Home Depot Shares Slide On Weak Sales, Annual Profit Forecast
Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) forecast annual profit below Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, hurt by higher supply chain costs amid weakening demand for home improvement products due to inflation. The No. 1 U.S. home improvement chain also missed fourth-quarter comparable sales estimates, sending its shares down 2.5% to $310 in premarket trading. The company said […]
IHG Adds $750 Million To Buyback, Raises Dividend As Travel Rebounds in 2022
InterContinental Hotels Group (LON:IHG) said it will buy back another $750 million of stock after the post-pandemic recovery in travel allowed it to post its best results in three years. The owner of the Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn hotel chains profited handsomely from consumers putting travel at the top of their list of priorities […]
HSBC Logs Sharp Jump In Q4 Profit, Flags Special Dividend
HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA) logged a sharp jump in its fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday as rising interest rates greatly boosted its net interest income, while the bank also flagged a special dividend on the sale of its Canadian business. HSBC’s profit before tax for the three months to December 31 jumped 92% to $5.2 billion, […]
Raiffeisen Slumps After Confirming OFAC Request For Information On Russia Business
Shares in Raiffeisen Bank International (VIE:RBIV) slumped in early trade in Vienna on Monday, hurt by a report that it may be in trouble with U.S. authorities over its operations in Russia. The Austrian bank confirmed on Friday that the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, an arm of the U.S. Treasury responsible for the […]
Maersk Nears Complete Russia Exit After Selling Logistics Sites
Shipping and logistics group A.P. Moller-Maersk has agreed to sell its two logistics sites in Russia to IG Finance Development Limited, it said on Monday, nearly marking the end of its business activities in the country. The group said the sale of its inland depot facility in Novorossiisk, with a capacity of 1,500 containers (TEU), […]
Palantir Posts First Quarterly Profit Following New Contract Wins
Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) reported its first-ever quarterly profit, as well as a top- and bottom-line beat in the final three months of 2022, as a ramp-up in customers bolstered performance. On a GAAP basis, the U.S.-based data analytics company posted net income of $31 million in the quarter up to the end of December, translating to […]
Toshiba Cuts Full-Year Profit Estimate, COO Resigns
Japan’s Toshiba (OTC:TOSYY) Corp on Tuesday reported an 87.5% drop in third-quarter operating profit and cut its full-year earnings estimate for a second time. It also said Chief Operating Officer Goro Yanase had resigned over the inappropriate use of entertainment expenses in 2019 when he was an executive at Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions Corp. […]
Analysis-In China, Tesla Could Win Electric Vehicle Price Battle – But Lose The War
Slashed prices have given Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s China sales a pop, but analysts, and even fans, warn the U.S. automaker needs to up its long-term game to avoid choking on the dust of fast-moving rivals in the world’s biggest electric vehicle market. Most immediately, Tesla’s January price cuts drove deliveries of its China-made vehicles up 18% […]
Nissan, Renault To iInvest $600 Million To Make New Models In India
Nissan (OTC:NSANY) Motor Co and Renault SA (OTC:RNLSY) said on Monday they would invest $600 million to make six new models in India. The Japanese and French automakers will work on the projects from their base in Chennai, turning it into an export hub, they said in a statement. The six models, with each automaker […]
Exclusive-SoftBank’s Arm China Lays Off Workers As Outlook Grim -Sources
SoftBank Group Corp’s chip technology firm Arm Ltd’s China joint venture laid off 90-95 employees last week to cope with a challenging business outlook this year, according to three sources familiar with the situation. The layoffs come as SoftBank tries to set up a public listing for Arm this year. The China market has been […]