By Leo Marchandon and Matteo Allievi (Reuters) -Dutch lender ABN Amro on Wednesday raised its forecast for full-year net interest income (NII) to 6.4 billion euros ($6.98 billion), after it beat second-quarter estimates, sending its shares 3% higher. ABN Amro’s previous forecast of 6.3 billion euros was in line with 2023 levels. Dutch banking peer …
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By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk on Wednesday trimmed its full-year profit outlook after reporting weaker-than-expected quarterly sales of its popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, stirring worries among investors about stiffening competition from Eli Lilly. The results end a prolonged streak of positive earnings news from the first mover in the obesity drug race …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Maersk expects global demand for container shipping to grow more slowly in the next few quarters as market risks persist while the group’s capital expenditure is set to grow faster, it said on Wednesday, sending the company’s shares down. The Danish shipping group is in the process of signing orders for 50 to …
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By Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -European shares surged on Wednesday, as a slew of upbeat corporate earnings lifted sentiment, although gains were tempered after heavyweight Novo Nordisk missed estimates for its second-quarter operating profit. The continent-wide STOXX 600 was up 0.8% at 492.21 points, as of 0830 GMT, inching its way towards the key 500 mark. …
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By Tom Sims and Frank Siebelt FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s Commerzbank reported an expected dip in second-quarter net profit as net interest income fell and announced plans for a 600-million-euro ($654.48 million) stock buyback. Commerzbank’s net profit of 538 million euros compared with a profit of 565 million euros a year earlier. Analysts, on average, had …
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By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Rome Fiumicino airport sees room to grow as a hub for long-haul flights and business passengers after Lufthansa won European Union approval to buy a stake in ITA Airways, its CEO told Reuters. The German carrier got the nod last month for its plan to take a 41% stake …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose by the most six months in July, according to figures published on Wednesday by mortgage lender Halifax that suggested fresh momentum in the property market. House prices increased by an annual 2.3%, the biggest yearly increase since January. The last time prices rose by more on an annual …
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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Workers at Australian state-owned submarine builder ASC Ltd began a four-day strike on Wednesday, escalating a campaign for higher wages that threatens maintenance work on the aging submarine fleet Australia must rely on until its nuclear-powered AUKUS replacements arrive in the 2030s. The 100-hour strike began at noon on …
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(Reuters) – Computer accessories maker Logitech International said on Tuesday it has appointed Matteo Anversa as its chief financial officer, effective Sept. 1. He would take over the role from Meeta Sunderwala, who was the interim finance chief following Charles Boynton’s resignation after just over a year in the job. Anversa was most recently the …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German machine and car parts maker Schaeffler is not interested in a takeover of Continental’s automotive division, CEO Klaus Rosenfeld told the Handelsblatt newspaper on Tuesday, adding that the company had “completely other priorities”. Continental said on Monday it was exploring a spin-off of its automotive division, which has been struggling for …
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