Palantir Posts First Quarterly Profit Following New Contract Wins

Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) reported its first-ever quarterly profit, as well as a top- and bottom-line beat in the final three months of 2022, as a ramp-up in customers bolstered performance. On a GAAP basis, the U.S.-based data analytics company posted net income of $31 million in the quarter up

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Toshiba Cuts Full-Year Profit Estimate, COO Resigns

Japan’s Toshiba (OTC:TOSYY) Corp on Tuesday reported an 87.5% drop in third-quarter operating profit and cut its full-year earnings estimate for a second time. It also said Chief Operating Officer Goro Yanase had resigned over the inappropriate use of entertainment expenses in 2019 when he was an executive

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Analysis-In China, Tesla Could Win Electric Vehicle Price Battle – But Lose The War

Slashed prices have given Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s China sales a pop, but analysts, and even fans, warn the U.S. automaker needs to up its long-term game to avoid choking on the dust of fast-moving rivals in the world’s biggest electric vehicle market. Most immediately, Tesla’s January price cuts drove

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Nissan, Renault To iInvest $600 Million To Make New Models In India

Nissan (OTC:NSANY) Motor Co and Renault SA (OTC:RNLSY) said on Monday they would invest $600 million to make six new models in India. The Japanese and French automakers will work on the projects from their base in Chennai, turning it into an export hub, they said in a

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Exclusive-SoftBank’s Arm China Lays Off Workers As Outlook Grim -Sources

SoftBank Group Corp’s chip technology firm Arm Ltd’s China joint venture laid off 90-95 employees last week to cope with a challenging business outlook this year, according to three sources familiar with the situation. The layoffs come as SoftBank tries to set up a public listing for Arm

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Exclusive-Intel Weighs Boost To Investment In Vietnam Chip Packaging Plant -Sources

Intel Corp is considering a significant increase in its existing $1.5-billion investment in Vietnam to expand its chip testing and packaging plant in the Southeast Asian nation, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The possible move, which one source said could be worth about $1 billion,

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Australia’s Central Bank Revises Up Inflation Forecasts As Further Rate Hikes Flagged

Australia’s central bank on Friday revised up its forecasts for core inflation and wages growth and warned of further increases in interest rates, raising the risk the economy could slip into recession. In a hawkish-sounding quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said domestically-sourced

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AstraZeneca Q4 Core Earnings Beat Estimates Despite Esing COVID Vaccine Demand

AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) posted better-than-expected core income in the fourth quarter, thanks to strong demand for its cancer and rare disease therapies that helped make up for waning sales of its COVID-19 vaccine. Core earnings per share during the three months ended on December 31 was $1.38, a

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Oil Cools After 3-Day Rally Amid Fed Uncertainty, U.S. inventory Build

Oil prices were muted on Thursday as hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials supported the dollar and brewed some concerns over more interest rate hikes, while U.S. crude inventories also logged a seventh straight week of builds. Hawkish overnight comments from Federal Reserve officials saw markets reassessing their

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Carlsberg Expects Lower Beer Consumption To Hit 2023 Growth

Danish brewer Carlsberg (OTC:CABGY) on Tuesday forecast organic operating profit growth in 2023 below last year’s level as higher beer prices are expected to dent consumption. The world’s third-biggest brewer expects organic operating profit this year to change by between minus 5% and plus 5%, compared with 12%

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