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HSBC Rejects Ping an Break-Up Call, Promises Higher Dividend
Date: August 1, 2022
By Lawrence White and Anshuman Daga LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – HSBC pushed back on a proposal by top shareholder Ping An Insurance Group Co of China to split the lender, a move Europe’s biggest bank said would be costly, while posting profits that beat expectations and promising chunkier dividends. London-headquartered HSBC’s comments on Monday represent its...
World Stocks Kick Off August at 7-wk High, U.S. Futures on Back Foot
Date: August 1, 2022
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hit seven-week highs on Monday, buoyed by recent strong corporate earnings and declining expectations for hefty interest rate rises, though U.S. index futures were indicating a lower start to August at the Wall Street open. Over the past month, global shares have gained 7%, the S&P 500...
Wall Street Extends July Rebound, Led by Tech, Energy
Date: July 29, 2022
By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) – U.S. stocks extended their July rebound on Friday, with the dollar and some Treasury yields dipping, as traders acted on positive corporate news despite increased labor costs and other inflation indicators. Positive forecasts from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc showed resilience https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/amazon-apple-raise-hopes-investors-brace-slowdown-2022-07-29 in mega-cap companies to survive an economic downturn,...
NatWest Boosts Investor Payouts Even as Inflation Gathers Pace
Date: July 29, 2022
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -British bank NatWest raised its full-year guidance and made a bumper payout to shareholders on Friday after rising interest rates lifted its finances, despite runaway inflation threatening to crunch the UK economy. NatWest reported pretax profit up 13% at 2.6 billion pounds ($3.17 billion) for the six months to June...
Strong Results Lift Europe’s Stoxx 600 to Near Seven-Week Highs
Date: July 27, 2022
By Susan Mathew, Devik Jain (Reuters) -European shares scaled near seven-week highs on Wednesday as a string of strong results from companies including Russia-exposed lender UniCredit and Britain’s Smurfit Kappa provided some comfort in an otherwise gloomy environment. The STOXX 600 index closed 0.5% higher, with shares of French IT consulting firm Atos surging 16.2%...
‘Equity Like Water’: Do Private Companies Need to Be More Liquid?
Date: July 26, 2022
Sponsored Feature Presented by Ledgy By Yoko Spirig is CEO and co-founder at Ledgy and Mathias Pastor is co-founder at Semper If you read the headlines, it’s a difficult time to be a tech company right now. With founders and employees adjusting to lower valuations and multiples, the situation looks especially tough for later-stage companies....