Masayoshi Son, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group at the SoftBank World 2018 event in Tokyo, Japan. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images SoftBank Group posted a quarterly profit of $ 12 billion on Tuesday after reporting historic losses of $ 13 billion for its last fiscal year. The …
Read More »European stocks rise as investors juggle technological optimism and economic sadness
European stocks rose on the last trading day of the month, fueled by better-than-expected results and after big gains from top US tech companies. That joy helped investors sideline, for now, the signs of increasing global economic problems due to the pandemic. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP Index, + 0.57% …
Read More »European stocks plummet as Wall Street tech sell-off and US-China tensions scare investors
German semiconductor maker Infineon was one of the most downed on Friday when European tech stocks plummeted. Matthias Balk / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images European stocks fell sharply on Friday as tech stocks fell and investors were no longer able to avoid mounting tensions between the United States and …
Read More »Tesla’s prayer for profit, profit tests for Intel and Microsoft highlight first big week of profit contaminated with coronavirus
To date, this earnings reporting season has lived up to expectations that it will be the worst since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, but a number of big names could offer better news in the coming week. Tesla Inc. TSLA, + 0.01%, Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -0.51%, and Intel …
Read More »Ericsson’s shares soar as Swedish telecoms are winning in 5G
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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