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Carnival Forecasts Robust 2025 Bookings, Cruise Demand Booms

Carnival Forecasts Robust 2025 Bookings, Cruise Demand Booms

Cruise operator Carnival Corp forecast strong bookings for 2025 ahead of the busy summer travel season, riding the wave of strong spending on experiences even as prices increase, sending its shares up about 5% on Friday. The resilient demand for cruise vacations also helped Carnival pos...


December 20, 2024
Boeing re-Captures Turkish Airline Pegasus with MAX Jet Order
Boeing re-Captures Turkish Airline Pegasus with MAX Jet Order

Boeing has secured a firm order from Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines for a hundred 737 MAX 10 jetliners, winning back a major...

Credit Agricole Buys Remainder of Caceis Custody and Asset JV from Santander
Credit Agricole Buys Remainder of Caceis Custody and Asset JV from Santander

Credit Agricole agreed to buy a 30.5% stake from Spain's Santander in custody and asset servicing entity Caceis, the banks said on...

Nike Warns its Turnaround will be Slog, after Results Beat Expectations
Nike Warns its Turnaround will be Slog, after Results Beat Expectations

Nike offered a muted forecast on Thursday, reversing gains in its shares made earlier in the day after the embattled sportswear seller's...

FedEx to Spin Off its Freight Trucking Business
FedEx to Spin Off its Freight Trucking Business

FedEx announced the much-anticipated spinoff of its freight trucking division on Thursday, as it restructures operations to focus on...

Amazon Workers Strike at Seven US Facilities ahead of Christmas Rush
Amazon Workers Strike at Seven US Facilities ahead of Christmas Rush

Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush as workers protest what they...

Singapore's Bolttech, Valued at $2.1B, Raises over $100M
Singapore's Bolttech, Valued at $2.1B, Raises over $100M

Singapore-headquartered insurance technology firm bolttech has raised more than $100 million in its latest funding round, led by Dragon Fund,...

December 19, 2024
India's Bharti Airtel Clears 2016 Spectrum Dues
India's Bharti Airtel Clears 2016 Spectrum Dues

Indian telecom carrier Bharti Airtel has made an early payment of 36.26 billion rupees ($426.4 million) to the Indian government, the company...

Seeing Low-Income Consumers Squeezed, Retailers Target $10 and Under Gifts
Seeing Low-Income Consumers Squeezed, Retailers Target $10 and Under Gifts

Retailers including Target and Walmart are stocking shelves with more toys and gifts such as Barbies that cost less than $10 this holiday...

Dealmakers Eye $4Tn-Plus M&A Haul in 2025 on Trump Boost
Dealmakers Eye $4Tn-Plus M&A Haul in 2025 on Trump Boost

Bankers expect global deal volumes to surpass $4 trillion next year, the highest in four years, buoyed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's...

December 18, 2024
Russia's Alrosa 2024 Diamond Output Falls by 4.6%
Russia's Alrosa 2024 Diamond Output Falls by 4.6%

Russian diamond producer Alrosa's output fell by 4.6% to 33 million carats this year, according to a statement by the government of the Yakutia...

UniCredit Raises Commerzbank Stake to 28% with Further Derivatives
UniCredit Raises Commerzbank Stake to 28% with Further Derivatives

Italian bank UniCredit said on Wednesday it had raised its potential stake in Germany's Commerzbank to 28% by signing new derivative...

December 17, 2024
Thyssenkrupp says Pursuing Spin-Off for Marine Division
Thyssenkrupp says Pursuing Spin-Off for Marine Division

Thyssenkrupp is pursuing a spin-off as the main option for divesting its defence business, a spokesperson said on Tuesday after a German newspaper...

Databricks Secures $62B Valuation in AI-Focused Funding Round
Databricks Secures $62B Valuation in AI-Focused Funding Round

Databricks said on Tuesday it had secured a valuation of $62 billion after a $10 billion funding round led by Thrive Capital, highlighting the...

Fuji Soft Rejects Bain's Raised Buyout Offer and Sticks with KKR
Fuji Soft Rejects Bain's Raised Buyout Offer and Sticks with KKR

Japanese IT firm Fuji Soft has reaffirmed its support for the second stage of a tender offer buyout from U.S. private equity firm KKR and...

December 16, 2024
Lamborghini Delays First EV Launch to 2029, Market not Ready
Lamborghini Delays First EV Launch to 2029, Market not Ready

Italy's Lamborghini will always make cars in Italy as it plans to launch its first electric model only in 2029, amid a market for luxury sports...

Stellantis Swiftly Reshapes Strategy Under Elkann after Tavares Exit
Stellantis Swiftly Reshapes Strategy Under Elkann after Tavares Exit

Steered by Chairman John Elkann, Stellantis , owner of 14 brands including Fiat, Jeep and Ram, is acting swiftly to dismantle the legacy of its...

Phillips 66 to Sell Stake in Texas Pipeline for $865 mln
Phillips 66 to Sell Stake in Texas Pipeline for $865 mln

Phillips 66 said on Monday it would sell its 25% stake in the Gulf Coast Express pipeline in Texas to an affiliate of ArcLight Capital...

December 13, 2024
Broadcom Hits Trillion-Dollar Valuation on Lofty Forecasts for AI Demand
Broadcom Hits Trillion-Dollar Valuation on Lofty Forecasts for AI Demand

Broadcom is predicting a massive expansion in demand for chips that power AI - and the market, for now, is buying it all the way. The...

T-Mobile Announces $14 bln Share Buyback Program
T-Mobile Announces $14 bln Share Buyback Program

U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said on Friday it would buy back as much as $14 billion worth of shares by 2025 end as part of its previously...

Indian Budget Retailer Vishal Mega Mart's IPO Draws Bids Worth $19B
Indian Budget Retailer Vishal Mega Mart's IPO Draws Bids Worth $19B

Vishal Mega Mart's initial public offering drew bids worth $19 billion on Friday as institutional investors piled in, underscoring confidence...

Turkey Fines Google $75 mln for Violating Competition Law
Turkey Fines Google $75 mln for Violating Competition Law

Turkey's competition authority has fined Alphabet Inc's Google 2.61 billion lira ($75 million), for taking advantage of its dominant...

Geely, Baidu Pledge to Solve Payroll Issues Facing EV Venture
Geely, Baidu Pledge to Solve Payroll Issues Facing EV Venture

China's Geely (GEELY.UL) and Baidu said on Friday they would help the management of their troubled electric vehicle venture Ji Yue Auto to...

UK Govt Cuts NatWest Stake below 10% on Path to Full Exit
UK Govt Cuts NatWest Stake below 10% on Path to Full Exit

The British government has cut its stake in NatWest to below 10%, it said on Friday, bringing the lender one step closer to full private...

Schroders Seeks Buyers for Indonesian Unit with $4B in Assets, Sources
Schroders Seeks Buyers for Indonesian Unit with $4B in Assets, Sources

Schroders is looking to sell its Indonesian business, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter, as the U.K.-headquartered global...

Japan's Kansai Electric Buys into Iberdrola's 1.3B Euro Offshore Wind Project in Germany
Japan's Kansai Electric Buys into Iberdrola's 1.3B Euro Offshore Wind Project in Germany

Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co has agreed to take a 49% stake in Iberdrola's Windanker offshore wind project in Germany, the...

December 12, 2024
Bluestone Jewellery and Lifestyle Files for India IPO, to Sell new Shares Worth $118M
Bluestone Jewellery and Lifestyle Files for India IPO, to Sell new Shares Worth $118M

India's Bluestone Jewellery and Lifestyle BLUT.NS filed for an initial public offering on Thursday, aiming to cash in on a booming IPO market...

December 11, 2024
MetLife, General Atlantic to Launch Reinsurance Venture
MetLife, General Atlantic to Launch Reinsurance Venture

MetLife and General Atlantic are forming a reinsurance venture, the companies' executives told Reuters on Wednesday, the latest in a...

Jubilant Bhartia Group Buys 40% Stake in Coca-Cola's Indian Bottler
Jubilant Bhartia Group Buys 40% Stake in Coca-Cola's Indian Bottler

Jubilant Bhartia Group said on Wednesday it will buy a 40% stake in Coca-Cola's largest bottler in India, as the Indian conglomerate plans...

Vestas to Cut Jobs at British Plant
Vestas to Cut Jobs at British Plant

Denmark's Vestas said on Wednesday it will restructure its factory on Britain's Isle of Wight to manufacture onshore wind turbine...

Krispy Kreme says Cybersecurity Incident is Impacting Online Orders in US
Krispy Kreme says Cybersecurity Incident is Impacting Online Orders in US

Doughnut chain Krispy Kreme said on Wednesday that unauthorized activity on a portion of its information technology systems has disrupted...

Italy's Intesa says SREP Requirement Rises to 9.89% from 9.32%
Italy's Intesa says SREP Requirement Rises to 9.89% from 9.32%

Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo said on Wednesday the European Central Bank had set its minimum core capital requirement for 2025 at...

Kawasaki Heavy Suspends Plan to Use Hydrogen from Aussie Coal
Kawasaki Heavy Suspends Plan to Use Hydrogen from Aussie Coal

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has revised its Japan-Australia hydrogen supply chain demonstration project, suspending plans to use hydrogen...

Exxon Sets Plan to Boost Oil and Gas Output by 18%
Exxon Sets Plan to Boost Oil and Gas Output by 18%

Exxon Mobil on Wednesday said its annual project spending will rise to between $28 billion and $33 billion between 2026 and 2030 as it looks...

GM to Exit Loss-Making Cruise Robotaxi Business
GM to Exit Loss-Making Cruise Robotaxi Business

General Motors said on Tuesday it will end robotaxi development at its majority-owned, money-losing Cruise business, a blow to the ambitions...

Mercedes-Benz Reshuffles Management Board
Mercedes-Benz Reshuffles Management Board

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz will reshuffle its management board with four new members, the firm said on Wednesday, with changes due to take...

Poland's Orlen Scales Down and Renames Olefins Petrochemical Project
Poland's Orlen Scales Down and Renames Olefins Petrochemical Project

Orlen, Poland's largest gas and oil company, scaled back its plans for the Olefins petrochemical project on Wednesday, calling the investment...

Klarna Bank Fined $46 mln in Sweden Money Laundering Probe
Klarna Bank Fined $46 mln in Sweden Money Laundering Probe

Sweden's Financial Supervisory Authority said on Wednesday it had fined Klarna Bank 500 million Swedish crowns ($45.59 million) for violations...

E-retailer Zalando to Buy About You in Deal Valuing Rival at $1.2B
E-retailer Zalando to Buy About You in Deal Valuing Rival at $1.2B

German online retailer Zalando said on Wednesday it would acquire fashion group About You in a deal valuing its rival at 1.1 billion...

Zara Owner Inditex sees Good Holiday Season after Weak Third Quarter
Zara Owner Inditex sees Good Holiday Season after Weak Third Quarter

Zara owner Inditex said the start of the holiday season had got off to a good start after it reported weaker than expected quarterly results...

Kroger's $25B Deal for Grocery Rival Albertsons Blocked by US Courts
Kroger's $25B Deal for Grocery Rival Albertsons Blocked by US Courts

A U.S. judge blocked the pending $25-billion merger of U.S. grocery chains Kroger KR.N and Albertsons on Tuesday, in a win for the...

December 10, 2024
Pepco to Look at 'Every Strategic Option' for UK's Poundland
Pepco to Look at 'Every Strategic Option' for UK's Poundland

European discount retailer Pepco Group will examine "every strategic option" for its struggling Poundland business in the UK, the...

December 9, 2024
Comcast Warns of Higher Broadband Losses on Tough Competition, Hurricane Hit
Comcast Warns of Higher Broadband Losses on Tough Competition, Hurricane Hit

U.S. telecom giant Comcast on Monday forecast fourth-quarter broadband subscriber losses to exceed Wall Street estimates, hurt by tough...


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