Google parent Alphabet ad revenue disappoints, CapEx up; shares sink 6%
By Jeffrey Dastin and Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Alphabet disappointed Wall Street on Tuesday as holiday-season advertising sales came in below…
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Shell boosts dividend after $28 billion profit for 2023
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -Shell reported a $28 billion profit for 2023 on Thursday after beating fourth quarter earnings…
Stanley Black and Decker beats quarterly profit on price hikes, cost controls
(Reuters) – Stanley Black & Decker beat analysts’ expectations for fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, as the tools and industrial equipment…
Amer Sports discounts IPO as investors fret about its reliance on China
By Echo Wang and Scott Murdoch (Reuters) – Amer Sports raised $1.37 billion in a discounted U.S. initial public offering…
Adidas predicts 2024 operating profit leap after Kanye West break-up
MUNICH (Reuters) – German sportswear maker Adidas expects operating profit to nearly double to about 500 million euros ($542.3 million)…
Investors punish Microsoft, Alphabet as AI returns fall short of lofty expectations
By Jeffrey Dastin and Samrhitha A (Reuters) -Tech giants on Tuesday talked up how customers are lapping up their generative…
Biogen drops Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, ending a 17-year chapter
(Reuters) -Biogen will end a post-approval study of Alzheimer’s treatment Aduhelm and return the licensing rights on the drug after…
Nasdaq ends lower ahead of big tech earnings, focus on Fed
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -The tech-heavy Nasdaq lost ground on Tuesday as the market awaited a spate of…
Microsoft touts AI strength, but shares dip as market digests costs
By Stephen Nellis, Yuvraj Malik and Anna Tong (Reuters) -Microsoft beat market estimates for quarterly profit and revenue on Tuesday,…
Payments firm PayPal to reduce global workforce by 9% in 2024
By Hannah Lang and Manya Saini (Reuters) -Payments firm PayPal Holdings is planning to cut about 2,500 jobs, or 9%…