TotalEnergies’s first-quarter earnings were broadly in line with market views, albeit with a slightly higher-than-normal working capital build of $6 billion, Citi said.
After a week of trading distant jabs, the 2024 rivals are expected to be just a few miles apart in Manhattan.
The panel will advise the Department of Homeland Security on deploying artificial intelligence safely within America’s critical infrastructure.
Record-high capital expenditures come as both core businesses are performing well.
Copper futures topped $10,000 a ton, hitting a two-year high, buoyed by sanctions on Russian metals, tighter individual market fundamentals and an overall improvement in the health of the global economy, BMI said.
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo said it plans to buy Darktrace in a cash deal that values the U.K. cybersecurity company at around $5 billion.
Oil prices ticked higher ahead of key U.S. inflation data that will offer more cues on the path of interest rates.
CVC jumped on the first day of trading on Amsterdam’s stock exchange, after it priced its IPO at the mid point of its previously guided range, implying a market capitalization of $15 billion.
Remy Cointreau posted fourth-quarter sales slightly ahead of views, as it saw a better-than-expected performance in China, but continued to destock in the U.S.
Traton posted above-forecast results for the first quarter, thanks to stronger pricing and market growth in South America and despite slower momentum in Europe.
NatWest kept its 2024 guidance unchanged as its first-quarter income and profit fell slightly less than expected.
The U.K.-listed mining giant’s chairman said BHP’s proposal undervalues the company and is unattractive for its shareholders.
TotalEnergies reported higher-than-expected profits in the first three months of the year and said it would buy back $2 billion of shares this quarter.
The 2.75%-3% area is in sight for Bund yields after they broke above 2.5%, Societe Generale Research said.
CVC priced its IPO at the mid point of its previously guided range, implying a market capitalization of $15 billion when trading starts on Euronext Amsterdam later Friday.
Beijing-based ByteDance said in a post on Toutiao, a media platform it owns, that foreign-media reports that it is exploring the sale of TikTok “are untrue.”
SKF said it expected a mid-single digit fall in sales in the second quarter, with market volatility and geopolitical uncertainty continuing, after it reported below-forecast sales in the first quarter but profits in line with hopes.
Thyssenkrupp has agreed to sell a 20% stake in its steel business to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s EP Corporate Group for an undisclosed sum.
Safran confirmed its full-year guidance after it posted first-quarter revenue above expectations, as the postpandemic recovery in air traffic continued.
Shares of several Chinese financial services companies traded higher Friday on expectations that the sector may see consolidation after state-run Guolian Securities announced its intention to buy another smaller firm.
USD/SGD edged higher in Asia as traders waited for U.S. PCE data, due later in the day, for clues on the future path of the Fed’s monetary policy.
Singapore’s central bank said growth could be driven by the global electronics upturn, which is broadening beyond semiconductors and is fueling growth in Asia’s emerging markets.
Satya Nadella will meet officials in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia next week, as the tech titan is betting on generative AI for long-term growth.
State officials, overriding local interests such as new investment and jobs, say they are acting where Congress hasn’t to address American distrust of Beijing.
As India’s elections get under way, candidates will need to beat something more perilous than their political rivals—the extreme heat.
