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World’s largest luxury group LVMH slumps 5% after second-quarter revenue miss
People are walking by the Louis Vuitton storefront building in Lisbon, Portugal, on July 21, 2024. Luis Boza | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares in the world’s largest luxury group LVMH fell on Wednesday after its second-quarter sales came in below analyst consensus on Tuesday. Quarterly sales came in at 20.98 billion euros ($22.7 billion) […]
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Elon Musk says he expects China to approve Tesla’s Full Self-Driving by the end of the year
Tesla China sales fell by 5.4% in the first half of the year, although the company retained third place in new energy vehicle sales, behind BYD and Geely, according to the China Passenger Car Association. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has again touted the impending rollout of advanced […]
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UniCredit tops profit forecast, buys cloud-based bank
Italian bank UniCredit on Wednesday posted better-than-expected second quarter profit and said it was buying a Belgian digital bank with its own cloud-based IT platform for 370 million euros ($401 million). Led since 2021 by former UBS investment banking chief Andrea Orcel, UniCredit is at the center of speculation over potential mergers and acquisitions after […]
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Spain’s Santander posts 20% hike in net profit as retail business shines
Bank of Santander Headquarters Getty Images Banco Santander posted a 20% year-on-year hike in second-quarter net profit underpinned by growth in its retail, wealth and consumer activity, after firm revenues and margin management in Europe and Brazil. The company’s net profit attributable to the parent group came in at 3.207 billion euros ($3.48 million), in […]
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India ‘clearly has a problem’ finding new drivers for economic growth, JPMorgan’s Jahangir Aziz says
The Imperial Towers twin towers residential skyscrapers and business district development in Tardeo South Mumbai, India. Tim Graham | Getty Images India “clearly has a problem” figuring out new drivers for its economic growth even as its economy expands at a fast pace, JPMorgan’s Jahangir Aziz said, following the country’s union budget. “If you look […]
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Chinese EV stocks drop as Tesla’s earnings miss, General Motors delays EV plans
Spectators are looking at BYD Song L electric cars at the 21st Changchun International Automobile Expo in Changchun, Jilin province, China, on July 17, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of major Chinese electric vehicle companies dropped Wednesday after U.S. giant Tesla‘s earnings fell short of analysts’ […]
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Deutsche Bank snaps 15-quarter profit streak on Postbank lawsuit provision
Deutsche Bank offices in the City of London on July 2, 2024, in London, U.K. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Germany’s largest lender Deutsche Bank on Wednesday snapped a 15-quarter profit streak with a narrower-than-expected loss, as it made a provision for an ongoing lawsuit over its Postbank division. Net loss attributable […]
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Elon Musk wants Tesla to invest $5 billion into his newest startup, xAI — if shareholders approve
Musk is attending Cannes Lions this week with an aim to reassure ad groups and global brands over the future of X. Marc Piasecki | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted an informal poll on social network X asking whether his publicly traded automaker should invest $5 billion into his newest startup, xAI. Specifically, […]
Read MoreMajor global chip equipment makers’ China revenue share has doubled since U.S. imposed export controls
A worker produces chips at a semiconductor manufacturing enterprise in Binzhou, China, on June 4, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Four of the world’s largest semiconductor equipment manufacturers, including ASML, have seen the share of their China revenue more than double since late 2022, Bank of America analysts said in a […]
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