We tell the news and topics of the day quickly.
Listed companies are now buying their own shares in record numbers
In the course of a year, the largest listed companies in the US have bought their own shares for more than a thousand billion dollars. The news talks about a looming recession, but companies are not afraid to lighten their coffers. Even in Finland, companies like Nokia, Nordea and Sammo make large purchases of their own shares. Professor at the University of Vaasa Timo Rothovius and OP’s chief analyst Antti Saari tell you what share buyback means.
visited Afghanistan, which was taken over by the Taliban a year ago
The stabbed Salman Rushdie got off the ventilator
A writer stabbed in the neck and stomach during a lecture in the United States on Friday Salman Rushdie no longer needs a ventilator and is able to speak, reports the news agency AP, among other things. Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wylie has confirmed the information without saying more about it.
Rushdie, 75, had taken the stage to give a talk at a literary festival in New York state when a man rushed the stage and stabbed the author. The attacker was arrested immediately. Rushdie is still being treated in hospital for serious injuries.
Weather
The warm air extends from South Ostrobothnia to the southern part of Kainuu. The weather in most parts of the country is dusty and also mostly sunny. Scattered rain will move east over Pohjois Ostrobothnia and Kainuu on Sunday.