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…
(Reuters) – U.S. consumers’ inflation expectations one year from now dipped in April but their view of inflation over the medium-term rose and household spending expectations also climbed to a record high,…
MADRID – Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said on Thursday its 2022 outlook remains under review due to both internal and external challenges. It also confirmed disappointing preliminary second-quarter sales of 2.2…
CytoSorbents Reports First Quarter 2022 Results and Revises 2022 Outlook Tweet this Total revenue, including product sales and grant income, for Q1 2022 was $8.7 million, a decrease of 18% compared to…
PARIS – French state-owned utility EDF’s first-quarter sales jumped 61% to 35.58 billion euros ($37.40 billion) on the back of higher power and gas prices but the firm was cautious about its…
(Corrects to show revenue rose in second quarter, not first quarter, of 2022 financial year in paragraph 1) BERLIN – U.S.-German medical device maker Siemens Healthineers raised its targets for the 2022…
ROME – Italy on Monday approved a new stimulus package worth 14 billion euros ($14.71 billion) to shield firms and families from the economic impact of the war in Ukraine, Prime Minister…
BERLIN – Supply disruption and weaker demand weighed on German manufacturing activity in April as the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 lockdowns in China worsened the outlook for goods producers in Europe’s…
MADRID – Spain’s economy expanded 0.3% in the first quarter from the second, preliminary data showed on Friday, slowing down from 2.2% in the previous three months as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
By Johan Ahlander and Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM -Swedish banks SEB and Handelsbanken both delivered better-than-expected quarterly profit gains on Wednesday to send their shares higher even as the war in Ukraine and…
By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon BANGKOK – Thailand’s finance ministry on Wednesday reduced its 2022 economic growth forecast to 3.5% from a previous forecast of 4.0%, due to the impact of…
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO -Japan’s jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 2.6% in March, hitting the lowest rate since April 2020, although the number of furloughed workers remained high due to effects of…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL -South Korea’s economic growth nearly halved in the first quarter from the preceding three months on coronavirus curbs and surging inflation, while a slowing Chinese economy clouded the…
By Joice Alves and Danilo Masoni LONDON – European companies are forecast to have coped with record inflation in the first quarter, but the big question for investors during the reporting season…
By Amruta Khandekar and Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group Inc on Thursday modestly raised its 2022 profit forecast, saying demand for healthcare procedures deferred during the pandemic was approaching normal levels but…
(Reuters) – The outlook for Afghanistan’s economy is dire with per capita income having fallen by over a third in the last four months of 2021 after the Islamist Taliban seized power…
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK – An aggressive Federal Reserve, soaring inflation and geopolitical uncertainty from the war in Ukraine are muddying the outlook for the upcoming U.S. earnings season, leaving some…
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s exports rose for a 21st straight month in March to a new record in line with forecasts, boosted by continued strong tech demand, though the government warned of continued…
DETROIT – Toyota Motor Corp on Wednesday cut its 2022 outlook for the U.S. auto industry’s new-car sales, citing the struggles in the supply-chain caused by the pandemic and the conflict in…
BANGKOK – Thailand’s leading joint business group on Tuesday trimmed its economic growth forecast for this year to 2.5%-4.0% from a previous forecast of 2.5%-4.5% due to the impact of the Russia-Ukraine…
By Scott Murdoch and Anshuman Daga SYDNEY/SINGAPORE – Asia deal volume tumbled in the first quarter and dealmakers do not expect a near-term rebound as the Russia-Ukraine war, higher interest rates and…
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s H&M is seen swinging back to profit in its December-February quarter as pandemic effects ease, though the closure of its Russian stores and the economic fallout…
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME – Italy plans to confirm its 2022 budget deficit target at 5.6% of national output, two sources close to the matter told Reuters, despite coalition…
– Rating agency Fitch on Friday revised its outlook on Japan’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating to stable from negative on Friday, citing confidence in the stabilisation of the country’s government debt…
TOKYO – Japan’s manufacturing activity sped up in March from the prior month as a reduction in COVID-19 cases in the country helped lift orders and production, however, surging input prices and…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. interest rates are on a far steeper and faster climb than previously anticipated following the Federal Reserve’s liftoff on Wednesday, bringing to an end zero-interest-rate…