The current weather is shaping up to be a wet and somewhat chilly start to the week, with temperatures and precipitation following a pattern typical for this time of year. Today’s forecast…
By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – A recent recovery in European shares looks set to stall and not reclaim end-2021 levels for well over a year, capped by fears of an energy…
By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s trade surplus this year is likely to fall short of prior forecasts, according to private economists and an Economy Ministry official, as…
By Marie Mannes (Reuters) – Swiss dental implants maker Straumann maintained its moderate 2022 outlook on Tuesday despite strong first-half sales driven by high demand, sending its shares tumbling as much as…
(Reuters) -Auto parts supplier Aptiv Plc on Thursday cut its full-year profit and revenue forecast, as lockdowns in China took a bite out of quarterly results, while the industry continues to struggle…
BERLIN – Austria’s Voestalpine warned on Thursday that it expected a significant cooling of the economy in the second half of its fiscal year and said its earnings guidance depended on Europe…
BERLIN – Nivea owner Beiersdorf posted 10.5% organic sales growth in the first half of the year, it said on Thursday, affirming its guidance for the full year. First-half sales grew to…
MILAN – Telecom Italia (TIM) on Wednesday improved its core profit target for the year, helped by cost cutting and the contribution from the company’s Brazilian subsidiary in the second quarter. TIM…
BANGKOK – Thailand’s central bank is highly likely to raise its key policy rate at its August meeting, an official said on Friday, as its economic recovery gains more traction and as…
FRANKFURT – HeidelbergCement, the world’s No.2 cement maker, on Thursday posted a 4.3% drop in second-quarter core profit, citing challenges ahead because of an unprecedented increase in energy prices. The results from…
MOSCOW – Real disposable incomes in Russia fell 0.8% in the second quarter of 2022, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, with rising prices and restrictions linked to the conflict in Ukraine stifling…
SEOUL – A South Korean central-bank board member affirmed on Wednesday that interest rates should rise further but added that increases should be gradual, since downside risks to both exports and consumer…
(Reuters) – S&P Global Ratings said on Tuesday it had revised its outlook on its unsolicited BBB/A-2 ratings on Italy to stable from positive. The ratings agency, which affirmed all of its…
By Kylie Madry and Noe Torres MEXICO CITY – Mexican breadmaker Grupo Bimbo on Thursday reported its second-quarter net profit doubled and the company raised its sales and operating earnings outlook, citing…
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON – U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp lowered its 2022 revenue and earnings per share targets on Tuesday after F-35 fighter jet sales fell amid pandemic-related headwinds and…
NUSA DUA, Indonesia – IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Saturday warned officials from the Group of 20 major economies to take urgent action to combat inflation, warning that the “exceptionally uncertain” global…
(Reuters) -Finnish drug maker Orion on Wednesday raised its full year outlook after it signed a collaboration agreement with Merck aimed at developing a prostate cancer drug, sending its shares to two-year…
By Mike Dolan LONDON – The U.S. dollar’s rampant surge may finally force corporate America to wake up to a brewing earnings recession. The investment puzzle of the summer so far is…
(Reuters) – Danske Bank on Sunday reduced its full-year net profit outlook, hurt by rapidly rising interest rates and unfavorable financial market conditions. Danske revised net profit to 10 billion to 12…
MEXICO CITY – Moody’s Investors Service on Friday cut Mexico’s credit rating by one notch as it expects weak investment prospects and increased structural rigidities to constrain activity in Latin America’s second-largest…
(Reuters) – Global ratings agency Fitch on Friday raised United States’ outlook to “stable” from “negative” on improved near-term government debt dynamics, driven by a stronger-than-expected post-pandemic economic recovery. The agency said…
(Reuters) – The fundamental outlook for commodity prices is strong with inventories of metals and energy continuing to fall from low levels, Goldman Sachs said, terming a recent price pullback as longer-term…
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK – U.S. analysts and economists will be watching to see how banks’ mortgage businesses are faring during their second-quarter earnings this month, as U.S. Federal Reserve…
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s exports rose in June on sustained demand for technology products even as shipments to China weakened, and the government said the outlook was good as companies ramp up for…
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON -Forecasters at Colorado State University on Thursday held steady the number of hurricanes they expect to appear in the Atlantic during 2022. In an update to their closely…
(Reuters) – S&P Global Ratings revised on Wednesday the outlook for Mexico’s state-oil firm Pemex to stable from negative, after it reviewed Mexico’s long-term outlook. According to the rating agency, high crude…