Shares of Heineken gained 1.8% Wednesday following better-than-expected sales results at the Dutch brewer. Trevor Stirling from Sanford Bernstein has analysis.

Oil companies have already started to evacuate staff from installations in the Gulf of Mexico due to storm risks. Fred Fox, president & CEO of Planalytics, has more.

Poland's central bank kept interest rates on hold at 6% Wednesday, but refused to rule out further tightening. Bartosz Pawlowski from TD Securities has analysis.

High oil prices helped Tullow Oil report a near 250% rise in first-half net profit Wednesday, beating forecasts. CEO Aidan Heavey spoke to CNBC about the oil explorer's new projects.

Heineken cut costs and boosted prices to push profit 8% higher in the first half of the year. CFO Rene Hooft Graafland talks about the results.

Oil services firm Petrofac posted a better-than-expected 57% jump in profit Wednesday. CEO Ayman Asfari spoke to CNBC about the outlook.