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Stellantis reported Q1 2026 financial results showing a return to profitability with a 6% year-over-year increase in net revenues to €38.1 billion, driven primarily by volume growth in North America. Net profit rose to €0.4 billion and adjusted operating income reached €1.0 billion with a 2.5% margin. The company reaffirmed its 2026 financial guida…
On April 30, Unilever reported first-quarter underlying sales growth of 3.8%, outpacing analyst expectations, driven by stronger demand for its home care portfolio and beauty names such as Dove and Vaseline. The company left its 2026 sales and profit margin outlook intact and highlighted volume-led expansion across its business groups.
Major asset managers have steered large sums into mining and metals funds, pushing mining ETF assets to $87.4 billion by March 31 from $37 billion a year earlier. Fund flows into mining, oil and gas, and agriculture in the first quarter reflect one of the most pronounced rotations into hard assets in recent years, driven by demand tied to AI infras…
Alzchem Group AG reported first-quarter results that topped earnings expectations but missed sales forecasts by a narrow margin, weighed by persistent weakness in Europe’s steel industry. Profitability metrics improved year-over-year, driven by price increases and strength in specialty chemicals, while free cash flow contracted amid higher investme…
The Magnum Ice Cream Company delivered a solid start to 2026 with €1.77 billion revenue in Q1 and 4.5% organic sales growth, fueled by volume and price increases across its major brands. Despite foreign exchange headwinds, the company successfully completed acquisitions in India and Portugal, advanced its productivity program, and expects continued…
The Taiwan stock market closed lower on Thursday, with the Taiwan Weighted index falling 0.24%. Losses in the semiconductor and rubber sectors were cited as drivers of the decline while several individual stocks posted large percentage moves in both directions. Commodity markets moved higher, with crude and Brent oil gaining sharply and June gold f…
The dollar remained firm in Asian trading after the Federal Reserve’s recent meeting signaled a more hawkish stance, helping the dollar index sit near two-week highs. The Fed left policy rates unchanged but recorded dissent among three officials opposed to easing language. Rising oil prices amid tensions between the U.S. and Iran lifted Brent above…
In a supplemental risk scenario published Thursday, the Bank of Japan projected core consumer price inflation near 3% for fiscal 2026 and 2027, driven by assumptions of crude oil at about $105 per barrel, a 10% weaker yen and a 20% drop in stock prices. The BOJ's baseline outlook, released earlier in the week, remains more moderate but still projec…
Companies across Australia and New Zealand are reporting material financial effects from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Rising jet fuel and freight costs, supply-chain disruption and weaker consumer confidence are squeezing margins, nudging firms to raise prices, cut capacity or revise profit guidance.
Volkswagen reported a 14% drop in first-quarter operating profit to 2.5 billion euros, citing tariff burdens, geopolitical uncertainty and intensifying competition from Chinese automakers. Group revenue declined to 75.7 billion euros, producing a 3.3% operating margin in Q1. Management has signaled further cost containment and plans to reduce rough…
Standard Chartered recorded a 17% rise in quarterly pre-tax profit to $2.45 billion, outpacing the bank's $2.14 billion consensus, driven by strong performances in wealth management and global banking. The lender also booked a $190 million charge tied to expected losses from the Iran conflict, contributing to total credit costs of $290 million for …
Australia’s prudential regulator has warned that the pace of frontier artificial intelligence development is outstripping many banks' information security practices, and that models such as Anthropic’s Claude Mythos could enable larger, faster cyber attacks by enhancing the discovery of vulnerabilities. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authorit…
Russian drone attacks struck Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa overnight, leaving at least 18 people wounded and causing significant damage to residential and commercial buildings in the central Prymorskyi district. Ukraine’s air force reported one ballistic missile and 206 drones launched since Wednesday evening, with most of the drones downed…
Cognex (CGNX) supplies the machine-vision systems that factories and automated production lines rely on. With reindustrialization and rising defense-related automation spending likely to lift demand for zero-defect inspection and vision-guided robotics, Cognex can grow revenue above its recent +4% run rate. The stock trades at a premium (market cap…
Capgemini reported a 7% year-on-year increase in first-quarter revenue at constant exchange rates, in line with its guidance. Revenue totalled 5.9 billion euros and bookings climbed to 6 billion euros. The company said growth would have been 11% excluding currency effects. North America delivered double-digit expansion while France and parts of Eur…
ArcelorMittal reported first-quarter core earnings of $1.68 billion, narrowly above analyst expectations of $1.65 billion. The company attributed the improvement to stronger steel prices and better North American operations, and cited European policy changes - including a levy on high-carbon goods and new trade limits - as drivers of higher EU stee…
DHL reported first-quarter EBIT of 1.48 billion euros, above the consensus of 1.38 billion, and lifted its quarterly operating margin to 7.3% from 6.6% a year earlier. Management credited capacity management, structural cost improvements and yield measures, while noting ongoing trade disruptions and closed airspace. The firm announced its largest c…
Apollo Global Management, Blackstone and KKR are the remaining bidders in a Shell-run auction for a large portion of the company’s 40% stake in LNG Canada. Bids are expected to value the stake at more than $10 billion and could reach as high as $15 billion. Shell is offering exposure in the project’s first and second phases to a single buyer as it …
Morgan Stanley now anticipates the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin reducing interest rates next year, abandoning an earlier prediction for cuts in 2026. The change follows a closely split Fed decision to hold policy rates that pushed Treasury yields to a one-month high and strengthened the dollar amid continued inflation above the 2% target and res…
China Southern, Air China and China Eastern all reported first-quarter net profits after losses a year earlier, boosted by holiday travel and a pick-up in international passengers. Orders for new A320neo aircraft underline confidence in long-term recovery, yet a near-doubling of jet fuel prices and rising surcharges have already prompted cancellati…
Beijing this month issued trade regulations that create legal grounds to penalize foreign companies that move sourcing away from China. The measures arrive weeks before President Donald Trump’s May 14-15 meeting with Xi Jinping and have provoked concern among U.S. firms and analysts. Washington’s public reaction has been limited, with senior agenci…
Colombia’s central bank is widely expected to raise its policy rate on Thursday as officials attempt to curb rising inflation, even as questions persist about the participation of the government’s representative on the board. A Reuters poll showed most economists expect a 50-basis-point hike, with others forecasting a larger move or no change.
ArcelorMittal announced solid first quarter 2026 financial results featuring a 5.4% increase in EBITDA to $1.68 billion, improved safety metrics, record iron ore production in Liberia, and operational normalization in North America. The company is benefiting from favorable structural changes in the European steel market, including carbon border adj…
argenx announced it will report its first quarter 2026 financial results and provide a business update via a conference call and webcast on May 7, 2026. The company is a global immunology firm focused on treating severe autoimmune diseases with novel antibody-based therapies.
Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed an eight-page brief outlining the evidence they intend to present in a first-degree murder case against indie musician D4vd, alleging he killed and dismembered his teenage girlfriend in April and took extensive steps to conceal her remains. The filing describes online purchases, items found in the defendant…
