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...Laboratories Q4, Abrdn HY trading update, AT&T Q4, Baker Hughes Q4, Computacenter pre-close trading update, Crown Castle Q4, easyJet Q1 trading update, Fresnillo Q4 production report, General Dynamics Q4, IBM Q4, Kimberly-Clark...
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...Economic data: S&P Global will release its purchasing managers’ indices for manufacturing and services for February and annualised existing home sales for January will also be published....
...“The consumer remains resilient,” said Michael Hsu, chair and chief executive of Kimberly-Clark, maker of Andrex toilet roll and Kleenex tissue....
...That follows earlier sales of about 12mn shares, also totalling roughly $2bn, last week, filings show. 2....
...Data visualisation by Dan Clark This item has been amended since publication to clarify that Real Madrid’s partnership with Sixth Street was agreed in 2022...
...Other earnings: US aerospace and defence contractor Raytheon, music streaming platform Spotify, telecommunications company Verizon, conglomerate General Electric, personal care manufacturer Kimberly-Clark...
..., ASM International Q3, Barclays Q3, Brown & Brown Q3, Bunzl Q3 trading statement, Coca-Cola Company Q3, Corning Q3, Dow Q3, General Electric Q3, General Motors Q3, Halliburton Q3, Hermès Q3, Hydro Q3, Kimberly-Clark...
...Meeting motormouths: The ability to interrupt the yammering windbags who make work meetings a misery is a sorely underrated skill, says Pilita Clark....
...Pilita Clark asks, why are women still being cast off the glass cliff? Chart of the day Women’s share of tech jobs has increased across advanced economies since the pandemic....
...A sale to the Jack Ma-founded company could complicate UBS’s plans to dispose of the unit because it would require regulatory approval and Ant has been in regulators’ crosshairs in recent years....
...Recently published earnings reports showed profit margins expanded last quarter at companies including Kimberly-Clark, home to brands such as Kleenex and Huggies, cleaning product maker Clorox, and Procter...
...The appeal of the staples group, which features food and drink (Kraft Heinz, Coca-Cola), basics retailers (Walmart, Kroger, Dollar Tree) and household goods (Colgate, Kimberly-Clark), is its stability....
...Company earnings: Google’s parent company Alphabet, Coca-Cola, Verizon, General Electric, 3M, General Motors, Kimberly-Clark, Spotify, Halliburton, Visa and Texas Instruments report results....
...That’s partly because of what the agency calls the “explosive” growth of electric car sales — a reminder that technology can move in ways investors don’t expect....
...“If you are borrowing money to help avoid fire sales then this is a risky strategy because the money still needs to be paid back,” said Alasdair Macdonald, head of investment strategy with WTW, a global...
...The global offshore wind sector has struggled this year due to a surge in costs linked to high interest rates and supply chain strains....
...Columnist Pilita Clark discusses how to do climate policy in the age of the green backlash....
...Other earnings: Biogen, General Electric, Kimberly-Clark, LVMH, Raytheon, Snap Spotify, Unilever and Visa are among those also reporting today. See the full list in our Week Ahead newsletter....
...Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom is struggling to adapt to a collapse in sales in Europe caused by the Ukraine conflict....
...GDP figures Results: Alphabet Q2, Alstom Q1, Akzo Nobel Q2, Brown & Brown Q2, Compass Group Q3 trading update, Corning Q2, Dassault Systèmes Q2, Deutsche Börse H1, Games Workshop FY, General Motors Q2, Kimberly-Clark...
...Need to know: global economy The IMF upgraded its forecast for global growth this year by 0.2 percentage points to 3.1 per cent, followed by 3.2 per cent in 2025....
...I’m here at the iConnections Global Alts conference to moderate a panel on impact investing....
...Kimberly is a fantastic person doing a great job and we appreciate it, thank you Kimberly.” Guilfoyle blows him a kiss....
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