Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, Uber Technologies speaks during the third day of the FII PRIORITY Summit held at the Faena Hotel on February 21, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesUber beat Wall Street’s third-quarter revenue expectations on Tuesday.Shares fell 4%.Earnings per share: $3.11. It was not immediately clear if that was comparable to the 68 cents expected by LSEG analysts.Revenue: $13.47 billion vs. $13.28 billion expected by LSEG”This was our strongest growth since the end of 2023 and the largest trip volume increase in Uber’s history outside the post-Covid rebound,” wrote CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in prepared remarks.Revenues jumped 20% from…
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A Pizza Hut store is seen on November 01, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Pizza Hut’s third-quarter revenue fell short of analysts’ expectations for same-store sales. Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesYum Brands on Tuesday announced that it will explore strategic options for Pizza Hut.”The Pizza Hut team has been working hard to address business and category challenges; however, Pizza Hut’s performance indicates the need to take additional action to help the brand realize its full value, which may be better executed outside of Yum! Brands,” Yum CEO Chris Turner said in a statement.The company has not set a deadline or definitive timetable…
Kimberly-Clark CEO Mike Hsu told CNBC’s Jim Cramer that his company’s planned acquisition of Tylenol maker Kenvue will create value for shareholders, even as the pain reliever is scrutinized by the Trump administration.He also said Tylenol sales have “seen a little bit of impact, but less than you would think” from Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump promoted unfounded claims linking the use of Tylenol’s active ingredient, acetaminophen, during pregnancy to autism.”I think the brand has been very resilient,” Hsu said. “While I’m still getting into it, so, I’m no expert on…
Ferrari technicians inspect supercars on the production line inside the company’s factory in Maranello, Italy, October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File PhotoRemo Casilli | ReutersLuxury carmaker Ferrari on Tuesday reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit, with net revenues jumping more than 7% compared to the same period last year.The Maranello, Italy-based sports car manufacturer posted net profit of 382 million euros ($439.5 million) for the July-September period, reflecting a nearly 2% increase from the same period last year.Analysts had expected first-quarter net profit to come in at 367.33 million euros, according to an LSEG compiled consensus.”We continue to advance with conviction and strong…
Indian visitors talk on their mobile phones outside the Google stall at the India Mobile Congress in New Delhi on Sept. 27, 2017.Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence companies racing to expand in India are not just chasing customers — they are enlisting millions of users to help train AI models for the world.Google and Perplexity AI are offering their services free for 12 to 18 months through partnerships with local telecom providers Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, while OpenAI has made its ChatGPT Go plan free nationwide for one year.”India stands at the intersection of youth, digital…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | ReutersNorway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund said it will vote against Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar pay package at Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting this week, rebelling against management guidance and threats from Musk to step down if the deal is rejected.Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the fund — the largest of its kind in the world, and a major shareholder in Tesla — said on Tuesday that it had already cast its vote against Musk’s remuneration package as CEO of…
Australia’s central bank now sees core inflation staying above its target band out to the middle of 2026.Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAustralia’s central bank now sees core inflation staying stubbornly above its target band out to the middle of 2026 as consumer demand and house prices pick up faster than expected, seemingly limiting room for further cuts in interest rates.The Reserve Bank of Australia was widely expected to hold rates at 3.60% on Tuesday as an uncomfortably high reading on third-quarter inflation crushed any hopes of a cut. It had eased policy three times this year in February, May and August.In its quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy, the RBA said recent data — including stronger economic growth, sticky inflation and…
Richard Teng, chief executive officer of Binance, during the DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, DC, U.S., on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBinance CEO Richard Teng has dismissed claims that the cryptocurrency exchange helped boost a Trump-backed stablecoin before former CEO Changpeng Zhao received a presidential pardon.The claims in question relate to a $2 billion investment Binance received from Abu Dhabi’s state-owned investment firm MGX. The deal was settled using USD1, a stablecoin created by the Trump family’s crypto venture, World Liberty Financial. MGX’s investment and Binance’s subsequent listing of USD1 on its exchange helped bolster the…
CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images The “everything store” might have secured its biggest customer yet.On Monday, Amazon announced that it had signed a $38 billion deal with OpenAI, offering the ChatGPT maker access to Amazon Web Services’ infrastructure.On the one hand, the move isn’t too surprising — a continuation of OpenAI’s spending spree as it looks to secure resources to run its power-hungry artificial intelligence models.On the other, OpenAI’s turn to Amazon shows that the firm is diversifying from its reliance on Microsoft, which had been its exclusive cloud services provider until this year. That could suggest OpenAI is getting…
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks on stage during the Labour Party conference on Sept. 29, 2025, in Liverpool, England. Ian Forsyth | Getty ImagesU.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to give a clearer indication that tax rises are coming in her Autumn Budget later this month when she gives a speech this morning.Reeves is set to address speculation around her fiscal plans shortly and is expected to tell the British public that her budget will focus on “fairness and opportunity.” Critics of the government have branded her speech on Tuesday an an “emergency press conference” given there was…
