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(Reuters) -Pinterest forecast current-quarter revenue below Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, hurt by tough competition from larger social media platforms in a stabilizing digital advertising market. Its shares dropped 20.7% in extended trading. The image-sharing platform competes with the likes of TikTok and Meta Platforms-owned Facebook and Instagram – the preferred platforms for advertisers because …

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By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -BP increased its dividend and extended its share repurchasing programme on Tuesday as it reported a forecast beating second-quarter profit of $2.76 billion, with weak refining offset by stronger oil prices and retail. The result is likely to ease pressure on CEO Murray Auchincloss after BP fell short of profit …

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By Tom Sims and Alexandra Schwarz-Goerlich VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International said on Tuesday it would further decrease its extensive business in Russia in agreement with the European Central Bank. Raiffeisen Bank (RBI) has been under pressure from authorities on both sides of the Atlantic to reduce its footprint in the country following the …

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By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) -Russian technology company Yandex on Tuesday said it may start paying dividends for the first time, as it reported a sharp rise in core earnings after completing a lengthy and complex split from its Nasdaq-listed, Dutch parent company. A Russian consortium of buyers this month finalised a $5.4 billion cash and …

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ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s economy grew by 0.2% in the second quarter from the previous three months, driven by domestic demand, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, in line with forecasts. On a year-on-year basis, second quarter gross domestic product in the euro zone’s third largest economy was up 0.9%, national statistics bureau ISTAT said, also in …

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By Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -European shares were muted on Tuesday as investors exercised caution ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting and Euro zone inflation data, but gains in technology and oil stocks keep the benchmark afloat. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.1% at 512.44 points by 0830 GMT. The technology sector …

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By Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish bank Unicaja on Tuesday raised its forecast for lending income for 2024 after interest rates remained higher than initially expected in the second quarter, though it said margins fell on higher funding costs. The decline in margins in April-June from the previous quarter sent shares in Spain’s sixth-largest bank …

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By Chiara Holzhaeuser and Antonis Pothitos (Reuters) -Shares in Clariant fell 7.5% on Tuesday after the Swiss speciality chemicals maker lowered its full-year sales forecast due to a weak performance in its catalysts unit, overshadowing a hike in its margin target. Clariant expects its sales to be flat or grow by up to a low …

Clariant cuts sales target on weak catalyst business, shares fall Read More »