The exterior view of the entrance to Merck headquarters in Rahway, New Jersey, on Feb. 5, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Merck on Tuesday beat second-quarter estimates and hiked its revenue outlook, as a slate of new products showed strong growth. But the pharmaceutical giant cut its profit guidance due to a charge tied…
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Via Reuters Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pushed forward with her plan to slash the consumption tax on food, which reportedly would be the first time the tax…
U.S. Treasury yields were broadly flat on Tuesday as investors mulled the ongoing uncertainty around the state of negotiations in the Middle East. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — was flat at 4.686%. The 2-year Treasury note yield, which more closely tracks short-term Federal…
A woman and a child walk past Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran on July 24, 2026. Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump has warned that the latest round of negotiations with Iran is the “last chance” to bring an end to the five-month conflict. Trump told reporters in the Oval…
A sign at BP Plc petrol station in London, UK, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Britain’s BP on Tuesday reported a sharp upswing in second-quarter profit, as energy supermajors reap massive profits from higher fossil fuel prices amid hostilities between the U.S. and Iran. The oil giant posted underlying…
Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal Ahmed Jadallah | Reuters Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a jump in second-quarter profit, following a period of severe disruption through the Strait of Hormuz amid the sprawling Middle East conflict. The world’s largest oil company posted adjusted net income of 125.2 billion Saudi riyal ($33.4…
Palantir topped second-quarter earnings estimates on Monday and said commercial revenue more than doubled from a year ago. The stock surged 12% after the numbers were released. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: 41 cents adj. vs. 35 cents expected Revenue: $1.94 billion vs. $1.80 billion expected Revenue climbed 93%…
CANADA – 2026/06/23: In this photo illustration, the Grab logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing and delivery firm, raised its full-year outlook on Tuesday as it reported record second-quarter results, with resilient…
The LIC logo looms above a couple of passersby in Mumbai in India last week. The IPO of the biggest payer in life insurance in the country is expected to fetch $2.7 billion in the country’s biggest IPO so far. Punit Paranjpe | Afp | Getty Images The Indian government will sell up to a…
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, center, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Feb. 19, 2026. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images Tech companies’ venture capital portfolios are making corporate profits look a lot stronger than they really are. Microsoft, Amazon…
