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Anglo American Rejects BHP's $39 Billion Takeover Proposal

Anglo American Rejects BHP's $39 Billion Takeover Proposal

Anglo American rejected rival miner BHP Group's 31.1 billion pound ($39 billion) takeover proposal on Friday, saying the bid significantly undervalued the London-listed company and its future prospects. Australia's BHP, which has until May 22 to make a binding bid, is expec...


April 26, 2024
India's HCLTech Misses Q4 Revenue Estimates on Weak Services Vertical
India's HCLTech Misses Q4 Revenue Estimates on Weak Services Vertical

HCLTech, India's No.3 IT services player, reported a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue on Friday amid decelerating tech spending...

Exxon Misses on Q1 Profit Despite Big Gains in Guyana
Exxon Misses on Q1 Profit Despite Big Gains in Guyana

Exxon Mobil Corp on Friday missed analysts' estimates with a 28% year-on-year drop in first quarter profits as weaker refining margins and...

LVMH-Backed Firm Buys into Italy's KIKO in $1.5B Make-Up Deal
LVMH-Backed Firm Buys into Italy's KIKO in $1.5B Make-Up Deal

LVMH-backed buyout firm L Catterton has agreed to buy a majority stake in KIKO Milano in a deal which a source close to the matter said valued the...

Spain's Bankinter Takes on Irish Banks with Deposit Move
Spain's Bankinter Takes on Irish Banks with Deposit Move

Bankinter said on Friday it was applying for a full Irish banking licence and entering the deposit market as part of the Spanish bank's...

China's CITIC Securities Q1 Profit Falls on Lower Fee, Broker Income
China's CITIC Securities Q1 Profit Falls on Lower Fee, Broker Income

CITIC Securities Co, China's biggest brokerage, reported on Friday that first-quarter net profit fell 8.5%, hit by the sluggish investment...

Huawei's Smart Car Tech Offers Automakers Route to China Sales
Huawei's Smart Car Tech Offers Automakers Route to China Sales

It's taken Huawei just four years to become a force in smart car technology, navigating the devastation of trade sanctions on its smartphones...

Thoma Bravo to Buy UK's Darktrace for about $5.32 Billion
Thoma Bravo to Buy UK's Darktrace for about $5.32 Billion

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo agreed to buy Britain's Darktrace for about $5.32 billion in cash on Friday, saying it would use its...

Russia's Sberbank Reports Profit Rise to $4.3 bln in Q1
Russia's Sberbank Reports Profit Rise to $4.3 bln in Q1

Russia's dominant lender Sberbank on Friday reported an 11.3% rise in first-quarter net profit to 397.4 billion roubles ($4.32 billion),...

Nomura Q4 Net Profit Jumps almost 8ht Fold on Retail Income Surge
Nomura Q4 Net Profit Jumps almost 8ht Fold on Retail Income Surge

Nomura Holdings Japan's biggest brokerage and investment bank, reported on Friday a 670% jump in quarterly net profit compared to a year...

Indian IT Firm Tech Mahindra's Shares Jump most in 8 Y on Turnaround Plan
Indian IT Firm Tech Mahindra's Shares Jump most in 8 Y on Turnaround Plan

Tech Mahindra shares jumped 13.2% on Friday, their biggest intraday gain in nearly eight years, after India's No.5 IT company announced a...

CVC Sets IPO Price at 14 Euros per Share, Middle of Range
CVC Sets IPO Price at 14 Euros per Share, Middle of Range

CVC Capital Partners said on Friday it had set the final price for its initial public offering (IPO) at 14 euros ($15.02) per share, at the...

Thyssenkrupp to Sell 20% of Steel Business to Kretinsky's EPCG
Thyssenkrupp to Sell 20% of Steel Business to Kretinsky's EPCG

Thyssenkrupp will sell a 20% stake in its steel business to EP Corporate Group (EPCG), the investment vehicle of Czech billionaire Daniel...

April 25, 2024
BNP Paribas Beats Estimates, Lower Costs Offset Trading Slump
BNP Paribas Beats Estimates, Lower Costs Offset Trading Slump

BNP Paribas beat first-quarter profit forecasts on Thursday as lower costs and a robust performance in global banking helped to offset a steep...

Deutsche Bank Quarterly Profit Jumps 10% as Investment Bank Outperforms
Deutsche Bank Quarterly Profit Jumps 10% as Investment Bank Outperforms

Deutsche Bank posted on Thursday a better-than-expected 10% increase in first-quarter profit as a resurgence in fixed-income trading and...

India's Vedanta Misses Q4 Profit Estimates on Lower Prices
India's Vedanta Misses Q4 Profit Estimates on Lower Prices

Indian mining group Vedanta reported a 27% drop in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, reflecting weaker prices of major metals like aluminium...

Germany's EEX Reports 19% Revenue Growth Last Year
Germany's EEX Reports 19% Revenue Growth Last Year

The European Energy Exchange's (EEX) revenue rose 19% last year, mainly driven by power and natural gas trading volumes as well as the...

Norwegian Air Shares Fall after Bigger-than-Expected Q1 Loss
Norwegian Air Shares Fall after Bigger-than-Expected Q1 Loss

Budget carrier Norwegian Air reported a wider-than-expected operating loss in the first quarter on Thursday, partly due to a weak Norwegian...

Sabadell sees Higher Lending Income in 2024, Shares Jump
Sabadell sees Higher Lending Income in 2024, Shares Jump

Spain's Sabadell forecast on Thursday its lending income to continue growing in 2024 after beating net profit forecasts in the first...

Continental Hit with $107 mln Fine over Dieselgate Scandal
Continental Hit with $107 mln Fine over Dieselgate Scandal

Automotive supplier Continental has been fined 100 million euros ($107.16 million) for breaching its supervisory duties in connection with the...

BHP's Proposed Bid for Anglo American is a Big Bet on Copper
BHP's Proposed Bid for Anglo American is a Big Bet on Copper

BHP Group's proposed $39 billion buyout of Anglo American is a big bet on copper that could spark a scramble for mining assets...

Wizz Air Trims Range on Full-Year Earnings Guidance
Wizz Air Trims Range on Full-Year Earnings Guidance

Wizz Air's slightly lowered net income guidance for its financial year to March 31 in a trading update on Thursday. The budget airline...

Unilever Beats Q1 Sales Forecasts, Sticks to 2024 Outlook
Unilever Beats Q1 Sales Forecasts, Sticks to 2024 Outlook

Unilever said on Thursday its first-quarter sales rose by a better than expected 4.4%, as one of the world's biggest consumer goods groups won...

Nestle India Unit's Profit Beats Estimates on Higher Demand
Nestle India Unit's Profit Beats Estimates on Higher Demand

Nestle India reported a bigger-than-expected increase in its quarterly profit on Thursday, as it benefited from higher product prices and...

BHP Group Makes $38.8B Play for Anglo American, Copper in Focus
BHP Group Makes $38.8B Play for Anglo American, Copper in Focus

BHP Group said it made an offer to buy London-listed miner Anglo American, valuing its share capital at 31.1 billion pounds ($38.84 billion),...

Swiss National Bank Posts Record $64 bln Profit in Q1
Swiss National Bank Posts Record $64 bln Profit in Q1

The Swiss National Bank posted on Thursday a record quarterly profit of 58.8 billion Swiss francs ($64.34 billion) for the first quarter,...

Michelin's First-Quarter Sales Fall on Weak Volumes
Michelin's First-Quarter Sales Fall on Weak Volumes

French tyre maker Michelin reported on Wednesday a 4.6% decrease in sales, slightly below expectations, citing a decline in volumes mainly in...

April 24, 2024
UBS Flags 'Serious' Concern about new Swiss Capital Requirements
UBS Flags 'Serious' Concern about new Swiss Capital Requirements

UBS executives on Wednesday told shareholders that the bank has major concerns about the Swiss government's recently announced plan to hit...

Tesla Jumps as Musk's Promise of 'more Affordable' Cars Eases Growth Fears
Tesla Jumps as Musk's Promise of 'more Affordable' Cars Eases Growth Fears

Tesla shares surged about 10% on Wednesday after the electric-car maker eased some worries about slowing growth with a prediction that sales...

Ryanair Expects Boeing to Take 12-18 Months to Clear Backlog
Ryanair Expects Boeing to Take 12-18 Months to Clear Backlog

Europe's biggest airline Ryanair expects Boeing to take 12 to 18 months to eliminate backlogs in its aircraft deliveries, group chief...

Heineken Sells more Beer in Q1, Sticks to Outlook
Heineken Sells more Beer in Q1, Sticks to Outlook

Heineken sold more beer than expected in the first quarter, reporting its first quarterly year-on-year growth in volumes in a year as it stuck...

Eni Ups Share Buyback on Q1 Profit Beat, but Debt Rises
Eni Ups Share Buyback on Q1 Profit Beat, but Debt Rises

Italian energy group Eni said on Wednesday it would raise its planned 2024 share buyback by 45% to 1.6 billion euros ($1.71 billion) after...

Volvo Cars sees Good Demand this Year after Higher Q1 Unit Sales
Volvo Cars sees Good Demand this Year after Higher Q1 Unit Sales

Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said on Wednesday it expects good demand for its vehicles this year after a rise in first-quarter unit sales,...

Britain's Lloyds Bank sees Q1 Profit Tumble on Income Squeeze
Britain's Lloyds Bank sees Q1 Profit Tumble on Income Squeeze

Lloyds Banking Group saw pretax profit slide by 28% in the first quarter, as rising costs, peaking interest rates and intensifying competition...

Telecoms Firm Orange Slips on Drop in French Broadband Customers
Telecoms Firm Orange Slips on Drop in French Broadband Customers

French telecoms operator Orange reported on Wednesday a drop in first-quarter fixed broadband customers in its home market, knocking its...

Taiwan Chipmaker UMC Warns of Muted Auto, Industrial Demand
Taiwan Chipmaker UMC Warns of Muted Auto, Industrial Demand

Taiwanese chipmaker UMC said on Wednesday it expected a rise in wafer shipments in the second quarter as inventory levels for computing,...

Roche Eyes Return to Growth after Q1 Hit by Forex, Loss of COVID Sales
Roche Eyes Return to Growth after Q1 Hit by Forex, Loss of COVID Sales

Roche confirmed ambitions to return to sales growth this year on a continued boost from eye drug Vabysmo, after first-quarter sales slipped by...

Spain's Iberdrola Raises Profit Guidance after Strong Q1
Spain's Iberdrola Raises Profit Guidance after Strong Q1

Spanish utility Iberdrola on Wednesday raised its profit target for the year after a strong first quarter on the back of high renewable output...

Woodside Investors Vote Down Climate Plan, Rebuking Australia's Top Gas Producer
Woodside Investors Vote Down Climate Plan, Rebuking Australia's Top Gas Producer

Shareholders rejected Woodside Energy's climate plan on Wednesday, marking a symbolic victory for activists who have called for...

Reckitt Beats Quarterly Like-for-Like Sales Estimates
Reckitt Beats Quarterly Like-for-Like Sales Estimates

Consumer goods group Reckitt's like-for-like sales growth beat estimates in the first quarter as more people bought its Lysol, Dettol and...

Hitachi Energy Eyes Expansion in India amid Rising Power Demand
Hitachi Energy Eyes Expansion in India amid Rising Power Demand

Hitachi Energy is looking to open more global capability centers in India to expand local operations, amid growing energy demand and a push to...

China's Huawei Launches new Software Brand for Intelligent Driving
China's Huawei Launches new Software Brand for Intelligent Driving

Chinese tech company Huawei (HWT.UL) unveiled on Wednesday a new software brand for intelligent driving, marking its latest push to become a major...

Hong Kong Bourse Operator's Q1 Profit Drops on Weaker Listings, Trading
Hong Kong Bourse Operator's Q1 Profit Drops on Weaker Listings, Trading

Hong Kong's bourse operator reported a 13% drop in first-quarter profit on Wednesday, as sluggish trading and muted listing activities weighed...


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