Britain set out the type of deal it wants with the European Union on Monday, defining post-Brexit relations between the world's fifth largest economy and its biggest trading partner.

The European Union and Britain clashed over a post-Brexit trade deal on Monday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisting he need not sign up to the bloc's rules and Brussels warning of tariffs and quotas unless he did.

Oil prices fell on Monday, dragged down by concern over demand in China after the coronavirus breakout, though the possibility of deeper crude output cuts by OPEC and its allies offered some price support.

New stretch IRA rules diluted a popular tax break for the wealthy, but retirement savers could use a particular type of trust as a workaround.

Morgan Stanley said on Monday it will give $20 million to seven nonprofit groups working to prevent youth suicide and fight depression and other children's mental health problems.

Ryanair may have to push back its long-term target of flying 200 million passengers per year by as much as two years due to delays in the delivery of Boeing's 737 MAX jet, Europe's largest low-cost carrier said on Monday.

Panasonic Corp on Monday reported a 3% rise in third-quarter operating profit, beating analyst estimates, thanks to restructuring efforts and an improvement at the joint battery business with Tesla Inc

Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 reported quarterly core earnings above market forecasts on Monday and proposed a higher ordinary dividend and a special dividend to be paid out for 2019.

Australia's No.2 lender Westpac Banking Corp was hit with a second U.S. class-action lawsuit in less than a week on Monday, over issues with its financial crime monitoring amid a recent money laundering scandal.

Julius Baer set out new targets to improve its cost-income ratio by 2022, the bank said on Monday as it posted a 5% drop in adjusted net profit for 2019.

Siemens Healthineers' operating income slipped 11% in the first quarter of its fiscal year, despite higher revenues, as it sold less profitable imaging machines and incurred ramp-up costs for its new Atellica blood-testing machines.