Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing reported a 31% jump in net profit for the first six months of the year, compared to a year ago — and its CEO has expressed optimism about the medium-term outlook. The strong numbers are attributed to the HKEX’s “diversification away from just the cash business” and the “tremendous” growth…
A Target department store on May 17, 2023 in North Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Target will report fiscal second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, as consumers send mixed messages about their willingness to spend. The discounter, which saw enormous sales gains during the Covid pandemic, is trying to bounce back from a disappointing…
A sign is seen posted on the exterior of a Home Depot store on February 21, 2023 in El Cerrito, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Home Depot topped earnings expectations on Tuesday, but posted a 2% year-over-year sales decline as customers remained wary of big purchases and major projects. It marked the first time…
A factory at the mobile phone plant of Rising Stars Mobile India, a unit of Foxconn in Tamil Nadu, India, on July 12, 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple supplier Foxconn beat estimates for second-quarter earnings on Monday thanks to a booming artificial intelligence sector but retained a cautious outlook for this year…
BEIJING, CHINA – DECEMBER 04: A logo hangs on the building of the Beijing branch of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on December 4, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. posted on Thursday a drop in second-quarter revenue against…
Alibaba Group sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. Aly Song | Reuters Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Thursday said revenue grew by 14% year-on-year in the quarter ended June 30. That’s the biggest annual increase in revenue since the September 2021 quarter, according to Refinitiv…
A young man delivers food M_a_y_a | E+ | Getty Images British meal delivery company Deliveroo upgraded its full-year earnings guidance on Thursday after a resilient first half in challenging market conditions that saw its total orders number fall 6%. The company said it expected to make adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation…
Siemens missed profit forecasts in its latest quarter, the German engineering company reported on Thursday, noting weakening demand in several markets including China. The trains-to-factory-automation manufacturer said China, long a driver for global manufacturing and its third largest market, had seen only a tepid recovery after its zero-Covid shutdown last year. Siemens said it was now…
Roblox Corporation Founder and CEO David Baszucki. Steve Jennings | Getty Images Shares of Roblox fell 10% in premarket trading Wednesday after the company reported second-quarter results that missed analysts’ expectations on top and bottom lines. Here’s how the company did: Loss per share: 46 cent loss vs. 45 cent loss per share expected, according to a Refinitiv…
An ABN Amro Group NV bank branch in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Peter Boer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dutch bank ABN Amro beat second-quarter net profit expectations with growth of 83% on Wednesday, but said it no longer expects to reach its 4.7 billion euro ($5.16 billion) 2024 cost saving target…
