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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has no specific timeline for the return to service of Boeing Co's 737 MAX, which has been grounded following two deadly crashes, the agency's acting administrator said on Thursday.

Shares of Tesla Inc sank 14% on Thursday and its bonds traded lower, a day after the electric carmaker said it needed more time to turn a profit, reported lower margins and announced the departure of a key executive.

Gazprom , the world's biggest conventional gas producer, said on Thursday it had received bids worth 198.89 billion roubles ($3.15 billion) for 3% of its own shares that it is selling into the market.

Bristol-Myers Squibb , which is set to buy biotechnology company Celgene Corp soon for $74 billion, posted better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Thursday on strong sales from its blood thinner Eliquis and rheumatoid arthritis treatment Orencia.

U.S. stocks stumbled out of the starting gate and bond yields gained ground following mixed earnings and a rosier-than-expected statement from the European Central Bank's governor.

Four major automakers said on Thursday they have reached a voluntary agreement with the state of California on fuel efficiency rules, bypassing a Trump administration effort to strip the state of the right to fight climate change by setting its own standards.

American Airlines Group Inc and Southwest Airlines Co warned on Thursday of an increasing financial toll from the prolonged Boeing 737 MAX grounding this year even as strong bookings and higher fares helped drive quarterly revenue growth.

Invisalign shipments disappointed, "primarily due to a softness in China related to a tougher consumer environment," CEO Joe Hogan says.

Auto sales in China are seen falling 5% year-on-year to 26.68 million units in 2019, the country's top industry association said.

China's biggest auto industry association has cut its sales forecast for this year due to slowing economic growth, and now expects sales to fall for the second year running.

Honda is the latest car company to utilize the "in-car" delivery system.

J.P. Morgan on Thursday trimmed its prior estimate on U.S. economic growth in the second quarter to 1.00% even in the wake of a larger-than-forecast increase in domestic durable goods orders and a shrinkage in trade goods deficit in June.

French energy giant Total will sell about $5 billion of assets, mostly from its exploration and production business as it sharpens its focus on low-breakeven projects that can weather weak oil prices, it said on Thursday.

Comcast Corp's second-quarter profit on Thursday beat Wall Street estimates as it added more high-speed internet customers, but it lost more video and phone customers than expected.