07:33 AM EDT, 03/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Baidu ( BIDU ) said Wednesday that it completed a $2 billion exchangeable bonds offering, maturing in 2032. The company said the bonds, sold in offshore transactions outside the US to non-US investors, will not accrue regular interest, and the principal will not increase over time. They are due for repayment on March...

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. aircraft leasing firm Jackson Square Aviation has placed its first direct order with Airbus for 50 A320neo Family aircraft, it said in a statement on Wednesday. The deal is the lessor's first direct order with Airbus, making it a new costumer of the European group. Such a deal would be worth around $2.7 billion after typical...

07:28 AM EDT, 03/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Gildan Activewear ( GIL ) said Wednesday that it priced a 700 million Canadian dollar ($486 million) senior unsecured notes offering across three series. The offering includes CA$150 million of floating rate notes due March 13, 2028; CA$200 million of fixed rate notes due March 13, 2028; and CA$350 million of fixed rate...

PARIS (Reuters) - France's leading publishing and authors' associations have filed a lawsuit against U.S. tech giant Meta for allegedly using copyright-protected content on a massive scale without authorisation to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Representatives for Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The National Publishing Union (SNE), the leading professional publishing association, the National...