May.18 — Ryanair Holdings Plc Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary says that support by German and French governments for their airline industries is “illegal” and will “distort the market.” He made the comments after Europe’s biggest low-cost carrier boosted its liquidity with a 600 million-pound ($726 million) loan backed by the U.K. government. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: European Open.”

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Japan’s Panasonic Corp posted on Monday a 29% drop in annual operating profit amid the coronavirus outbreak but said its battery cells joint venture with major customer Tesla Inc logged a second straight quarterly profit. Panasonic did not issue an earnings forecast for the current year due to uncertainty from the virus, joining a number of Japanese electronics companies, including Sony Corp and Canon Inc , in refraining from providing outlooks. Operating profit for the year ended in March came in at 293.75 billion yen ($2.74 billion), in line with an average estimate of 295.3 billion yen profit drawn from 17 analysts polled by Refinitiv.

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May.18 — April’s rally in stock markets “was a classic case of a bear market rally,” according to Rebecca Chesworth, senior equities strategist at State Street Global Advisors. She speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: European Open.”

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