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Barclays profit jumps 23% in third quarter, beating expectations
Signage shines through a window reflecting Barclays head office in Canary Wharf, London, U.K. Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — British bank Barclays on Thursday reported £1.6 billion ($2 billion) net profit attributable to shareholders for the third quarter, beating expectations. The result compared with the £1.17 billion net profit forecast in an LSEG poll of analysts, and […]
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European stocks close lower as traders focus on earnings and bond yields
Canada’s central bank cuts interest rates by 50 basis points Canada’s central bank on Wednesday took a big step in easing monetary policy by cutting its key benchmark rate by 50 basis points to 3.75%. The Bank of Canada said it expects the global economy to expand at a rate of about 3% over the […]
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Deutsche Bank swings back to profit in the third quarter, beating expectations
A sign for Deutsche Bank AG at a bank branch in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Deutsche Bank on Wednesday beat expectations in its return to profit in the three months to September, after snapping its 15-quarter profit streak in the second quarter. […]
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World’s largest sovereign wealth fund posts $76 billion in quarterly profit as interest rates fall
The headquarters of the Norges Bank, Norway’s central bank, in Oslo, Norway, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s gigantic sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of 835 billion Norwegian kroner ($76.3 billion), citing a stock market boost from falling interest rates. The so-called Government Pension Fund Global, […]
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European stocks lower; defense firm Saab up 6%; German software giant SAP hits all-time high
HSBC names first female CFO, announces restructure LONDON – Nov. 5, 2020: Fog shrouds the Canary Wharf business district including global financial institutions Citigroup Inc., State Street Corp., Barclays Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc and the commercial office block No. 1 Canada Square. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images HSBC on Tuesday announced a […]
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European markets open slightly lower; gold prices climb to a fresh record high
European markets open slightly lower European markets opened slightly lower on Monday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 traded down 0.1% shortly after the opening bell, with most sectors in negative territory. — Sam Meredith BofA’s Michael Widmer explains why gold could be the ‘ultimate safe haven asset’ The fundamental backdrop is “quite good” for gold prices […]
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European markets close higher after ECB cuts rates for the third time this year
‘Probably more downside risk than upside risk’ to inflation forecast, Lagarde says There is “probably” more downside than upside risk to the ECB’s inflation forecast, the group’s President Christine Lagarde told CNBC’s Annette Weisbach during the post-decision press conference. Asked about recent warnings that the ECB now faces a return of its old challenge of […]
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European Central Bank meets with third rate cut of the year expected
European stocks mixed, euro flat ahead of rate announcement Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Europe’s Stoxx 600 European stock markets were mixed at Thursday’s open, with the benchmark Stoxx 600 index eking out a 0.13% gain at 8:12 a.m. in London. Banks were the best-performing sector, up 0.75%. Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC 40 were […]
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RTX subsidiary Raytheon to pay more than $950 million to settle foreign bribery, export control fraud probes
The Raytheon Technologies, recently renamed RTX Corporation, headquarters building is seen at dusk on January 20, 2024, in Arlington, VA. J. David Ake | Getty Images The Raytheon subsidiary of defense contractor RTX agreed Wednesday to pay more than $950 million to settle Department of Justice investigations into an alleged government contract fraud scheme, violations […]
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LVMH falls 6% as third-quarter revenues drop; European markets trade lower
European markets traded lower Wednesday morning as global market sentiment took a turn for the worse. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.2% early on in the trading session with the majority of sectors in negative territory. The FTSE 100 was up 0.8% at the open after the latest U.K. data showed the inflation […]
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