UnitedHealth Group beat Wall Street targets for quarterly profit and raised its annual forecast on Friday, as the health insurance provider banks on membership growth in its Medicare Advantage business. Memberships in government-backed plans such as Medicare – which offers healthcare coverage for people aged 65 and older or those with certain disabilities – make…

VIENNA, AUSTRIA – MARCH 11: A Hermès white leather Kelly bag worn with a Hermès green colorful Twilly ribbon, on March 11, 2023 in Vienna, Austria. Jeremy Moeller | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Sales at Birkin bag maker Hermes rose 23% in the first quarter, above market expectations, as wealthy shoppers in China…

Chinese electric car startup Li Auto saw deliveries surge by nearly 66% in the first quarter from a year ago. Zhang Peng | Lightrocket | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese electric car brand Li Auto delivered more cars in March than Xpeng did in the first quarter, according to company releases. Li Auto delivered 20,823…

Tesla Superchargers are seen at a charging station on March 17, 2023 in Beijing, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Tesla on Sunday posted its first-quarter vehicle production and delivery report for 2023. Here are the key numbers from the electric vehicle maker: Total deliveries Q1 2023: 422,875 Total production Q1 2023: 440,808…

A man walks near a Walgreens pharmacy on March 09, 2023 in New York City.  Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty Images Walgreens Boots Alliance on Tuesday said its quarterly profit declined more than 20%, driven by sharply lower Covid vaccine volumes and test sales compared to last winter, when the Covid Omicron variant…

Chinese automaker Geely beat revenue expectations for 2022, sending shares surging Wednesday. Shares of Geely spiked as much as 7%, before settling down to trade nearly 3% above its previous close. Geely reported its 2022 revenue surged 45.6% from a year ago to 148 billion yuan ($21.49 billion), while profit jumped 8.5% to reach 5.26…

Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, attends a media event in Mumbai on May 3, 2017. Abhijit Bhatlekar | Mint | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Adobe shares rose 5% in extended trading on Wednesday after software maker announced fiscal first-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates and lifted its full-year foercast. Here’s how the company…

Shoppers carry Zara branded bags on Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Zara owner Inditex on Wednesday posted a 27% net profit increase in 2022 as sales exceeded pre-pandemic levels in the first full year since Marta Ortega, daughter of founder Amancio Ortega, took…

People celebrate the Gitlab IPO at the Nasdaq, October 14, 2021. Source: Nasdaq GitLab shares plunged as much as 38% in extended trading after the provider of source code management software gave full-year revenue guidance that fell short of expectations. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: Loss of 3 cents per share, adjusted, vs. loss…

The all-electric Porsche Taycan Turbo. Source: Porsche AG Luxury automaker Porsche AG issued an ambitious long-term outlook of more than 20% of return on sales, after posting record 2022 earnings on Monday on the back of higher deliveries. The carmaker said its operating profit hiked by 27% to 6.77 billion euros ($7.23 billion) last year,…