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According to CBS: On Wednesday morning local time, a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to San Diego had a close encounter with a drone as it approached landing.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 39.50 points, or 0.45%, on Thursday, April 30, to 8647.50 points.

NI225 opened down 356.89 points on April 30 (Thursday), or 0.60%, to 59560.57 points.

Japan’s retail sales in March were 14.306 trillion yen, compared with the previous value of 12.155 trillion yen.

Japan's inventory monthly rate in March was -1.5%, compared with the previous value of 0.3%.

Japan's initial annual industrial output rate in March was 2.3%, expected to be 2.2%, and the previous value was 0.40%.

Samsung Electronics: VERA RUBIN platform for NVIDIA, taking the lead in launching the industry's large-scale production and sales of HBM4.

According to the Wall Street Journal: The United States has proposed forming an alliance to help ensure shipping safety in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Association of British Motor Manufacturers and Traders: Total vehicle production in the UK fell by 8.2% year-on-year in March to 72,511 units.

Trump praised Intel's (INTC.O) stock price rise.

White House: Jarrod Argen, director of the National Energy Leadership Council, will travel to Venezuela on Thursday to hold meetings with oil, gas and mining executives and meet with Venezuelan officials.

Microsoft (MSFT.O): Azure revenue growth is expected to accelerate moderately in the second half of 2026 compared with the first half of 2026.

Amazon (AMZN.O) CEO: No update on capital expenditures, our plans remain basically unchanged.

Microsoft (MSFT.O): Expects fourth-quarter capital expenditures to exceed $40 billion.

Microsoft (MSFT.O): On a constant exchange rate basis, revenue growth from Azure and other cloud services is expected to be between 39% and 40% in the fourth quarter.

Microsoft (MSFT.O): Total revenue is expected to achieve double-digit growth in 2027.

Microsoft's (MSFT.O) fourth-quarter smart cloud revenue is expected to be US$37.95 billion to US$38.25 billion, compared with market expectations of US$37.4 billion.

Microsoft (MSFT.O): Capital expenditures in 2026 are expected to be approximately US$190 billion.

Microsoft (MSFT.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $86.7 billion to $87.8 billion, compared with market estimates of $87.5 billion.

U.S. President Trump: The United States is studying and evaluating the possible reduction of troops stationed in Germany and will make a decision in the short term.