Text size Dominick Reuter / AFP via Getty Images Microsoft shares have climbed to new highs during the Covid-19 pandemic, as companies accelerate their adoption of cloud-based software. This has given a boost to both Azure, the company’s public cloud service, and cloud-based apps like Office 365 and Teams. How …
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Text size Courtesy of Nikola. Investors must prepare for volatile week of stock trading by heavy-duty fuel cell truck pioneer Nikola. Stock guarantees, issued in some of the transactions that eventually brought the company to the public markets, can now be exercised. Shares slumped on the news on Friday, but …
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Text size CEO of Ericsson Börje Ekholm (Per Myrehed). Shares in Ericsson soared more than 10% on Friday, after the Swedish telecoms company reported higher-than-expected second-quarter earnings, fueled by an increase in 5G network sales and software revenue. The back story. Ericsson has made a recovery under Börje Ekholm, who …
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Text size Peter Foley / Bloomberg Bigger banks have reported profits, and investors can be forgiven if they are unsure where the opportunities are now. The answer may lie in how much uncertainty they are willing to accept. Analysts warned that the quarter would be “sloppy” and “confusing,” and banks …
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Text size Photograph by Andrew Burton / Getty Images BlackRock’s second-quarter earnings increased 22% to $ 7.85 per share higher than expected, while net flows plummeted during the period of market uncertainty. The increase in earnings partly reflected a lower share count after BlackRock (BLK) repurchased part of PNC Financial …
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