Bank of Japan has ‘put a floor under the yen,’ but it is not on ‘firm footing’ according to Independent Strategy's David Roche

'We oppose BBVA's hostile takeover bid on Banco Sabadell as it increases market uncertainty, volatility' - Spain's economy, trade and business minister Carlos Cuerpo explains why the Spanish government opposes BBVA's hostile takeover bid of Banco Sabadell.

Investors are seeing a brighter future for European markets according to Daniel Morris, chief market strategist at BNP Paribas Asset Management.

'We are making very good progress in our integration plans' according to UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti as he spoke to SilviaAmaro following the bank’s first-quarter results

'Very slow start' to 2024 for Europe according to Deutsche Post und DHL News CEO Tobias Meyer joins Squawk Box to comment on the company’s first-quarter results and how Europe has seen a weak start to the year

'At UniCredit, we're quite excited to see what will happen when rates normalize, cost of risk normalize, and there will be a big differentiation between the banks who have built for the future and the banks that have not' the bank's CEO says after better than expected Q1 results

Unicredit CEO confirming they have received a letter from the ECB ordering them to wind down their biz in Russia further

Biotech firm Novonesis posted 4 percent growth in organic sales in the first quarter. The group maintained its full year outlook, targeting sales growth of between 5 and 7 percent. CEO Ester Baiget told CNBC that the firm is on track to hit this target and accelerate growth even…

Local election results in the UK have so far delivered several blows for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak including in the Blackpool South by-election, which was seen as a key battleground between the two leading parties. Arabile Gumede was reporting live from Blackpool

Apple announces the largest buyback in US history as quarterly earnings top expectations, despite a 10 percent fall in iPhone sales. Karen Tso breaks down the details $AAPL

The Federal Reserve keeps rates on hold and warns the fight against #inflation is stalling. But Jerome Powell struck a less hawkish tone than markets initially feared, playing down the chances of a return to rate hikes.

Steve Sedgwick breaks down the latest out of the #FOMC

Is Europe obsessed with companies becoming 'too successful' and what could happen if fortunes change?

SilviaAmaro discusses the latest earnings out of @NovoNordisk with Steve Sedgwick and Arabile Gumede - and reflect back on the rise of fall of Nokia 20 years ago.

“There’s no economic rationale for the Fed to cut rates. They only reason they might cut is because the U.S. government can’t afford it.” @FreddieLair from Latitude IM warns there are greater concerns underlying stubborn inflation and the higher-for-longer rates

We've come to the end of another month. April's narrative has been dominated by an increasingly contentious debate over when central banks will begin easing policy. Arabile Gumede breaks down how the key players performed

'There aren't any deficit hawks left.. The long-term projections for debt-to-GDP are going through the roof and Washington is sleep walking through this challenge.' Tim Adams, CEO of the IIF, talks U.S. debt, the Federal Reserve and what a Trump presidency means for the U.S.…

'We have adjusted our forecasts for oil going up to $85 for the year, and for gas to be just below €30 per megawatt hour'

OMV Group CEO Alfred Stern on his outlook for the year ahead

'Its a tough consumer sentiment out there, whether we are looking at our European businesses, or Asian businesses' - Carlsberg CEO Jacob Aarup-Andersen joins CNBC International

'I think that when we look at the environment, we do think that one rate cut this year looks quite reasonable' - J.P. Morgan's Madison Faller outlines her rate outlook for 2024

.Atos shares are sharply higher after the French government made an offer to buy the parts of the company it sees as strategically important, with a valuation between 700 million and 1 billion euros. Charlotte Reed has the details.

Philips shares surge as the Dutch group reaches a surprise settlement over its US ventilator recall, paying out a lower than feared $1.1 billion. Philips CEO Roy Jakobs joined Karen Tso & Arabile Gumede