07:35 AM EDT, 03/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Arcos Dorados ( ARCO ) reported Q4 earnings Wednesday of $0.28 per share, up from $0.26 a year earlier. Three analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.21. Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was $1.14 billion, down from $1.18 billion a year earlier. Four analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $1.15 billion. ...

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...

07:34 AM EDT, 03/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Bank of Canada will make its policy announcement at 9:45 a.m. ET Wednesday, with a 25bps rate cut to 2.75% widely expected, said Bank of Montreal (BMO). Following Tuesday's United States tariff ramp-up on steel and aluminum, there was some chatter of a potentially larger move, but policymakers have stressed that they'll...

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...