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...On Thursday, its shares rose 10 per cent to 37 cents, reversing a wobble following the fundraising news....
..., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, US...
...The two-year Treasury yield, which moves with interest rate expectations, rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.45 per cent today after big drops earlier in the week....
...Over the past 10 years the size of its buyback scheme dwarfs both its R&D spend and the buyback schemes from peers, adding up to a total of $658bn, according to data from S&P Global....
...Boeing reported earnings last week, and the stock rose 5 per cent on the results. Did management make the right noises — or do they still think its problems are anomalous and disconnected?...
...The S&P 500 index rose 24.2 per cent in 2023 in comparison....
...It’s no coincidence that the S&P 500 is also having a stellar run....
...Meta shares rose more than 15 per cent in after-market trading. The dividend will come on top of the $31bn it has remaining under a repurchase plan announced last year....
...Business and consumer confidence also expanded with the closely watched S&P PMI survey indicating private sector activity grew at the fastest pace in eight months in January....
...PepsiCo Q1, Philip Morris International Q1, RWS Holdings HY, Seagate Q3, Shimano Q1, Spotify Q1, Taylor Wimpey AGM & trading update, Tesla Q1, Texas Instruments Q1, United Parcel Service Q1, Visa Q2, W R...
...Despite the attempt to loosen financial conditions, corporate borrowing fell and loan rejections rose in January, according to a China Beige Book survey. Why such a timid approach, then?...
...We promise we’re not jumping on the bandwagon and turning this site into AI‑phaville, but here’s a legitimately interesting working paper from the St Louis Federal Reserve on 2023’s hot topic....
...After the Financial Times reported activist pressure on Entain on Wednesday, the share price rose by 5.8 per cent to £8.80 in afternoon trading....
...Five unmissable stories this week BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, beat expectations with profits that rose 13 per cent year on year but volatile markets drove down assets under management...
...VinFast shares rose 255 per cent after it joined markets through a merger with blank-cheque company Black Spade Acquisition. The rare Vietnamese listing is good publicity....
...Need to know: business St James’s Place is planning to raise up to £1bn by 2030 to buy the businesses of retiring partners, as it tackles challenges wrought by its increasing scale and higher interest rates...
...R&D spend was 60 per cent higher than Microsoft’s last year. Yet at 14 per cent of revenues it was not much higher than Microsoft’s 12 per cent....
...Singapore’s appeal as a stable and neutral wealth hub rose during the coronavirus pandemic, with asset managers attracting S$448bn in net new inflows of funds in 2021, up 16 per cent from the previous year...
...In Borris House, without social distancing but with two “R” s, I spoke on gardening at the annual Carlow Garden Festival....
...Real consumer spending rose 4 per cent year over year. Meanwhile government spending and investment, notably in R&D, have added to headline GDP for five quarters running....
...Of the R$1.4tn ($290bn) of investments targeted by 2026, there is to be $76bn of federal funding....
...Sam AginiLiberty has done a great job of extending F1’s reach. We’re preparing for a 24-race season. It’s the biggest in F1’s history. They’ve also turned that interest into more races in America....
...London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.3 per cent, led by energy and basic material groups including BP, Shell and Glencore....
...Subscribers rose to a peak of 3.41mn in 2019’s accounts, but this figure was restated as just shy of 2mn in 2020’s accounts, and then as 1.1mn in 2021’s accounts....
...The benchmark S&P 500 shed 0.3 per cent on Tuesday taking its total monthly decline to 2.6 per cent....
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