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  • AIG: the insurer's share price rises slightly after strong results.
  • Allianz: 2021 results will be at the top of the range announced.
  • Beyond Meat: the plant-based meat specialist loses more than 4% after disappointing results.
  • Bpost: mid-year financial performance allows for a second increase in annual targets this year.
  • HelloFresh: Q2 sales beat expectations, but the group is slightly less optimistic about margins.
  • ING Groep: Q2 earnings beat expectations and the bancassurer plans to return €3.6bn to shareholders after 30 September.
  • Pirelli: the tyre maker raised its 2021 guidance after a good first half.
  • Nintendo loses 9% after disappointing results, despite announcing a share buyback.
  • Novavax loses 10% in after-hours trading after delaying the submission of its marketing application for its coronavirus vaccine in the US.
  • China Telecom is set to become the biggest IPO of the year in Shanghai, raising the equivalent of $7.3bn.
  • ThyssenKrupp is selling its infrastructure division to FMC Beteiligungs KG.
  • Amazon won a major victory Friday after an Indian court blocked the $3.4 billion sale of assets by its partner Future Group to Reliance Industries.
  • Johnson & Johnson said Friday that it has submitted an emergency use application for its COVID-19 vaccine to Indian authorities.
  • Facebook - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday criticized the platform for "misleading claims" it made to explain why it disabled the accounts of researchers studying political advertising.
  • Didi Global is considering handing over the management of its users' data to a third party amid an investigation by China's cyberspace regulator, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing people close to the matter. The U.S.-listed stock is up 6.4 percent in premarket trading.
  • Levi Strauss announced Thursday it would buy clothing maker Beyond Yoga to expand its presence in the lucrative leggings business that exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Procter & Gamble said Thursday that activist investor Nelson Peltz would step down from the company's board at the end of his term this year.
  • Zynga on Thursday issued a disappointing annual bookings forecast, weighed down by a slowdown in the gaming market and the announcement of a potential acquisition worth more than half a billion dollars. The stock fell 14.5% in pre-market trading.
  • Yelp gained 13.2% in premarket trading after raising its annual net revenue outlook to a range of $1.01 billion to $1.03 billion.
  • Expedia Group is down 6.4% in pre-market trading after its management expressed concern about the potential impact of coronavirus variants in the travel industry during the release of the group's results.
  • GoPro is up 6.4% in premarket trading after reporting higher sales and a profit in the second quarter on Thursday, after posting a loss in the same period last year.
  • Gilead Sciences said Thursday it became aware that counterfeit and falsified versions of its HIV treatments, Biktarvy and Descovy, were circulating in U.S. drug distribution networks.
  • Apple introduced new tools to detect sexual images involving children on its devices.
  • Virgin Galactic 's space ticket will cost USD 450,000.