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☆ This 145-year-old British engineering firm is set to benefit from an onshoring and automation trend — with analysts giving the stock 60% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A 145-year-old British industrial company is positioned to capitalize on major trends, including the reshoring of manufacturing and increased defense spending, according to analysts at Shore Capital. London-listed Renold plc , which traces its roots to 1879 and Hans Renold , the inventor of roller chains, is the world's second-largest industrial chain manufacturer. Shore Capital has a "buy" rating and a target price of 90 pence per share, which points to more than 60% upside from the current share price of 55 pence. U.K. shares are generally priced in pence, with 100 pence equal to one British pound ($1.27). In September, Renold acquired MAC Chain Company for $31.4 million, expanding its presence in the United States and Canada even further.

Persons: Hans Renold, Donald Trump, Akhil Patel, Renold, Robert Purcell Organizations: Shore Capital ., Renold, Shore Capital, Shore, MAC Chain Company, The Shore Capital Locations: Shore Capital . London, Manchester, U.S, China, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

☆ Britain's car finance industry is in crisis – with banks bracing for billions in payouts
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty ImagesBritain's motor finance industry is in disarray, with analysts warning of worst-case scenarios similar in magnitude to the country's costliest consumer banking scandal. The decision caught many in the motor finance industry off guard and appears to have paved the way for a multi-billion-pound redress scheme to compensate consumers. It urged motor finance groups to consider setting aside financial provisions to resolve the high volume of complaints. According to the banks, they followed the rules and guidelines set by the FCA, which are not aligned with the new Court of Appeal ruling," Kammer told CNBC via email. The FCA has said that it will await the outcome of a potential Supreme Court ruling before taking a decision on the matter," Kammer said.

Persons: Mike Kemp, Banks, Niklas Kammer, Kammer, Benjamin Toms, Toms, John Keeble Organizations: Royal Exchange, City of, Appeal, Authority, FCA, Morningstar, Lloyds, Horse, Barclays, Lloyds Banking, Bloomberg, Getty, of, CNBC, PPI, RBC Capital Markets, Taxis, Fenchurch, Station Locations: City, City of London, London, United Kingdom, U.K

☆ Oil giant Shell wins appeal against landmark Dutch climate ruling to slash emissions
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A Dutch court on Tuesday ruled to dismiss a landmark climate ruling against Shell , after the oil giant was ordered to drastically reduce its global carbon emissions back in 2021. In May 2021, The Hague district court ruled that Shell must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45% from 2019 levels by 2030. Shell's lawyers said demands for companies to curb greenhouse gas emissions could not be made by courts, but only by governments, Reuters reported. The company also said the court ruling would force it to shrink its business without any benefit to the fight against climate change. The burning of coal, oil and gas is by far the largest contributor to the climate crisis, accounting for more than three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Persons: Milieudefensie Organizations: Shell, Pernis, Reuters Locations: Rotterdam, Netherlands, Azerbaijan, The Hague, Paris, Hague

☆ Why ‘sin taxes’ could play a significant role in Britain’s high-stakes budget
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Hollie Adams | Afp | Getty ImagesBritain's Labour government appears poised to raise "sin taxes" in its highly anticipated October budget as it seeks to cash-in on lucrative industries to bolster Treasury revenues. Among a litany of measures, including a major change to the government's fiscal rules, Reeves is reported to be considering a sin tax raid. "Sin stocks are a good place to start. Shares of London-listed gambling stocks fell sharply on the news. A Treasury spokesperson was not immediately available to comment when contacted by CNBC about the prospect of sin taxes in the budget.

Persons: Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, Hollie Adams, Reeves, Michael, Britain's, William Hill, Paddy Power, Chris J, Ratcliffe, Bruce Morley, Morley, Morningstar's, Field, Alishia Abodunde Organizations: Britain's, Labour, Afp, Getty, Finance, Michael Field, Morningstar Analysts, Morningstar, CNBC, Guardian, London, Entain Plc, Bloomberg, Department, Environment, Food, Rural Affairs, Treasury, University of Bath, Imperial Brands, American Tobacco, Government Locations: London, Michael Field Europe, Europe, crosshairs, U.S, England, vapes

☆ HSBC announces fresh $3 billion share buyback as third-quarter earnings beat expectations
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Anniek Bao | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

HSBC Holdings Plc building at Canada Square in Canary Wharf financial district on 15th August 2023 in London, United Kingdom. Here are HSBC's results compared with LSEG SmartEstimate, which is weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate:Pre-tax profit: $8.5 billion vs. $8 billion$8.5 billion vs. $8 billion Revenue: $17 billion vs. $16.2 billionHSBC's pre-tax profit represented a 10% rise from the $7.71 billion posted a year ago. Profit after tax came in at $6.7 billion, $500 million higher than the third quarter of 2023. The company's quarterly revenue grew 5% to $17 billion, compared to the $16.2 billion that was reported a year agoThe bank's fresh $3 million share buyback brings the total amount announced this year to $9 billion — $3 billion was announced in the first quarter and another $3 billion in the second quarter. Basic earnings per share for the quarter came in at 34 cents, higher than 29 cents in the same period a year ago.

Persons: LSEG, That's, Georges Elhedery Organizations: HSBC Holdings Plc, HSBC, Tuesday Locations: Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, U.K

☆ Buy this tech firm that's quietly automating warehouses with robots, say Berenberg and Citi — giving it 50% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

AutoStore , founded in 1996 and listed since 2021 in Norway, provides robots and technology to automate traditional warehouses. The company has grown to control approximately 80% to 90% of the market, according to German investment bank Berenberg. The investment bank initiated coverage with a price target of 15 Norwegian kroner ($1.37), pointing to roughly 50% upside from the current share price level. Analysts at Norway-based Arctic Securities have the most bullish outlook with an 18 Norwegian krone price target, indicating a 78% upside. Instead, they cited media reports that Amazon will likely rely on AutoStore's technology in its grocery rollout in the United States.

Persons: Lasse Stueben, Stueben, Martin Wilkie, Berenberg Organizations: Citi, THG plc, Securities, Big Tech Locations: AutoStore, Norwegian, Norway, Germany, Europe, British, United States

☆ A portfolio manager at a $21 billion firm warns the odds of a recession have risen to 40% from 20% as inflation and geopolitical concerns surge — and shares where he's investing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Christine Ji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Zehrid Osmani, a portfolio manager at the $21 billion investment manager Martin Currie, has actually increased his recession odds. US-China tensions are escalating over Taiwan, home to the world's largest semiconductor foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Osmani sees what he calls "seismic thematic shifts" in these areas. And Osmani sees potential for parts of the market driving the energy transition, such as alternative energy and electric vehicles. AdvertisementHis top picks include Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), chemical company Linde plc (LIN), and industrial manufacturing company Atlas Copco (ATLKY).

Persons: Martin Currie, —, Goldman Sachs, Jan Hatzius, Zehrid, Currie, hasn't, Osmani Organizations: Service, Technology, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Semiconductors, Nvidia, Microsoft, Linde, LIN, Atlas, Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust Locations: Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, China, Taiwan

☆ Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos are expecting their first child. Here's a timeline of their relationship.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos met in Mykonos in July 2018 and wed at Mar-a-Lago in 2022. Donald Trump announced that Tiffany Trump is pregnant at a campaign event in Michigan on Thursday. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementTiffany Trump and her husband, Michael Boulos, are expecting their first child, former President Donald Trump announced on Thursday. Michael Boulos began dating Tiffany Trump in 2018 and reportedly proposed to her with a $1.2 million engagement ring at the White House, shortly before Donald Trump left office.

Persons: Tiffany Trump, Michael Boulos, Boulos, Donald Trump, —, Trump, Massad Boulos Organizations: Mar, Service, Boulos Enterprises, SCOA, White Locations: Mykonos, Lago, Nigeria, Michigan, Nigerian, SCOA Nigeria

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Generac, Amazon, Pfizer and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Generac Holdings — Shares of the maker of power generators surged 8% as Hurricane Milton intensified into a Category 5 storm . Amazon — The e-commerce stock lost 2.9% after Wells Fargo downgraded shares to equal weight from overweight and cut its price target, citing slowing growth and competition from Walmart. Hershey – Shares fell 2% after the chocolate maker was downgraded to neutral at UBS and to market perform at Bernstein. JPMorgan downgraded shares to underweight from neutral, citing dwindling confidence in the Israel-based company grapples with share loss concerns and volume challenge. JPMorgan downgraded shares to neutral, citing limited EPS upside from here.

Persons: Milton, Wells, Chubb, Morgan Stanley, Coty, Ashley Helgans, Arcadium, Bernstein, GLP, Ciena, —, Yun Li, Hakyung Kim, Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Michelle Fox, Sean Conlon, Pia Singh Organizations: Generac Holdings, Walmart, Pfizer —, CNBC, Insurance, —, Allstate, Travelers, Progressive, Hurricane, Universal Insurance, Air Products, Chemicals, Garmin —, Garmin, Jefferies, Rio Tinto, Hershey –, UBS, Butterfly Equity, JPMorgan, Apple Locations: Florida, Hurricane Milton, Fort Lauderdale , Florida, Wells Fargo, California, Israel

☆ Barclays names 5 global stocks that could benefit from China's stimulus — giving one over 100% upside
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Barclays has identified a handful of European stocks poised to benefit from China's anticipated economic stimulus measures. Mainland Chinese stocks jumped on the news. The investment bank suggested that China's current economic climate resembles April 2024, when Chinese and China-exposed stocks experienced a significant rally. According to Barclays, U.K.-headquartered insurer Prudential , cosmetics giant L'Oreal , carmakers BMW and Mercedes , and miner Rio Tinto are among the top European stocks that could benefit from China's stimulus efforts. China's recent economic challenges have been evident, with the country experiencing its longest period of deflation since 1999.

Persons: Anshul Gupta, Larry Hu, Hu, — CNBC's Michael Bloom, Evelyn Cheng Organizations: Barclays, People's Bank of China, Prudential, L'Oreal, carmakers BMW, Mercedes, Rio Tinto, U.S, Prudential plc, Macquarie Locations: China, Rio, China's

☆ Britain's Rightmove rejects $8.1 bln sweetened bid from Australia's REA Group
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

The Rightmove Plc app on an App Store page on a smartphone arranged in London, UK, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. British real estate portal Rightmove on Wednesday rejected a sweetened $8.1 billion takeover proposal from Australian property listing firm REA Group, saying the bid undervalued the company. "The board considered the increased proposal... and concluded that the increased proposal continues to be unattractive and materially undervalues the company and its future prospects," Rightmove said in a statement. The most recent proposal from REA Group, which is 62% owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, consists of 341 pence in cash and 0.0422 new REA shares, giving Rightmove an implied value of 770 pence per share. The latest bid came after an initial offer of 705 pence per share, or 5.6 billion pounds, and the second one of 749 pence per share, were rejected by Rightmove.

Persons: REA, Rightmove Organizations: REA Group, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, REA Locations: London, British

Read previewOn Monday, Amazon mandated corporate workers return to the office five days a week beginning January 2nd. AdvertisementHere's a list, in alphabetical order, of major companies requiring employees to return to offices. BlackRockLast year, BlackRock mandated employees return to the office four days a week. MetaMeta updated its remote work policies in September 2023, requiring employees to head into the office three days a week. AdvertisementWalmartAlong with slashing hundreds of jobs, Walmart also asked previously remote employees in the US to move to offices.

Persons: —, Goldman Sachs, Andy Jassy, We've, Jassy, Insider's Ashley Stewart, It's, Apple's, Tim Cook, Rob Goldstein, Caroline Heller, Chipotle, Bob Iger, Iger, signees, David Solomon, Fortune, Fiona Cicconi, Arvind Krishna, Jamie Dimon, Redfin, Glenn Kelman, Salesforce Salesforce, Marc Benioff, Howard Schultz, Schultz, Tesla, Elon Musk, nodded, Musk, X, Yao Yue, Yue, Dara Khosrowshahi Organizations: Service, JPMorgan, Business, Amazon, Apple, BlackRock, Hudson, Bloomberg, Citigroup Citigroup, HSBC Holding Plc, Barclays, Citigroup, Reuters, Disney, The Washington Post, CNBC, Google, San Francisco Bay Area, IBM IBM, IBM, Meta Meta, Frisco, San Francisco Standard, Engineers, Starbucks, Elon, Twitter, National Labor Relations, Walmart, Street Journal Locations: Seattle, New York City, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, Dallas , Atlanta, Toronto, Arkansas, New Jersey

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Microsoft, Intel, Shopify and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Pia Singh | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft — Shares were up about 2% after the tech giant increased its quarterly dividend by 10.7% to 83 cents per share. Shopify — Shares of the e-commerce stock gained 2.6% after Redburn Atlantic upgraded Shopify to buy from neutral. Shopify should continue gaining market share as the U.S. social e-commerce market appears poised for explosive growth over the next few years. AppLovin — The mobile software company rose more than 2% after UBS upgraded shares to buy from neutral. Gannett — Citi upgraded the newspaper company to neutral from sell, sending shares higher by 4%.

Persons: Jefferies, Dell, AppLovin, Gannett, —, Fred Imbert, Sarah Min, Sean Conlon, Michelle Fox Theobald Organizations: Microsoft, Intel, Dell Technologies, Mizuho Securities, UBS, Gannett — Citi Locations: 4Q24

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Moderna, Uber, Boeing, Adobe and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Oracle — The stock rose nearly 2% after the database software company raised its fiscal 2026 revenue outlook . Uber — Shares of the ride-sharing company advanced more than 5% following news that it plans to expand its partnership with Alphabet's Waymo . Adobe — Shares tumbled 9% after the software company issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the current quarter. Unity Software — Shares of the game engine company added nearly 7%. Discovery — Shares advanced about 9% after the media conglomerate entered an early renewal agreement with Charter Communications.

Persons: Kevin Clark, RH —, Gary Friedman, Alphabet's Waymo, Uber, Stifel, Biden, David Zaslav, —, Jesse Pound, Sean Conlon, Samantha Subin, Hakyung Kim Organizations: JPMorgan, Oracle, Aptiv, — Stock, Adobe, Boeing, Unity, Holdings, PDD Holdings, Redfin Corporation, Federal Reserve, U.S, Home, Warner Bros, —, Charter Communications, Discovery Locations: U.S, Austin , Texas, Atlanta, China

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Boeing, Oracle, Moderna and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Boeing — The stock sank 4% after Boeing factory workers went on strike early Friday after rejecting a new labor contract. Oracle — Shares of the database software company rallied more than 6%. Oracle lifted its fiscal 2026 revenue forecast and shared strong guidance for the 2029 fiscal year. RH — Shares of the home furnishings retailer surged 21% after a stronger-than-expected second quarter. Adobe — Shares sank more than 8% after the company issued softer-than-expected guidance for the current quarter.

Persons: Max, Kevin Clark, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Lisa Han, Sarah Min, Jesse Pound Organizations: Boeing, Oracle —, Oracle, Moderna —, JPMorgan, —, Adobe —, Adobe, Aptiv, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, AstraZeneca —, Deutsche Bank

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Adobe, RH, Oracle and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Hakyung Kim | In Hakyungkim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Adobe issued a fiscal fourth-quarter revenue forecast in a range between $5.50 billion and $5.55 billion. Guidance for adjusted earnings per share came in at $4.63 to $4.68 per share, while analysts had expected $4.67 in earnings per share. Oracle — The cloud software company advanced nearly 6% after raising its revenue guidance. RH — The home furnishings company surged nearly 19% after posting a top- and bottom-line beat for the fiscal second quarter. RH reported adjusted earnings of $1.69 per share on $830 million in revenue.

Persons: Adobe, LSEG, —, RH, Kevin Clark, Nick Wells Organizations: Oracle, Neurocrine Biosciences, Aptiv, —, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission

☆ UK investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown agrees to $6.9 billion takeover by CVC consortium
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Katrina Bishop | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A logo on the headquarters of Hargreaves Lansdown Plc in Bristol, UK, on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. LONDON — British investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown said on Friday it had agreed to a takeover offer equivalent to £5.4 billion ($6.9 billion) by a group of investors including CVC Group. Shareholders in Hargreaves Lansdown — the U.K.'s biggest stockbroker — will get 1,110 British pence per share and a dividend of 30 pence per share under the deal, the company said. The news comes after the company in May rejected an offer from the consortium of £4.7 billion, or 985 pence per share. At the time, Hargreaves Lansdown said the bid "substantially" undervalued the company and its prospects.

Persons: Hargreaves Lansdown, Abu, — Organizations: LONDON, CVC Group, Nordic Capital Locations: Bristol

☆ OpenAI co-founder John Schulman says he will leave and join rival Anthropic
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

OpenAI co-founder John Schulman said in a Monday X post that he would leave the Microsoft -backed company and join Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup with funding from Amazon . In June, OpenAI said Schulman, as head of alignment science, would join a safety and security committee that would provide advice to the board. Schulman has only worked at OpenAI since receiving a Ph.D. in computer science in 2016 from the University of California, Berkeley. The leaders of the superalignment team, Jan Leike and company co-founder Ilya Sutskever, both left this year. Also on Monday, Greg Brockman, another co-founder of OpenAI and its president, announced that he was taking a sabbatical for the rest of the year.

Persons: ChatGPT, OpenAI, John Schulman, Schulman, OpenAI's, Jan Leike, Ilya Sutskever, Leike, Sutskever, Sam Altman, Altman, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Toner, WilmerHale, Greg Brockman Organizations: Darktrace Plc, Microsoft, Amazon, OpenAI, University of California, Anthropic, Superintelligence Inc, Google, Employees, AI Safety Locations: Brooklyn, New York, British, Berkeley, Francisco

☆ Glencore's ex-head of oil charged with bribery offences by Britain's Serious Fraud Office
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

An employee stands by a logo for Glencore Agriculture in Glencore Plc's offices in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Glencore's former head of oil Alex Beard has been charged with bribery offences relating to the Swiss commodity trader's operations in Africa, Britain's Serious Fraud Office said on Thursday. Beard, 56, is charged with two conspiracies to make corrupt payments to government officials and officials of state-owned oil companies in Nigeria between 2010 and 2014 and in Cameroon between 2007 and 2014, the SFO said. He is one of five ex-Glencore employees charged with conspiracy to make corrupt payments.

Persons: Glencore's, Alex Beard, Beard Organizations: Glencore Agriculture, SFO Locations: Glencore, Rotterdam , Netherlands, Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon

☆ Barclays profit dips in the second quarter, beats estimates
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON — Barclays on Thursday reported second-quarter net profit attributable to shareholders of £1.2 billion ($1.54 billion), slightly lower than a year ago, as the British lender's net interest income fell. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected attributable net profit of £1.03 billion for the period, according to LSEG data, in a decline from the £1.3 billion logged in the second quarter of 2023. Barclays posted revenue of £6.3 billion for the latest quarter, above a forecast of £6.25 billion. Net interest income at it consumer bank dropped 4% year-on-year to £3.15 billion across the January-June period, as the lender's net interest margin declined from 3.2% to 3.15%. The lender's restructure split the corporate and investment bank across Barclays U.K., Barclays U.K. Corporate Bank, Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management, Barclays Investment Bank and Barclays U.S. Consumer Bank.

Persons: Venkatakrishnan Organizations: Barclays Plc, LONDON, Barclays, Reuters, Tesco Bank, Barclays U.K, Corporate Bank, Barclays Private Bank, Wealth Management, Barclays Investment Bank, Barclays U.S . Consumer Bank Locations: Canary, London, British

☆ Arm issues light earnings guidance as the company stops disclosing number of chips reported as shipped
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Net income came to $223 million, or 21 cents per share, up from $105 million, or 10 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had been looking for $1.58 in adjusted earnings per share and revenue of $4.02 billion. For the fiscal second quarter, Arm sees adjusted earnings of 23 to 27 cents per share on $780 million to $830 million in revenue. The company said that as of this quarter, it is no longer reporting the number of Arms-based chips that were reported as shipped. In the fiscal fourth quarter, Arm had 7 billion chips reported as shipped, which were down 10% year over year.

Persons: Rene Haas, LSEG, Jason Child, Haas, Child Organizations: Arm Holdings, StreetAccount, Microsoft Locations: Taipei, Taiwan

☆ Activist Trian has a few levers to pull to build shareholder value at Solventum
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Kenneth Squire | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Business: Solventum , formerly known as 3M Health Care, is a global health-care company that was spun out from 3M on April 1 . As a standalone company, Solventum has been under-covered and misunderstood by the market. There is also no shortage of examples of Trian being a valuable corporate governance-oriented investor and creating tremendous shareholder value from the board level. While Trian has a history of being an active shareholder, the firm has also created tremendous shareholder value as an engaged director. Moreover, if there is an opportunity to divest one or more businesses, shareholders would have comfort with a financially astute shareholder representative on the board to evaluate competing offers to assure the maximization of shareholder value.

Persons: Trian, Nelson Peltz, Peltz, Solventum, Pepper, Ingersoll Rand's, Russell, Ken Squire Organizations: Health, 3M, What's, Bloomberg, Dental Solutions, Information Systems, Electric plc, Kraft Foods, Dow, General Electric, GE, GE HealthCare, GE HealthCare Technologies, 13D Locations: Solventum

☆ 3 dividend-paying stocks with attractive charts as broader market struggles
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( David Keller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A subsequent pullback saw the price bounce off that breakout level, which also lined up with the 50-day moving average. This is a sector full of low-volatility, high yielding stocks that have often provided downside protection in down market phases. ES just broke to a new three-month high this week, and the stock features a dividend yield around 4.5%. When the broad market averages take a bearish turn, equity investors are often best served by getting defensive. These three stocks feature improving technical profiles, along with dividend yields well above the average for the S & P 500.

Persons: Philip Morris, BTI, Eversource, we've, David Keller Organizations: American Tobacco PLC, Eversource Energy, Eversource, Nasdaq, CMT, CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL Locations: U.S, British American

☆ Unilever pops 6% on guidance raise, Ben & Jerry's spinoff on track to complete by end of 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Tubs of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in a store freezer in London, UK, on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Unilever Plc said it wanted to shed its ice cream division, which generates around 8 billion ($8.5 billion) in annual sales, in a bid to reverse years of lackluster performance. Unilever shares popped 6.8% on Thursday morning, after the consumer goods giant raised its full-year margin guidance and said the spinoff of its ice cream business was on track to complete by the end of 2025. Beauty and well-being expanded 7.1%, while ice cream lagged other segments with just 0.6% of growth. Organic sales growth came in at 3.9% in the second quarter, missing expectations of a 4.2% expansion forecast by a company-compiled consensus.

Persons: Knorr, Domestos, Jerry's, Jefferies Organizations: Unilever Plc, Unilever Locations: London, British

☆ European markets to open lower as investors weigh regional bank and U.S. tech earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON — European markets are set to open lower on Wednesday as earnings season ramps up. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 was last expected to open 25 points lower at 8,137, while Germany's DAX was set to shed 76 points to 18,472 and France's CAC 40 was expected to open 54 points lower at 7,540. Italy's MIB index was set to to open 62 points lower at 34,799. Deutsche Bank , UniCredit, BNP Paribas and Banco Santander are among the European banks reporting earnings on Wednesday, alongside Easyjet , Iberdrola and Orange. On the data front, flash purchasing managers' index data is due to be released in the U.K. and the euro zone.

Persons: Germany's DAX, Easyjet Organizations: Citigroup Inc, State Street Corp, Barclays Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc, CAC, Deutsche Bank, BNP, Banco Santander Locations: Wharf, UniCredit, Iberdrola, Orange, Germany

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