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Four-day week? These firms say they’ve nailed the new working model and profits are good
When Alice Will and her team at Edinburgh-based food and drink marketing agency Lux decided to trial a four-day working week back in January 2020, they chose not to tell clients as a way of testing its effectiveness. “If our clients don’t notice, then that’s a huge measure of whether it’s working … none of […]
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JPMorgan names its winning and losing global stocks for the rest of the year
Analysts at JPMorgan have picked their likely winners and losers for the second half of 2022, naming stocks set to do well — or badly — when factors such as inflation, bond yields and oil prices are taken into account. The analysts identified several trends for the coming months after a volatile first half that […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: American Eagle Outfitters, Unilever, Nio and more
Nio began deliveries of its new ET7, an upscale electric sedan, on Monday, March 28, 2022. Nio Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Marathon Oil, Diamondback Energy — Energy stocks rose along with oil prices after an agreement from European Union leaders to ban most crude imports from Russia stoked inflation fears. […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday
1. S&P 500 futures are lower after snapping long losing streak Traders on the NYSE, May 20, 2022. Source: NYSE S&P 500 futures were lower Tuesday morning, as Wall Street resumes trading following the Memorial Day holiday. Stocks posted strong gains last week, ending seven-week losing streaks for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite and […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Yamana Gold, Credit Suisse, Unilever and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Yamana Gold (AUY) – The Canadian gold producer agreed to be acquired by Gold Fields (GFI) in an all-stock deal valued at $6.7 billion. Yamana Gold shareholders will receive 0.6 Gold Field shares for each share they now hold. Yamana surged 14.9% in the premarket while […]
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Unilever names activist investor Nelson Peltz to board
Nelson Peltz speaking at the 2019 Delivering Alpha conference in New York on Sept. 19, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Unilever named Nelson Peltz as a board member on Tuesday, as it engages in talks about strategy with the American activist investor who now holds a roughly 1.5% stake in the consumer goods giant. London-listed […]
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Ice cream freezers to get ‘warmed up’ in trial by Ben & Jerry’s owner
According to Unilever, the industry standard for freezer temperatures in many markets stands at minus 18 degrees Celsius (around 0 degrees Fahrenheit). The temperature of freezers in the trials will be minus 12 degrees Celsius. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Unilever — which owns brands including Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum and Wall’s — […]
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These are Credit Suisse’s top European stock picks right now
The Swiss bank has named its top stocks for the second quarter, including a “top of the crop” list of under-the-radar names. Source
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Unilever hikes prices as costs pressure builds
Unilever beat first-quarter sales forecasts as the maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream hiked prices by over 8% to offset higher supply chain and energy costs, more than outweighing a dip in sales volumes. Consumer goods makers around the world have been raising prices to make up for soaring energy, commodities, […]
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Musk’s Twitter takeover may boost Facebook, Google and Snap ad revenues
The logos of Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok displayed on a computer screen. Denis Charlet | AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk’s private takeover of Twitter may boost ad revenue for YouTube, Snap, Meta and TikTok, analysts from several Wall Street firms said in recent notes to investors. Twitter, which announced it accepted […]
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