By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan inflation rose to a record 36.4% in the year to April driven mainly by food prices, the highest rate in South Asia and up from March’s 35.4%, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday. Pakistan’s rural areas recorded food inflation of 40.2%, the bureau told Reuters. Food inflation for…
(Reuters) – U.S. companies from Amazon.com Inc and Walt Disney Co to Wall Street heavyweights Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley are slashing thousands of jobs as they look to rein in costs in anticipation of an economic downturn. Some companies such as Amazon and Meta Platforms have announced a second round of layoffs as…
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc was the biggest loser among top companies by market capitalisation in April, hit by disappointing quarterly earnings after it posted the lowest quarterly gross margin in two years. Tesla’s market cap dropped to $520.7 billion at the end of April from $657.5 billion in March, a 20.8% decline, pushing it to…
(Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum Corp posted a bumper profit on Tuesday, benefiting from higher margins on sustained fuel demand and tight crude supplies, and announced an additional $5 billion share repurchase authorization. Pandemic-era closure of facilities and demand recovery have boosted margins for refiners, with crude supplies also coming under pressure after Russia’s invasion of…
By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Tinder owner Match Group has said it will quit Russia by June 30, citing the need to protect human rights, one of many Western firms to leave since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine last year. “We are committed to protecting human rights,” Match said in an annual impact report published…
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The yen continued its steep descent on Tuesday, reaching a 15-year low to the euro, as the implications of a steadfastly dovish Bank of Japan continued to reverberate days after the decision. Meanwhile, the Aussie dollar leapt to a one-week high after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised…
By Ron Bousso and Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) -BP made a $5 billion profit in the first quarter of 2023, up from the previous three months on the back of strong oil and gas trading as the company pared back a share buyback programme. BP’s profit, which beat forecasts, follows strong results from rivals including…
By Selena Li and Lawrence White HONG KONG (Reuters) -HSBC Holdings said on Tuesday its profit tripled in the first quarter, beating expectations, as rising interest rates boosted the lender’s income and helped it pay a first quarterly dividend since 2019. The strong results of HSBC and its Asian rival DBS underscore the boost to…
By Nupur Anand, Anirban Sen, David French and Isla Binnie NEW YORK (Reuters) – On March 12, as several U.S. banks reeled from a crisis in confidence, JPMorgan Chase & Co put its might behind First Republic Bank, giving the troubled lender what two sources said was a $10 billion financing. The JPMorgan facility did…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Asia markets correspondent Kevin Buckland. The Reserve Bank of Australia kicked off a string of major central bank meetings this week by surprising markets with a quarter-point rate hike, when most had been positioned for a pause. It even signalled the possibility of…
