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SLB posts record $9.45bn revenue but GAAP profit slips in Q3
SLB's third-quarter 2026 results show record revenue of $9.45bn, but GAAP net income fell as margins narrowed year-on-year.
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Bloom Energy Q3 earnings beat fails to halt share slide
Bloom Energy Q3 earnings beat forecasts and lifted guidance, but shares fell further after the 22 October report,…
Banking & Finance
P&G earnings beat as sales rise 4% on laundry demand
P&G earnings beat forecasts as fiscal Q1 sales rose 4% to $23.28bn, with laundry and home care leading…
Banking & Finance
Moderna stock plunges 25% after melanoma vaccine data leak
A melanoma vaccine data leak wiped $24bn off Moderna before its Madrid presentation, despite…
UK News
Dumarey Group and Renault Group enter process for Dumarey to acquire Alpine Racing SAS
Dumarey Group and Renault Group announced on 22 October 2026 an agreement under which Dumarey is…
Business
Amazon Investment Long Term Outlook: The $2.8 Trillion Company That Analysts Think Is Still Underpriced
Amazon Web Services reported a 37% year-over-year increase in revenue in the second quarter of 2026,…
Automotive
Norway Oil Fund Bond Reduction: Why the World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Is Walking Away From U.S. Treasuries
Early in September 2026, a letter was written and sent to Norway's Finance Ministry from somewhere…
Banking & Finance
Meta Creates New Stock Class to Fund AI Spending Spree
Meta's new stock class funds AI spending while leaving Zuckerberg's voting control untouched. Capex guidance rises…
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AllianceBernstein appoints Julian Jantschik to lead Swiss institutional distribution in Zurich
The asset manager has hired a former Western Asset Management business development head to cover Swiss…
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UK unemployment edges down to 4.7% as pay growth holds at 3.7%, ONS says
The Office for National Statistics reported a broadly flat labour market in June to August 2026,…
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EIF commits SEK 220m to BackingMinds Invest III to back overlooked Nordic founders
The European Investment Fund is the first institutional investor in the Swedish venture capital fund, which…
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Stafford Capital Partners says timberland portfolio absorbed 17.4m tonnes of CO2e in 2025
The $9bn private markets firm's sixth sustainability report also shows its operational emissions fell 29%, while…
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PM Alpha opens Swiss base in Zug as co-founder relocates to lead expansion
The London-based private markets platform will target independent asset managers, multi-family offices and private banks in…
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| Instrument | Price | Change |
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| FTSE 100 | 10,690.36 | -0.32% |
| S&P 500 | 7,623.68 | -0.52% |
| GBP/USD | 1.3375 | -0.22% |
| EUR/USD | 1.1204 | -0.16% |
| Brent | $111.70 | -1.30% |
| Gold | $4,007.90 | -1.29% |
| Bitcoin | $80,667 | -0.79% |
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Cencora to buy American Oncology Network in $2.4bn deal
Cencora agrees to buy American Oncology Network for $2.4bn enterprise value, but a stockholder rollover means it may land only 75% of the company.
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Houston Unauthorized Tax Preparer Conviction: How One Woman Built Two Frauds Into a Single Federal Case
Inflated deductions, fictitious businesses, and misreported income are common patterns in tax fraud cases. The Levi Casildo Castro case from Houston is a little different because she was able to…
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Crypto Market Bart Simpson Formation: The Chart Pattern That Keeps Wiping Out Traders
After staring at Bitcoin price charts for a long enough period of time, you begin to notice patterns…
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UK Fixed Rate Mortgage Increases Hit a Three-Year High — and Millions of Homeowners Are Running Out of Time
There is a specific type of financial anxiety that develops covertly. Standing in a kitchen on a Tuesday…
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The Gov.uk Tax Relief for Employees’ Uniform That Nobody Told You About
In the UK, a supermarket employee is ironing a branded polo shirt for the third time this week,…
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Jamie Pherous Built Corporate Travel Management Over 30 Years — Then Everything Unraveled in Six Months
A founder who sees his company's share price drop by 86% and reacts by purchasing more stock has…
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Why You Need a Proxy for Trading: What Actually Breaks Without One
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Cognizant AI Workforce Investment US: Why This Announcement Is Different From Every Other Corporate AI Pledge
Eleven hours of work per account manager vanished every week somewhere in the back office of a food…
