Repaid baggage feesAmerican travelers have grudgingly grown accustomed to paying for checked bags on flights.

Three Polish state-controlled companies will team up to build Poland's first nuclear power plant, daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reports Wednesday.

Swedish network equipment vendor Ericsson (ERIC) Wednesday reported a bigger-than-expected drop in second-quarter earnings with profits stunted by a high number of low-margin sales in Europe and slow demand in some markets, but said it expects improvement towards the end of the year.

German sportswear maker Puma AG (PUM.XE) said Wednesday it expects first-half net earnings to decline 13% on the year and lowered the full-year guidance due to one-time costs of expanding the company's transformation program.

The China Development Bank will release another $1.2 billion to Ghana by the end of August as part of a $3 billion loan agreement for investment in Ghana's natural gas infrastructure, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported Wednesday, citing a Ghanaian government official.

The London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LSE.LN) on Wednesday said the trading environment is still weak and that the next few months will likely to be quiet, even after posting a 10% rise in first-quarter revenue from a year earlier.

TAKING THE PULSE: India's oil and gas explorers are likely to post a rise in their April-June net profit, while refiners will say their bottomlines shrank -- both due largely to the rupee's plunge against the U.S. dollar.

Mexican precious metals miner Fresnillo PLC (FRES.LN) Wednesday said its remains confident of meeting its full year gold and silver production targets after producing record quarterly gold output but lower silver output in the second quarter.

Norwegian fertilizer producer Yara International ASA (YAR.OS) Wednesday said agricultural markets are strong as the company posted a rise in second-quarter net profit, helped by higher volumes and improved margins amid a strong nitrogen fertilizer market.

Bajaj Auto Ltd. (532977.BY) Wednesday said its April-June net profit rose less than 1% because of a fall in overall sales volume.