- Associated Press Finance
Staff and shoppers return to 'somber' Sydney shopping mall 6 days after mass stabbings
Shoppers and workers returned to a “really quiet” Sydney mall Friday, where six days earlier an assailant stabbed six people to death and wounded more than a dozen others in an attack that police believe targeted women. Westfield Bondi Junction mall near world-famous Bondi Beach had opened Thursday, although shops inside were closed, for a “community reflection day.” New South Wales state Premier Chris Minns described it as “the first step in healing” in what has been a traumatic week for Australia’s largest city.
- Reuters
L'Oreal shares shine after Q1 sales beat expectations
Shares in L'Oreal rose more than 4% % in early Friday trading after the French cosmetics giant reported a 9.4% rise in first quarter sales on a like-for-like basis on Thursday evening, beating expectations of 6.1% growth.
- BBC
Trump criminal case: Full 12-person jury seated in Manhattan
The trial, the first ever in which an ex-US president is the defendant, may see opening arguments on Monday.
