- Sarla Buch
- 02 Feb, 2017
- New York City
AstraZeneca profit more than doubled but revenues decline 13%. Deutsche Bank net loss narrowed. Daimler net surged 19%. Nokia profit and revenues soared. Reckitt Benckiser is in talks to buy the U.S.-based baby milk producer Mead Johnson for $17 billion.
- Mukesh Buch
- 01 Feb, 2017
- New York City
Altria net surged on SAB Miller deal but revenues declined 1.4% and fell short of expectations. Baxter net soared 19%. Celanese net swung to profit. Energizer profit tumbled 57%. Ingersoll-Rand net plunged 15%. Johnson Controls net plummeted 27%. Tupperware profit surged 36%.
- Sarla Buch
- 01 Feb, 2017
- New York City
Electrolux net swung to profit and the consumer appliance maker lifted dividend. Julius Baer adjusted group net profit more than doubled. Siemens lifted earnings forecast. Wacker Chemie net tumbled 21%. Volvo profit soared 86%.
- Mukesh Buch
- 31 Jan, 2017
- New York City
Aetna net tumbled 57%. Danaher reaffirmed earnings forecast. Exxon Mobil reports healthy profit despite impairment charges. Eli Lilly lowered earnings forecast. MasterCard net jumped. Pfizer net swung to profit. United Parcel net swung to a loss.
- Sarla Buch
- 31 Jan, 2017
- New York City
Deutsche Bank agreed to settle anti-money-laundering investigation with $630 million payment. Givaudan said sales and profit jumped. H&M net soared 7%. Ocado said pre-tax profits soared. Royal Dutch Shell divested assets in the North Sea and Thailand for
- Mukesh Buch
- 30 Jan, 2017
- New York City
Affiliated Managers net rose 2% but revenues declined 7%. Booz Allen net tumbled 49% and the engineering consultant lifted revenues forecast but lowered earnings estimate. Enterprise Products net dropped 4%. Fitbit tumbled after weak revenues forecast.
- Sarla Buch
- 30 Jan, 2017
- New York City
The U.K. Treasury reduced its stake in Lloyds to less than 5%. Sartorius estimated revenues to soar 18% and net to surge 24%. Volkswagen led the auto industry with 10.3 million unit sales surpassing Toyota. Vodafone is in merger talk with Idea Cellular in India.
- Mukesh Buch
- 27 Jan, 2017
- New York City
Alphabet said net income and revenues declined after cost-per-click dropped 15%. Colgate net swung to profit but global unit volume fell 6%. Chevron net swung to profit after revenues soared 8%. General Dynamics net jumped 4%. Honeywell profit plummeted 13% on flat revenues. Microsoft net rose.
- Sarla Buch
- 27 Jan, 2017
- New York City
BT Group profit plunged 37% but revenues soared 32% on the rising new customer additions. Sabadell net rose while net interest in the year jumped 20%. Tesco agreed to acquire Booker Group for
- Mukesh Buch
- 26 Jan, 2017
- New York City
AT&T net plunged 39%. Biogen net declined 22%. Comcast net soared 15% and media group plans to buy back shares worth up to $5 billion in the next 12 months. Caterpillar net loss widened. Ford net plunged 38%. Qualcomm net slumped 54%. Whirlpool plunged on flat net.
- Sarla Buch
- 26 Jan, 2017
- New York City
Actelion agreed to be acquired by Johnson & Johnson for $30 billion. Diageo net and revenues jumped. Ericsson net tumbled on weak sales and demand. Fiat profit nearly doubled and lifted outlook. RBS set aside additional
- Mukesh Buch
- 25 Jan, 2017
- New York City
Abbott net jumped 4%. Alcoa said it expects global aluminum demand to increase 4% in 2017. Boeing said plane deliveries may reach 765 in 2017 surpassing 748 in 2016. Hess reported record quarterly loss. Illinois Tool net soared 13%. Rockwell profit jumped 16%. Grainger net tumbled 21%.
- Sarla Buch
- 25 Jan, 2017
- New York City
Banco Santander net jumped 4% after lower loan provisions and strong growth in fee income. Novartis profit plunged 11% and Swiss drug-maker plans to buy back shares worth up to $5 billion in the next 12 months. Rio Tinto sells its Australia coal mine for $2.45 billion.
- Mukesh Buch
- 24 Jan, 2017
- New York City
3M net soared 11.5% and reaffirmed earnings guidance. Alibaba net jumped 38% and revenues advanced 54%. Du Pont net swung to profit. Kimberly Clark net surged 52%. J&J profit jumped 21%. Verizon net plunged 17%. Yahoo! net swung to a loss of $4.4 billion.
- Sarla Buch
- 24 Jan, 2017
- New York City
BT Group tumbled after the company discovered more accounting irregularities in its Italian operations. Crest Nicholson profit and revenues surged after average home price and home volumes rose. Dixons Carphone said revenues soared 8%. PZ Cussons net plunged 36%.]