Rolls-Royce raises annual guidance as profit multiplies in first half

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC on Thursday raised its outlook for all of 2025, saying a strong first half showed ‘our multi-year transformation continues to deliver’, despite...

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 09:21

Unilever underlying growth beats consensus ahead of ice cream demerger

Unilever PLC on Thursday hailed a ‘continued outperformance’, and the consumer goods firm said the demerger of its ice cream offering, including Ben & Jerry’s,...

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 09:18

Early market roundup: Stocks up in earnings barrage

Stocks in Europe were higher on Thursday morning as many companies published results on the final day of the month, which is filled with key...

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 09:18

British American Tobacco says on track as US revenue returns to growth

British American Tobacco PLC on Thursday said its first-half financial results exceeded its expectations and said it is on track to meet its annual guidance....

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 08:32

Anglo American cuts interim dividend by 80% as De Beers disappoints

Anglo American PLC on Thursday slashed its interim dividend as rough diamond business De Beers continued to underperform, at the time when the diversified miner...

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 07:51

Standard Chartered sets new share buyback after profit beats consensus

Standard Chartered PLC on Thursday announced a new $1.3 billion share buyback as it reported a rise in second quarter earnings amid a strong period...

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 06:53

Second-quarter earnings from bellwether Caterpillar will be closely watched

Irving, Texas-based construction and mining equipment-maker Caterpillar (CAT:NYSE) has always been regarded as something of a bellwether, not just for the state of the US...

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 00:00

Why Verizon Communications could add valuable predictability to portfolios

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS

(VZ:NYSE) $42.36

Market cap: $178.6 billion

For most of this year, shares of US mobile network giant Verizon Communications (VZ:NYSE) have acted...

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 00:00

Second-quarter dividends dip on fewer one-offs and strong pound

After a year-on-year decline of 4.6% in the amount of dividends paid out by UK firms in the first quarter of 2025 (to £14 billion),...

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 00:00

UK bank results suggest consumers are ‘resilient’ for now despite sluggish economy

Whereas the biggest banks in the US, such as JPMorgan Chase (JPM:NYSE) and Bank of America (BAC:NYSE), are heavily dependent on trading and investment banking...

Thu, 31/07/2025 - 00:00

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