Over the past week, the price of Brent crude fell by 3.2%, WTI – by 2.8%. The decline in oil prices has been observed for three weeks in a row. It was caused by the strengthening of the dollar, the collapse of stock indices and concerns about ...
The US consumer confidence index in October was 98.6 points, down from 100.1 points in September, final data from the University of Michigan showed. Analysts had expected a decline to 99 points. Consumer attitude to the current financial situation ...
American company Colgate-Palmolive, producing consumer goods, reported that in the third quarter, its net profit fell by 14% in annual terms to $523 million. Adjusted earnings per share were 72 cents, confirming the forecast of experts. Quarterly ...
The business confidence index in Germany in October of this year was 102.8 points, dropping from 103.7 points in September, data from ifo showed. Experts had predicted a less significant decrease – up to 103.2 points. The indicator, which determines ...
The Central Bank of Turkey, at the end of its meeting on Thursday, announced it had kept the weekly repo rate at 24%, finversia.ru writes. The decision of the Central Bank coincided with the expectations of most economists. The regulator noted ...
The European Central Bank announced its decision to keep the base interest rate on loans unchanged – at zero. Rates on deposits and margin loans also kept the same level. The regulator again announced its intention to leave key interest rates ...
In the third quarter, Puma, the German manufacturer of sports goods, increased its net profit by 24.7% compared to the same period last year to 77.5 million euros. EBIT for the quarter reached 130 million euros, rising by 28%. Profitability ...
The Fitch Bohua division of the international rating agency Fitch Ratings begins its work in China. According to the agency, the division, whose CEO is Danny Chen, the Fitch's top-manager in China, will serve the domestic market of mainland ...
American oil company ConocoPhillips, following the results of the third quarter, reported the growth of net profit 4.4 times in annual terms to 1 billion 861 million dollars. One of the factors for the steady growth of the indicator was the ...
Equinor (formerly Statoil), the largest oil and gas company in Norway, reported that after a loss of $480 million recorded in the third quarter of 2017, it received a net profit of $1,670 million in the same quarter of this year, which became ...
American Twitter, which owns the microblogging network of the same name, said that the deleting of fake accounts led to a decrease in the number of active users at a record pace in the entire history of the company. The figure in the third ...
In the third quarter, the largest automaker in South Korea, Hyundai Motor, reduced its operating profit 4.2 times compared to the same period last year to 288 billion 900 million won, which was the most significant drop in the index since 2010. ...
The French car manufacturer PSA Group, the second largest in Europe, following the results of the third quarter, reported a revenue growth of 7.8% in annual terms up to 15 billion 428 million euros. The indicator was favorably affected by the ...
American concern Boeing reported that in the first 9 months of this year, its net profit increased by 37% relative to the same period in 2017 and amounted to 7 billion 36 million dollars. Revenue for the earnings period increased by 5% to 72 ...
Canadian Restaurant Brands International, one of the world's largest fast-food chain operators, reported a net profit growth of 28.3% in the first nine months of the year to $842,800 thousand. During this period, the company increased its revenue ...
The net profit of American telecommunications company AT&T in the third quarter increased to 4 billion 700 million dollars compared to 3 billion dollars in the third quarter of last year. Profit excluding a number of balance sheet items ...
Franco-Italian chip maker STMicroelectronics, which supply Apple and Tesla, increased its operating profit by 38% in the third quarter to $398 million, finversia.ru writes, citing company reporting. Net quarterly revenue was $2 billion 520 ...
US companies are optimistic about the year 2018, but now, against the background of trade wars, their profitability has begun to fall. And although the growth in the profitability of the S&P 500 index companies in the third quarter was ...
UBS expects global tariffs to rise to maximum values in about 15 years amid escalating trade wars and the absence of an agreement after Brexit, MarketWatch reports. Bank experts believe that the impact of these factors may increase the average ...
The trade deficit of the USA with China for the period from the entry of China into the World Trade Organization in 2001 to 2017 has grown significantly. This caused the loss of 3,400,000 jobs in the United States. Losses in the manufacturing ...