Author: super@dmin
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London Markets: AstraZeneca buoys FTSE 100 while Unilever slips on margin guidance
AstraZeneca helped nudge U.K. blue chips higher as the pharma giant showed how its acquisition of Alexion will push profits higher.
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Earnings Results: Twitter stock gains after earnings as company plans $4 billion buyback program
Shares of Twitter Inc. were gaining in premarket trading Thursday after the social-media company largely met expectations with its latest financial results and announced a new $4 billion buyback program.
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Metals Stocks: Gold pauses for breath ahead of January inflation reading
Gold futures trade slightly lower Thursday as investors await a reading on January U.S. inflation for clues to the speed and scope of Federal Reserve rate hikes.
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BookWatch: If your job doesn’t give you purposeful work, you owe it to yourself to find one that will
Helping employees find purpose is Job No. 1 for employers to keep workers from the ‘Great Reshuffle.’
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Key Words: John Major calls Boris Johnson’s government ‘shifty’
Another former U.K. prime minister, John Major, lit into Boris Johnson on Thursday.
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Bond Report: Treasury yields edge higher ahead of key inflation data
Treasury yields move higher early Thursday ahead of an eagerly awaited reading on U.S. consumer inflation that will be watched for clues to the speed and scope of Fed rate hikes.
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Market Snapshot: U.S. stock futures mostly lower as investors wait for consumer price index report
Investors grew cautious Thursday ahead of U.S. inflation data expected to show prices remain at 40-year highs. Plenty of earning news is also ahead.
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How long can America Inc’s profits keep rising?
THROUGHOUT 2021 corporate profits in America seemed immune to infection, inflation and snarled-up global supply chains. With most of the country’s biggest firms having reported their latest quarterly results, revenues and earnings in the last three months of the year seem poised to set another record. The technology industry’s annual profits rose by a quarter,…
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The sleep-tech industry is waking up
THE RICH world has a sleep deficit. The average American adult snoozes almost two hours less than their great grandparents did. More than a third of Americans get less than seven hours of kip a night. The resulting fatigue has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease, hypertension and other ailments. It may cost America’s economy as…
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Why Japan’s Automation Inc is indispensable to global industry
SHORTAGES AND bottlenecks have been a source of constant frustration for manufacturers around the world for two pandemic-afflicted years. For a handful of companies in the business of keeping factories running and supply chains intact, these frustrations have been a source of cheer—and profits. Japanese makers of industrial equipment, in particular, have seen orders surge…