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Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) earnings Q1 2024

In this photo illustration, the Warner Bros. Discovery logo is displayed on a smartphone screen.Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesWarner Bros. Discovery reported first-quarter results on Thursday, missing analyst…

U.S. job growth totaled 175,000 in April

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected in April while the unemployment rate rose, lifting hopes that the Federal Reserve will be able to cut interest rates in the coming months.Nonfarm payrolls increased by 175,000 on the month,…

SoftBank earnings Q4 and full year FY 2023

SoftBank's Vision Fund, the brainchild of the company's founder Masayoshi Son, has faced a number of headwinds including a slump in technology stocks as a result of rising interest rates, a tough China market and geopolitics.Kentaro…

Tech giant misses trimmed PS5 sales target

Sony said sales of its flagship PlayStation 5 console totalled 20.8 million in the fiscal year 2023 slightly lower than an already revised-down 21 million unit target.Nikos Pekiaridis | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesSony on Tuesday reported a 7%…

Tencent earnings report Q1 2024

Tencent has faced a number of headwinds in 2022 including a Covid-induced slowdown in the Chinese economy and a tougher market for gaming.Bobby Yip | ReutersTencent beat analyst estimates for revenue and profit in the first quarter, thanks…

Home Depot (HD) Q1 2024 earnings

Home Depot on Tuesday posted quarterly revenue below Wall Street's expectations, as shoppers postponed bigger discretionary projects like bath and kitchen remodels because of higher interest rates and made spring purchases late.Still, the…

Alibaba (BABA) earnings Q4 2024

Alibaba said it is working on a rival to ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that has caused excitement across the world. Alibaba said its own product is currently undergoing internal testing.Kuang Da | Visual China Group | Getty…

Economy emerges from a technical recession

Commuters in London.Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe U.K. economy has emerged from recession as gross domestic product rose 0.6% in the first quarter, official figures showed Friday, beating expectations.Economists polled by…

Markets reprice Bank of England rate cut bets

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey attends the central bank's Monetary Policy Report press conference at the Bank of England, in London, on May 9, 2024. The Bank of England on Thursday kept its main interest rate at a 16-year high, but…

Cisco (CSCO) Q3 earnings report 2024

Chuck Robbins, chief executive officer of Cisco, participates in a Bloomberg interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17, 2024.Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCisco reported earnings and revenue for the…

EasyJet shares fall on profit miss, CEO departure

EasyJet Plc passenger aircraft on the tarmac at London Southend Airport in Southend-on-Sea, UK, on Friday, May 3, 2024.Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of EasyJet fell more than 7% on Thursday after the low-cost airline posted a slightly…

Consumer sentiment tumbles as inflation fears surge

Consumer sentiment slumped as inflation expectations rose, despite otherwise strong signals in the economy, according to a closely watched survey released Friday.The University of Michigan Survey of Consumers sentiment index for May posted…

Inflation outlook rises, fueled by housing costs

Consumers in April raised their expectations for price increases both in the near and longer term, fueled by higher inflation in home prices along with fuel and energy, according to a New York Federal Reserve survey released Monday.The…

BT full-year results 2024

A BT Group Plc logo on a EE/BT Group Plc store in London, UK, on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON — Shares of BT Group surged Thursday after the company announced a target of a further £3 billion ($3.8…