Airbus boosts its FY guidance as profits dip less than forecast on the back of pandemic belt-tightening. Shell faces activist investor ire as hedge fund Third Point reportedly builds a $750m stake and demands a break-up of the company’s assets. In Canada, the central bank ditches its Covid-era bond-buying programme while European markets await today’s ECB rate decision. We also have a slew of Q3 earnings on Super Thursday with C-suite interviews from Skanska, WPP, Volkswagen and more.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.