Bloomberg Cisco Systems Inc. gave a bullish sales and profit forecast for the current period, a sign that corporations continue to spend on their computer networks despite concern that a trade dispute between China and the US will slow global economic growth. Sales in the fiscal fourth quarter will increase 4.5% to 6.5% from the same period a year earlier, ...

Bloomberg The number of vacant jobs in Norway rose to the highest in at least a decade, underscoring the strength of momentum in the oil-rich economy after the central bank flagged another interest rate increase will come again in June. The number of vacancies, seasonally adjusted, rose to 71,800 in the first quarter, Statistics Norway said. That beat a previous ...

Bloomberg BMW AG’s chief executive officer defended his track record at the company’s annual meeting, highlighting a luxury lead in the US and sales growth through a Chinese downturn, even as the carmaker battles to reverse weaker margins. BMW is struggling alongside rivals with a drop in demand after years of auto-industry growth, and record spending for a technology transition. ...