SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo, Japan Feb. 3, 2025. Kim Kyung-Hoon | Reuters SoftBank booked a yearly gain of $46 billion at its Vision Fund driven mainly by the huge rise in value of its investment in OpenAI. The Japanese giant…
Japanese entertainment giant Sony on Friday said it expects annual profit to rise as revenue from some business segments in the fourth quarter helped offset headwinds from a memory price crunch. Here are Sony’s fourth-quarter results compared with LSEG estimates: Revenue: 3.036 trillion Japanese yen ($19.4 billion) compared to analyst estimates of 2.896 trillion yen….
The Shell gas logo is displayed at a gas station on April 27, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring. The oil giant posted adjusted earnings of $6.92 billion for the first three months of…
An employee works on core components of circuit breakers for wind turbines at Siemens Energy’s Hangzhou Plant on February 28, 2026 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. China News Service | China News Service | Getty Images The Iran war appears to have supercharged the clean energy transition, providing a catalyst for wind power giants…
People walk past a sign for Novo Nordisk’s annual general meeting at the entrance to the venue in Copenhagen, Denmark, March 26, 2026. Tom Little | Reuters Novo Nordisk hiked its annual profit guidance on Wednesday, as the drugmaker said its Wegovy weight-loss pill performed better than expected in the first three months of the…
A Lufthansa passenger plane lands at Frankfurt Airport The plane flies over the Messeturm. The airline presents its quarterly figures on Wednesday. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germany’s largest airline, Lufthansa reported taking on 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) in additional fuel costs as the Middle East conflict poses “enormous challenges.”…
Andrea Orcel, chief executive officer of Unicredit, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel told CNBC Tuesday that he does not foresee a future where the Italian lender fully controls Commerzbank. Orcel’s comments came as the Italian lender’s tender offer to raise its stake…
The all-new 2026 Jeep Cherokee Hybrid is on display during the 2025 Los Angeles Auto Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Josh Lefkowitz | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shares of auto giant Stellantis fell sharply on Thursday after the company reported a near tripling…
A Volkswagen logo at the back of an ID.7 electric car at the Volkswagen electric car factory on February 24, 2026 in Emden, Germany. Focke Strangmann | Getty Images News | Getty Images German auto giant Volkswagen on Thursday reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter profit, citing higher U.S. tariffs and intensifying competition from Chinese car brands. Europe’s…
The BP refinery in Lingen, Germany (aerial view with a drone). Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images British energy major BP on Tuesday reported that first-quarter profits more than doubled from a year ago, following a surge in oil and gas prices driven by the Middle East conflict. The oil giant posted underlying…
