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Polish Insurer PZU's Profit Falls nearly 18% due to Flood Damages

Polish Insurer PZU's Profit Falls nearly 18% due to Flood Damages

Poland's top insurer PZU on Thursday reported a nearly 18% drop in its third-quarter profit due to a high number of claims for flood-related damages, though it still beat market expectations. Its net profit fell to 1.22 billion zlotys ($296.9 million) from 1.48 billion last year. An...


November 21, 2024
Julius Baer Posts Growth in Net Inflows, CEO to Begin Jan. 9
Julius Baer Posts Growth in Net Inflows, CEO to Begin Jan. 9

Julius Baer said on Thursday it had registered increased growth in net new money during the July-October period as the Swiss bank said its incoming...

November 20, 2024
Target shares slide 20% as retailer expects stagnant holiday quarter sales
Target shares slide 20% as retailer expects stagnant holiday quarter sales

Target forecast holiday-quarter comparable sales and profit below estimates on Wednesday as value-conscious consumers shopped for...

Ford to Cut European Jobs as EV Shift, Chinese Rivals Take Toll
Ford to Cut European Jobs as EV Shift, Chinese Rivals Take Toll

Ford said it would cut around 14% of its European workforce on Wednesday, blaming losses in recent years due to weak electric vehicle demand,...

Stellantis again Pauses Italy Plants as Minister Wants new Investments
Stellantis again Pauses Italy Plants as Minister Wants new Investments

Stellantis on Wednesday announced new temporary stoppages at two of its plants in southern Italy, while the Rome government called on the...

Uncertainty Clouds Holiday Shopping Season on Mixed Forecasts from Walmart, Target
Uncertainty Clouds Holiday Shopping Season on Mixed Forecasts from Walmart, Target

Retailers are in for a mixed holiday season this year ahead of Black Friday and Christmas, marked by watchful consumers keeping big spending on a...

TJX Raises Annual Profit Forecast as Off-Price Stores Attract Bargain Hunters
TJX Raises Annual Profit Forecast as Off-Price Stores Attract Bargain Hunters

TJX Cos raised its annual profit forecast on Wednesday, benefiting from lower costs and strong demand from cash-strapped customers flocking to...

Delta Air Eyes Mid Single-Digit Revenue Growth in 2025 with Premium Travel in Focus
Delta Air Eyes Mid Single-Digit Revenue Growth in 2025 with Premium Travel in Focus

Delta Air Lines said on Wednesday it expects 2025 revenue to grow by a mid single-digit percentage as it strengthens its bet on premium...

Airlines Suspend Flights as Middle East Tensions Rise
Airlines Suspend Flights as Middle East Tensions Rise

Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to avoid...

Swiss Industry Gloomy over Prospects, Sales and Exports Slip
Swiss Industry Gloomy over Prospects, Sales and Exports Slip

Swiss industry is struggling with falling orders and sales as weaker European demand and a strong franc hit exporters, with two surveys showing...

Uber Launches new Rides to Capitalize on Thanksgiving Travel Demand
Uber Launches new Rides to Capitalize on Thanksgiving Travel Demand

Uber Technologies launched "XXL" rides with extra trunk space on Wednesday, betting on increased demand stemming from Thanksgiving...

Funding for Seven & i Founding Family Buyout will be Finalised by End Dec, Sources
Funding for Seven & i Founding Family Buyout will be Finalised by End Dec, Sources

Funding for the proposed buyout of Japan's Seven & i Holdings by its founding family will be finalised by the end of December and will...

Kadokawa Shares Surge after News of Sony Acquisition Talks
Kadokawa Shares Surge after News of Sony Acquisition Talks

Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa said on Wednesday it had received a letter of intent to buy its shares, a day after a Reuters...

China Funds Slash ETF Fees, Escalating Price War in Booming Market
China Funds Slash ETF Fees, Escalating Price War in Booming Market

Major Chinese fund companies announced a big reduction in fees for a batch of equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Wednesday, intensifying price...

Swiss Private Bank EFG Considering Acquisitions, CEO Says
Swiss Private Bank EFG Considering Acquisitions, CEO Says

EFG International is looking at potential acquisitions, Chief Executive Giorgio Pradelli said on Wednesday, with the Swiss private bank on...

November 19, 2024
Blackstone Strikes $8B Deal for Sandwich Chain Jersey Mike's Subs
Blackstone Strikes $8B Deal for Sandwich Chain Jersey Mike's Subs

Blackstone has agreed to buy Jersey Mike's Subs, the sandwich chain said on Tuesday, in a deal that a source said valued the company at...

Drone Maker AeroVironment Seeks Lift from $4.1B Deal for BlueHalo
Drone Maker AeroVironment Seeks Lift from $4.1B Deal for BlueHalo

AeroVironment will buy space and defense engineering company BlueHalo in an all-stock deal valued at about $4.1 billion, the companies said on...

Caixabank Sets Out Plan to Maintain Profitability as Interest Rates Fall
Caixabank Sets Out Plan to Maintain Profitability as Interest Rates Fall

Spain's Caixabank set out a three-year plan on Tuesday to retain profitability as interest rates fall, aiming to boost loan growth and...

Nestle to Cut Costs by $2.8B, Boost Marketing under CEO Freixe
Nestle to Cut Costs by $2.8B, Boost Marketing under CEO Freixe

Nestle will boost advertising and marketing, trim costs by at least $2.8 billion by 2027 and carve out its water and premium drinks businesses...

India's Mamaearth Parent Loses $415M in Market Value as Q2 Loss Fans Demand Worries
India's Mamaearth Parent Loses $415M in Market Value as Q2 Loss Fans Demand Worries

Indian skincare firm Mamaearth's parent Honasa Consumer wiped off nearly 35 billion rupees ($414.7 million) in market valuation in two...

Thyssenkrupp Takes $1B Impairment on Steel Unit as Outlook Worsens
Thyssenkrupp Takes $1B Impairment on Steel Unit as Outlook Worsens

Thyssenkrupp on Tuesday said it took a fresh 1 billion euro ($1.06 billion) impairment on its struggling steel division, citing the...

November 18, 2024
Brazil Development Bank Signs Deal with AIIB for nearly $3B in Investments
Brazil Development Bank Signs Deal with AIIB for nearly $3B in Investments

Brazilian development bank BNDES said on Monday that it has signed a deal with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for the investment...

Walmart Stock Set for Best Year since 1999 as Profits Jump
Walmart Stock Set for Best Year since 1999 as Profits Jump

Walmart shares are set for their best yearly gains in over two decades as the retail behemoth's low prices for everyday essentials give it...

China's Huawei Starts Taking pre-Orders for Mate 70 Smartphone
China's Huawei Starts Taking pre-Orders for Mate 70 Smartphone

China's Huawei Technologies on Monday announced that it had started taking pre-orders for its Mate 70 smartphone model, in a statement on its...

ECB Policymakers Fear Trump Tariff Effect on Growth Rather than Inflation
ECB Policymakers Fear Trump Tariff Effect on Growth Rather than Inflation

Two top European Central Bank policymakers signalled on Monday they were more worried about the damage that expected new U.S. trade tariffs would...

Price Hikes Offer Chance for Guinness Rivals, Diageo Pushes Zero Alcohol Brew
Price Hikes Offer Chance for Guinness Rivals, Diageo Pushes Zero Alcohol Brew

Diageo needs its leading stout beer Guinness to keep growing fast and is pushing a zero alcohol alternative. But price hikes are turning off...

Australia's Competition Watchdog Begins Review of Vocus-TPG $3.4B Deal
Australia's Competition Watchdog Begins Review of Vocus-TPG $3.4B Deal

Australia's competition regulator said on Monday it is seeking views on the Macquarie-backed telecommunications group Vocus' A$5.25...

Crypto Exchange OKX Launches Singapore Dollar Funds Transfer Service for Local Customers
Crypto Exchange OKX Launches Singapore Dollar Funds Transfer Service for Local Customers

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX said on Monday it would offer instant Singapore dollar-denominated deposits and withdrawals to customers in the...

Alibaba Aims to Raise $5B in Dual Currency Bond Deal, Sources
Alibaba Aims to Raise $5B in Dual Currency Bond Deal, Sources

China's biggest e-commerce company Alibaba Group is aiming to raise $5 billion in multi-tranche dollar and offshore Chinese yuan bonds,...

Tata Seals Deal with Pegatron for iPhone Plant in India's Tamil Nadu, Sources
Tata Seals Deal with Pegatron for iPhone Plant in India's Tamil Nadu, Sources

India's Tata Electronics has agreed to buy a majority stake in Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron's only iPhone plant in India,...

New Nvidia AI Chips Overheating in Servers, Information Reports
New Nvidia AI Chips Overheating in Servers, Information Reports

Nvidia's new Blackwell AI chips, which have already faced delays, have encountered problems with accompanying servers that overheat,...

November 15, 2024
Sunrise Shares Fall on Return to Swiss Stock Market
Sunrise Shares Fall on Return to Swiss Stock Market

Sunrise shares lost ground on the telecoms company's return to the Swiss stock exchange on Friday after some American investors decided to...

Motor Vehicles, Electronic Goods Lift US Retail Sales in Oct
Motor Vehicles, Electronic Goods Lift US Retail Sales in Oct

U.S. retail sales increased slightly more than expected in October as households boosted purchases of motor vehicles and electronic goods,...

Nissan Shares Surge after Report Activist Investor Oasis has Stake
Nissan Shares Surge after Report Activist Investor Oasis has Stake

Nissan Motor shares jumped as much as 6% in early Tokyo trading on Friday after Japan's Diamond Online magazine reported that activist...

Disney nears Tipping Point as Streaming Profits Start to Offset Cable Decline
Disney nears Tipping Point as Streaming Profits Start to Offset Cable Decline

Bob Iger returned to Walt Disney as CEO in 2022 with a bold promise of making streaming profitable. The latest quarterly results have...

MSC Subsidiary Takes Final Regulatory Hurdle for HHLA Takeover
MSC Subsidiary Takes Final Regulatory Hurdle for HHLA Takeover

HHLA said on Friday that a subsidiary of Swiss-based MSC had received all regulatory approvals for a voluntary public takeover offer of the...

Ant Group's Quarterly Profit nearly Triples
Ant Group's Quarterly Profit nearly Triples

China's Ant Group reported a 192.9% rise in net profit to 7.59 billion yuan ($1.05 billion) in the three months to March 31, according to...

Samsung Electronics Plans $7.2B Buyback on Share Price Plunges
Samsung Electronics Plans $7.2B Buyback on Share Price Plunges

Samsung Electronics has decided to buy back shares worth 10 trillion won ($7.17 billion) over a one-year period to boost shareholder value,...

Samsung Electronics Plans $7.2B Buyback to Boost Shareholder Value
Samsung Electronics Plans $7.2B Buyback to Boost Shareholder Value

Samsung Electronics plans to buy back shares worth 10 trillion won ($7.17 billion) over a one-year period to boost shareholder value, it said...

Asia Gold India Premiums Reach 4-Month Peak as Price Drop Attracts Customers
Asia Gold India Premiums Reach 4-Month Peak as Price Drop Attracts Customers

Physical gold premiums in India climbed to a near four-month high this week, driven by a rebound in demand as prices dropped, while top consumer...

November 14, 2024
Coach Parent Tapestry Pulls $8.5B Bid for Capri after FTC Roadblock
Coach Parent Tapestry Pulls $8.5B Bid for Capri after FTC Roadblock

Tapestry is terminating its $8.5 billion deal to buy Michael Kors-owner Capri following a legal hurdle, the companies said on Thursday,...

Telecom Italia to Assess Resuming Dividends in Plan Update in Feb
Telecom Italia to Assess Resuming Dividends in Plan Update in Feb

Telecom Italia (TIM) will be better able to assess whether it can resume dividend payments in February, when it updates its strategy following...

Coach parent Tapestry pulls $8.5B bid for Capri after FTC Roadblock
Coach parent Tapestry pulls $8.5B bid for Capri after FTC Roadblock

Tapestry said on Thursday it was terminating its $8.5 billion bid for Michael Kors owner Capri after a legal hurdle last month, ending...


Business as the main participant of transactions in the Forex and stock markets

Business is an integral component of the world economy, which have a huge influence on the traders behavior on the stock and currency markets. Mergers and acquisitions or bankruptcy of large corporations can change the dynamics on financial markets giving them new trends. If investor purchased shares of one or another company, he must follow all the events, which take place around the selected business and its competitors to have an opportunity at any time to turn news data in his favor and to reduce risks to investments.

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