By Aishwarya Jain and Doyinsola Oladipo (Reuters) -Airbnb on Wednesday forecast weaker growth for the rest of the year, with the company blaming the trend on tough comparisons with the year-ago period when strong bookings in Asia and Latin America had boosted earnings. Shares of the vacation rentals company fell more than 6% after the…
-Deutsche Telekom reported second quarter core profit in line with analyst expectations on Thursday, citing continued growth in both Germany and the U.S., and edged up its full-year profit guidance. The Germany-based telecoms giant reported second quarter adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and amortization after leases (EBITDA AL) of 11 billion euros ($13 billion), compared…
(Reuters) -Tesla’s sales volume in Germany more than halved in July, the German road traffic agency KBA said on Tuesday, although sales of battery electric vehicles rose overall. KBA said Tesla sold 1,110 cars in Germany in July, down by 55.1% from a year earlier. The number of Teslas sold in the January-July period dropped…
By Siddarth S and Akriti Shah (Reuters) -Palantir Technologies shares surged nearly 9% in early trading on Tuesday, after the company lifted its annual revenue forecast for the second time this year, banking on strong demand for its AI-related services from governments and companies. Investors have been betting big on the data analytics and defense…
By Pritam Biswas (Reuters) -Class A shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway fell more than 3% in afternoon trading on Monday, as investors fretted over a $3.8 billion write-down and a dip in quarterly operating profit that the firm disclosed on Saturday. The write-down of Berkshire Hathaway’s 27.4% stake in Kraft Heinz, its second for…
By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) -Diageo’s new interim CEO Nik Jhangiani has charmed investors with his cool confidence and clear communication, in contrast to his predecessor who struggled to win over the company’s shareholders during her short term. But whoever takes on the full-time leadership of the world’s top spirits maker will inherit challenges that…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said U.S.-China trade talks were “far reaching, robust and highly satisfactory,” but the future of the short video app TikTok as well as the movement of Taiwan officials did not come up. Bessent, speaking after two days of bilateral talks between the world’s two largest economies…
(Reuters) -Citigroup has hired Pankaj Goel from JPMorgan Chase to co-lead its technology investment banking, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Goel, who has more than twenty years of technology experience, was most recently global chair of technology investment banking at JPMorgan, according to the memo, signed by Citi’s head of North…
By Manya Saini (Reuters) -Crypto custody startup BitGo said on Monday it has confidentially filed for a U.S. listing, joining a wave of companies looking to capitalize on strong market momentum. The crypto sector’s climb to a $4-trillion market value has reignited interest for initial public offerings, with clearer regulation, corporate treasury adoption, and institutional…
By Rishika Sadam and Sai Ishwarbharath B HYDERABAD/BENGALURU (Reuters) -U.S. retailer Costco Wholesale Corp will open its first technology centre in India in Hyderabad, two people familiar with the plans told Reuters. The Global Capability Centre, handling technology and research operations and working alongside global teams, will initially employ 1,000 people and scale up, sources…
