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McDonald's opened its first restaurant in Moscow 30 years ago, but, after temporarily shutting down more than 800 restaurants following the invasion of Ukraine, the company has decided to exit Russia altogether. However, leaving the country will...

US bond yields are at their highest level in years. With the US Fed aggressively raising interest rates in the face of surging inflation, cash is flowing back into bonds as investors seek insurance from a possible recession. This flight toward bon...

Samsung reported strong results on Thursday, with profits for the first quarter climbing more than 50% compared to the same time a year ago. The South Korean tech giant’s solid earnings were powered by strong sales of its memory chips, which...

Twitter’s board has unanimously agreed to accept Elon Musk’s purchase offer of around $44 billion, the company said Monday. The deal is expected to close later this year. It has led employees to question the billionaire’s plans f...

Nestlé, the world's biggest food and drinks company, increased prices by more than 5% in the first quarter of 2022 as it passed on rising costs to consumers. North American shoppers were worst affected, facing an 8.5% rise in prices. La...

Tesla has posted record profits, overcoming supply chain issues that have troubled the auto industry to blow away Wall Street's company forecast for the first quarter of 2022. The company earned adjusted income of $3.7 billion, much higher tha...

Netflix lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022, sending its stock down as much as 25% in after-hours trading. The company's share price has fallen more than 40% year to date. The bad news did not end there. During its quarterly...

Some of the biggest US banks saw reduced profits in the first quarter of 2022. Prominent names, like Citi, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, all announced significant year-on-year profit declines in earnings reports this...

Honda is joining the global race for electric vehicle (EV) dominance by announcing an investment of almost $40 billion to electrify its fleet of cars in the next decade. The Japanese automaker’s stock price was unchanged on the Tuesday annou...

The Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes should boost lending profits for major financial firms in the US. Blue chip banks, like JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup, are expected to report first-quarter earnings this week. Investors are...

Yields in the global bond market spiked on Tuesday as investors braced for the inflationary impacts of the war in Ukraine, with central banks expected to begin aggressive monetary tightening moves. The yield on 10-year Australian notes jumped eigh...

No matter when the conflict in the Ukraine comes to an end, analysts are convinced we have entered into a period of increased defense spending. The STOXX Europe Total Market Aerospace and Defense Index has risen 5% this year. Meanwhile, the S&...

Positive corporate earnings data is pouring into Wall Street, but it is not doing much to calm the nerves of investors who are fixated on increasing inflation, the Fed’s next move, and events in Ukraine. Earnings growth for S&P 500 compa...

Major Asian shares held firm this week after a strong showing from tech stocks on Wall Street. All three main Wall Street indexes closed higher, with tech stocks, including Apple and Microsoft, showing gains. The MSCI Emerging Market Index, coveri...

Facebook’s parent company, Meta Networks, suffered an unprecedented market cap rout in last week’s trading. After reporting disappointing quarterly results, the company lost an eye-watering $251 billion worth of value in a day’s...