LONDON (Reuters) -Barclays reported a 12% fall in first quarter profit on Thursday, as a squeeze on UK mortgage pricing, lower income from trading and a drought of M&A fees showed the difficulties it will face in delivering its first strategic revamp in a decade. The British bank reported pretax profit for the January-March period of 2.277 billion pounds ($2.84...

(Reuters) -AstraZeneca ( AZN ) reported quarterly revenue and profit above market estimates on Thursday, buoyed by resilient demand for its oncology and rare blood disorder drugs and steady growth in revenue from partnered medicines. Its pipeline of new drugs, including blockbusters such as lung cancer drug Tagrisso, leukaemia drug Calquence and Farxiga for diabetes, coupled with resilient demand in...

PARIS (Reuters) -BNP Paribas reported a fall in first-quarter profit and revenue on Thursday but beat analyst forecasts, as lower expenses and a strong performance in its corporate banking business offset flat or falling revenues elsewhere. The euro zone's biggest bank said group net income over the first three months of the year declined by 2.2% from a year earlier...

PARIS (Reuters) - Birkin bag maker Hermes reported a 17% surge in first-quarter sales on Thursday, sustaining a rapid growth rate from the previous quarter and underlining strong demand for high end luxury. Sales rose to 3.81 billion euros ($4.08 billion) for the three months to March 31 and beat expectations for a 13% rise, according to consensus provider Visible...