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Hermès reported fourth-quarter product sales growth of 9.8% on a currency-adjusted basis, beating analyst consensus, with the Americas and Japan posting particularly strong demand. The company expects smaller price increases in the coming year and delivered a full-year operating profit margin slightly ahead of estimates, while announcing an 18-euro…
Unilever reported fourth-quarter underlying sales growth of 4.2%, beating analyst expectations of 3.9%, supported by strong demand for Dove and Vaseline. The company said it expects 2026 growth to be at the bottom end of its multi-year underlying sales growth guidance of 4% to 6% because of slower market conditions. Annual underlying operating prof…
British American Tobacco reported a 2.3% rise in annual profit to 11.28 billion pounds, driven in part by market share gains for its Velo nicotine pouch in the United States and growth in newer vapour and heated tobacco products. Revenue from BAT's newer product portfolio increased 7% for the year ended Dec. 31, 2025, helping push total sales up 2.…
SoftBank Group reported a net profit of 248.6 billion yen ($1.62 billion) for the October-December quarter, reversing a prior-year loss and marking the fourth straight quarter of profitability. Gains were driven by an increase in the valuation of its investment in OpenAI, where SoftBank has expanded its stake; the company has also continued asset s…
Japanese equities closed modestly higher on Thursday, with the Nikkei 225 rising 0.14%. Strength in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors helped push more advancing issues than decliners on the Tokyo exchange, while a handful of large-cap stocks posted double-digit moves in both directions. Commodity and currency markets showed small directi…
Carrefour has agreed to divest its Romanian operations to Paval Holding for 823 million euros. The transaction forms part of a broader portfolio review launched in 2025 as the company narrows focus onto its three largest markets by sales. Completion is anticipated in the second half of 2026, the company said.
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation has issued guidance aimed at preventing automakers and dealers from selling vehicles below production cost. The move targets a year-long price war that has driven heavy discounts and incentives, pressuring profitability across the auto sector and raising concerns about market order and long-term in…
Microsoft ($MSFT) is the best way to own the secular shift to cloud-native AI even as traditional software economics evolve. The stock is trading on a reasonable multiple, generates massive free cash flow, and has limited leverage. After a >20% pullback from highs and a volatile short-term technical picture, a disciplined long swing trade offers a …
Aecom's latest results and upgraded fiscal 2026 EPS outlook reinforce a multi-year infrastructure growth thesis. The stock has pulled back to near-term technical support after the rally; measured long exposure offers asymmetric upside given backlog and improving profitability, balanced against leverage and revenue execution risk.
One year after DeepSeek's surprise release of an inexpensive, high-performing AI model, a cohort of Chinese developers is preparing new model launches timed around the Spring Festival holiday. Companies including Zhipu AI, ByteDance, Alibaba and DeepSeek itself are rolling out upgrades and new products that emphasize lower deployment costs, open-so…
Samsung Electronics has begun mass production and commercial shipments of its fourth-generation high-bandwidth memory chips, HBM4, and says it expects HBM sales to increase more than threefold in 2026 versus 2025. The company is expanding production capacity and plans HBM4E sampling in the second half of 2026. Rival shipments from Micron and indust…
General Yawd Serk, chair of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), warned that international leaders have failed to respond to a rise in junta airstrikes on civilians, saying only China has intervened. Speaking at his remote Loi Tai Leng base after a Shan National Day military parade, Yawd Serk said civilians are suffering and urged renewed …
Turkey's foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, told the Financial Times that the United States and Iran are demonstrating flexibility in efforts to revive a nuclear agreement. Fidan said Washington appears willing to tolerate some level of Iranian uranium enrichment within defined limits, while Tehran recognises the need to reach a deal and seeks the lift…
Jefferies downgraded HgCapital Trust to underperform from hold, flagging valuation compression in software company comparables driven by artificial intelligence-related market uncertainty and highlighting the fund’s layered leverage as a material risk to net asset value under a range of de-rating scenarios.
Mercedes-Benz reported a 57% decline in full-year operating earnings for 2025, with group EBIT of 5.8 billion euros falling short of Visible Alpha forecasts and revenue easing to 132.2 billion euros. The company cited challenging market conditions and highlighted efficiency measures that kept results within guidance.
Anheuser-Busch InBev reported fourth-quarter results that exceeded analyst estimates for organic operating profit, revenue and volumes. The brewer reiterated annual guidance for 2026 profit growth of 4% to 8%, signaling a target to outpace peers that have forecast up to 6% growth. Management noted heavy sales and marketing investment and market sha…
Intuit's core franchises - QuickBooks, TurboTax, Credit Karma and ProTax - give it durable cash flow, margin flexibility and balance-sheet optionality. The stock has taken a beating amid a broader software selloff and AI scare, leaving a valuation that still prices in meaningful downside. This trade idea buys the current dislocation with a clear st…
NetEase's shares fell sharply in Hong Kong following a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter marked by a 29% year-on-year decline in net profit and slowing revenue growth. The stock's drop dragged the Hang Seng lower while the company's U.S.-listed shares also declined. Management highlighted new game releases as revenue contributors, but higher oper…
Four partners left Ernst & Young in December after apparent breaches related to the firm’s audit of Shell, departures that came as the oil major moved to replace EY following concerns about audit partner rotation rules. The exits included the partner who led the Shell engagement and another elevated to senior ranks months earlier. Regulators have o…
A stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs headline has encouraged investors to pare back bets on an imminent Federal Reserve rate cut, shifting attention to upcoming inflation data and a heavy slate of European earnings. Currency moves, a record European equity close, and uneven corporate earnings forecasts frame a cautious market mood ahead of key data a…
A Toyota group entity has extended the tender offer window for its proposed buyout of Toyota Industries from February 12 to March 2. The extension is intended to give shareholders an additional opportunity to tender shares. The announcement prompted a rise in Toyota Industries stock, while opposition from U.S. activist Elliott Investment Management…
Registration records and interviews show a large-scale movement of foreign-brand cars from China into Russia. Many of these vehicles are built in China or routed through Chinese ports and are increasingly listed as zero-mileage 'used' cars to bypass automaker restrictions and sanction controls. Autostat data indicates China-made foreign-brand autos…
Australian equities closed higher on Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 up 0.32% to a three-month high. Gains were concentrated in Utilities, Financials and Materials, while individual heavyweight moves produced both all-time highs and 52-week lows for several names. Broader market breadth favoured decliners over advancers.
Financial markets are adjusting to a world where U.S. policy under President Donald Trump is prompting allied nations to pursue closer cooperation and independent trade and industrial strategies. Investors are responding by tilting portfolios toward non-U.S. equities, energy stocks and currencies such as the euro and Canadian dollar, while European…
Senior Chinese trade official Li Chenggang met with Mexico’s Deputy Economy Minister Vidal Llerenas in Beijing for the first in-person discussions since Mexico enacted steep tariffs on imports from China and other countries without free trade agreements. The talks covered bilateral economic and trade relations, amid Chinese warnings of potential re…
