Month: April 2025
Stop being ‘too nice’ at work, says psychologist—this is what successful people do to be more genuine, trustworthy
Social discomfort is so universal that social psychologists like me have made careers out of studying it. We can find it almost anywhere, like in salary negotiations or small talk conversations that have one too many awkward pauses. Almost everyone will at some point find themselves in an interaction that makes them feel uncomfortable. And […]
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PepsiCo cuts earnings forecast as it predicts ‘uncertainty’ in tariffs, consumer spending
Bottles of Pepsi soda are displayed in a store on March 17, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images PepsiCo on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results as its international sales offset weaker demand in North America. The food and beverage giant also cut its forecast for core constant currency earnings per share, […]
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Procter & Gamble CEO says price hikes are ‘likely,’ as Tide owner cuts outlook due to tariffs, uncertainty
Procter & Gamble on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results as demand for its products fell, gave a dimmer outlook for the current quarter and said price hikes could be coming. The company, which owns Tide and Charmin, slashed its forecast for core earnings per share and revenue for the full fiscal year, which is in […]
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American Airlines withdraws 2025 forecast on murky economic outlook
American Airlines withdrew its 2025 financial guidance on Thursday, joining other carriers that are grappling with an uncertain outlook on the U.S. economy and weaker-than-expected leisure travel bookings this year. “We came off a strong fourth quarter, saw decent business in January and really domestic really travel fell off considerably as we went into the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Texas Instruments, IBM, Southwest, ServiceNow, Hasbro & more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Comcast — Shares dropped more than 3% after seeing a decline in customers for the first quarter . On Thursday, the cable giant reported a loss of 199,000 total domestic broadband customers as well as a loss of 427,000 in cable TV customers. The company did […]
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European stocks edge lower as relief rally stalls; Gucci owner Kering falls 4%
Delivery Hero shares fall despite ‘solid’ first-quarter results Delivery Hero reported “solid” first-quarter results, showing 5% growth in ecommerce sales. The company said gross merchandise value, its preferred measure looking at the total value of goods sold, rose to 12.37 billion euros ($14.08 billion) in the first quarter, slightly undershooting investors expectations of 12.38 billion […]
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Bristol Myers Squibb tops quarterly estimates, hikes outlook as drugmaker braces for tariffs
FILE PHOTO: The Bristol Myers Squibb research and development center at Cambridge Crossing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Dec. 27, 2023. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bristol Myers Squibb on Thursday beat first-quarter estimates and hiked its revenue and profit guidance for the year, as the drugmaker cuts costs. The company now expects 2025 […]
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Comcast beats first-quarter earnings estimates despite losing broadband customers
Customers enter an Xfinity Store by Comcast on February 24, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Comcast surpassed first-quarter expectations on Thursday even as the company lost broadband customers amid heightened competition. While domestic broadband revenue was up 1.7% to $6.56 billion, Comcast lost 199,000 total […]
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South Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data to China and the U.S. without consent
Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images South Korea’s data protection authority has concluded that Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek collected personal information from local users and transferred it overseas without their permission. The authority, the Personal Information Protection Commission, released its written findings on Thursday in connection with a privacy and security review of […]
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Merck lowers profit outlook, partly due to $200 million expected tariff hit
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Merck on Thursday lowered its full-year profit guidance, citing $200 million in estimated costs for tariffs and a charge tied to a recent deal. The company now expects its 2025 adjusted earnings to come in between $8.82 and $8.97, down slightly from a previous outlook of 8.88 to $9.03 […]
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