Merck KGaA Expects 2023 Profit to Slip As COVID Demand Wanes
Germany's Merck KGaA on Thursday predicted 2023 earnings would slip due to a decline at its electronic chemicals unit and a drop in COVID-related demand for its lab supplies from drug and vaccine makers. For 2023 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA),...
Bitcoin Near 9-Month High As Bank Turmoil Sparks Rally
to turn to digital assets. The biggest cryptocurrency by market value fell 1.8% in Asia hours to $27,549 after hitting its highest since June 12 on Sunday at $28,474. It rose 26% last week and is up more than 35% in ten days as...
Aviva Hits Seven-Month High On New Buyback, Raised Dividend Outlook
The U.K. asset manager and insurer said it is confident of its ability to continue generating surplus cash and expects to pay out around £915M (£1 = $1.1848) this year and will aim for "low to mid-single-digit growth" in the dividend thereafter. "We are...
How to Set Financial Goals for Your Future
Setting short-term financial goals, as well as midterm and long-term, is an important step toward becoming financially secure. If you aren’t working toward anything specific, you’re likely to spend more than you should. You’ll then come up short when you need money for unexpected...
Hyundai Motor Finalises $5 Billion US Battery Venture, Doubles Q1 Profit
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co said on Tuesday it had finalized a $5 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery joint venture in the U.S., as it reported first-quarter net profit had more than doubled, exceeding expectations. Hyundai and partner SK On, a battery unit of...
Weekly Comic: China’s Precarious Reopening
China’s dash for herd immunity from COVID-19 may not be the miracle cure for its economic ills that markets seem to think. Global markets have owed their bright start to the year largely to hopes that the world’s second-largest economy will quickly reap the...
At G20 Meeting, U.S. Accuses Russian Finance Officials Of Complicity in War
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen accused Russian officials attending a G20 finance leaders meeting of being "complicit" in atrocities in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while host India avoided mentioning the year-long war in inaugural remarks. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the financial leaders...
Gold Edges Lower, Copper Slides On Disappointing Chinese Data
Gold prices crept lower on Wednesday as markets awaited more cues on the raising of the U.S. debt ceiling, while copper prices slid after data offered more signals of a slowing economic rebound in China. Copper futures sank 0.7% to $3.6338 a pound, and...
AstraZeneca Q4 Core Earnings Beat Estimates Despite Esing COVID Vaccine Demand
AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) posted better-than-expected core income in the fourth quarter, thanks to strong demand for its cancer and rare disease therapies that helped make up for waning sales of its COVID-19 vaccine. Core earnings per share during the three months ended on December...
Asian Stocks Edge Past Weak Economic Signals, Chinese Shares Lag
Most Asian stocks rose slightly on Wednesday as markets weighed worsening economic conditions in the region against the prospect of a pause in the Federal Reserve’s rate hike cycle this month. But China’s Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 and Shanghai Composite indexes lagged their peers,...