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European shares rise with earnings in focus; tariff worries prevail
UBS Group falls despite profit beatVodafone falls as Germany performance worsensInfineon rises after better-than-expected Q1, positive guidanceDiageo falls after withdrawing medium-term goalsSTOXX up 0.3%Updates to market closeBy Nikhil Sharma and Johann M Cherian Feb 4 (Reuters) - European share...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
BUZZ-PepsiCo down after weak annual profit forecast, Q4 revenue miss
Updates** Shares of Frito-Lay maker PepsiCo PEP.O fall as much as 4.8% to $143.10** Company forecasts annual profit below expectations and misses Q4 revenue estimates on weakening demand for its sodas and snacks such as Lay's in the U.S.** "We expect our North America performance to graduall...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
LIVE MARKETS-Careful, is that the Federal bureaucracy, or Pandora's Box?
US indexes green, Nasdaq up >1%Energy leads S&P sector gainers; Utilities weakest groupEuro STOXX 600 index up ~0.3%Dollar, crude fall; bitcoin down >2.5%; gold up ~1%US 10-Year Treasury yield flat at ~4.54%Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters rep...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
British stocks slip for second straight day on trade war jitters
FTSE 100, FTSE 250 both end down 0.1%Off day lows amid hopes of de-escalation in trade warVodafone drops after Q3 resultsUpdates to closing prices Feb 4 (Reuters) - British stocks fell for a second straight day on Tuesday but the indexes ended well off their lows after U.S. President Donald T...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI)Q4 2024 Earnings CallFeb 04, 2025, 8:00 a.m. ETContents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: OperatorGood day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the NXP fourth quarter 2024 earnings confe...The Motley Fool
Feb 4, 2025
PepsiCo (PEP) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP)Q4 2024 Earnings CallFeb 04, 2025, 8:15 a.m. ETContents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: OperatorGood morning, and welcome to PepsiCo's fourth quarter and full-year 2024 earnings question-and-answer sess...The Motley Fool
Feb 4, 2025
BUZZ-J & J Snack Foods down after first-quarter profit miss
** Shares of snack foods manufacturer J & J Snack Foods Corp JJSF.O down as much as 12% to a more than four-year low of $116.60** Company posted Q1 profit that missed Wall Street estimates after market close on Monday, hurt by cost inflation of chocolates, eggs and proteins, along with negative ...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
ADM Misses Revenue, EPS Meets Estimates
Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM), a leading global food processing and commodities trading corporation, released its fourth quarter 2024 earnings on Feb. 4. The company reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.14, in line with Wall Street estimates. However, total revenue fell short at $21....The Motley Fool
Feb 4, 2025
Apple Will Probably Lose Its Market Cap Crown in 2025
The battle to command the largest market cap among U.S. exchange-listed companies is a lot like Game of Thrones. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) regained the crown this past summer, after two other "Magnificent Seven" stocks wrestled the market cap leadership title away earlier in 2024.Despite surrendering 12%...The Motley Fool
Feb 4, 2025
BUZZ-PREVIEW: Advanced Micro Devices shares up; Q4 rev, EPS seen rising
** Shares in chip designer Advanced Micro Devices AMD.O up 2.4% ahead of quarterly report due after market close** Wall Street sees AMD reporting Q4 adj EPS of $1.08 vs $0.77 in year-ago quarter on rev of $7.53 bln vs $6.17 bln year-ago, according to latest data from LSEG** In last 8 quarters AMD m...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
PayPal's profit push slows unbranded business growth, shares drop 10%
Analysts flag sharp slowdown in growth Adjusted operating margins contract in Q4, profit beatsAdds analyst comment in paragraphs 4 and 11By Manya Saini Feb 4 (Reuters) - PayPal's PYPL.O shares fell nearly 10% on Tuesday, after the digital payments giant's unbranded card processing busines...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
BUZZ-Vaccine makers fall as Kennedy moves closer to health secretary job
** Shares of vaccine makers fall after President Donald Trump's pick for U.S. health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., moved closer to the job following a favorable vote by a U.S. Senate panel** Kennedy, who founded the anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense, has long sown doubts about...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
Why Palantir Technologies Stock Skyrocketed on Tuesday
Shares of Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) charged out of the gate on Tuesday, spiking as much as 27.7%. As of 10:59 a.m. ET, the stock was still up 25.4%.The catalyst that sent the artificial intelligence (AI) software and data mining specialist soaring was the company's quarterly financial rep...The Motley Fool
Feb 4, 2025
Vaccine, packaged food stocks fall as Kennedy moves closer to health secretary job
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Shares of vaccine makers and packaged food companies fell on Tuesday after President Donald Trump's pick for U.S. health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., moved closer to the job after a favorable vote by a Senate panel. The vote by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee paves the w...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
LIVE MARKETS-Two-fer Tuesday: JOLTS, factory orders
US indexes green, Nasdaq up >1%Energy leads S&P sector gainers; Utilities weakest groupEuro STOXX 600 index up ~0.2%Dollar, crude fall; bitcoin down >2%; gold up ~1%US 10-Year Treasury yield edges down to ~4.53%Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
Why Rocket Lab Stock Popped on Tuesday
Space company Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB) enjoyed a modest stock price bump in early trading on the Nasdaq Tuesday, rising 3.7% through 10 a.m. ET. The curious thing is that this bump came after what initially appears to be bad news.Last night Rocket Lab announced it will delay its next Electron r...The Motley Fool
Feb 4, 2025
JetBlue Has Jet Lag
In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser and host Mary Long discuss:Why not all airlines are facing the same headwinds.GM's quarterly net loss.The just-announced partnership between X and Visa.Then, Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp and Amy Bach, executive director of United...The Motley Fool
Feb 4, 2025
Fox bolsters streaming bet with plans for new subscription offering
Recasts first paragraph, adds background, CEO comments from analyst call throughout, adds analyst comment in paragraph 11By Rishi KantFeb 4 (Reuters) - Fox Corp FOXA.O is planning to launch a subscription-based streaming service by the end of 2025, the media company said on Tuesday, entering the Net...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
Cummins' Hydrogen Unit Drags Down Q4 EPS
Cummins (NYSE:CMI), a leader in power solutions, delivered its fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 4. The company achieved revenues of $8.4 billion, surpassing analysts' consensus estimate of $8.07 billion. However, its diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $3.02 fell short of the expected $4.70. The quar...The Motley Fool
Feb 4, 2025
BUZZ-Banknote printer De La Rue at 3-yr high on takeover offers
Feb 4 (Reuters) - ** Shares of UK's De La Rue PLC DLAR.L up as much as 8.7% to a three-year high of 125p** Co receives preliminary approaches from parties other than British financier Edi Truell's consortium** Edi Truell consortium's conditional cash offer to be done through issuance of ...Reuters
Feb 4, 2025
