The Shell gas station logo is displayed on February 13, 2025 in Austin, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBritish oil major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit, citing robust operational performance and higher trading contributions.Shell posted adjusted earnings of $5.4 billion for the quarter, beating analyst expectations of $5.05 billion, according to an LSEG-compiled consensus. A separate, company-provided analyst forecast had put Shell’s expected third-quarter profit at $5.09 billion.The London-headquartered firm reported adjusted earnings of $6 billion over the same period last year and $4.26 billion for this year’s April-June period.”Shell delivered another strong set of…
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – MARCH 7: NewJeans attends the first court hearing for ADOR lawsuit at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu on March 7, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images)The Chosunilbo Jns | Imazins | Getty ImagesSouth Korea’s largest K-pop agency Hybe added about $644 million in market value Thursday after a court reportedly ruled that girl group NewJeans’ contract with its sublabel ADOR remains valid.Hybe shares gained as much as 7.12%, boosting its market capitalization by roughly 915 billion won ($644 million).The court ruling means that NewJeans are still contractually bound…
The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates on Wednesday, and wealthy U.S. households may benefit most. The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another overnight. A quarter-point reduction would bring the benchmark rate to a range between 3.75%-4.00%. It could fall to 3.1% by the end of 2027, according to a September forecast from the Federal Open Market Committee. “That really sets the floor for all other interest rates,” said Michael Wagner, co-founder of Omnia Family Wealth in Aventura, Florida. “We ultimately start earning less money on cash, which makes it…
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA – OCTOBER 30: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025 in Busan, South Korea. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News U.S. President Donald Trump said he has reached a 1-year agreement with China on rare earths and critical minerals, and cut fentanyl tariffs on Beijing by half, as his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded in South Korea on Thursday.Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he left South Korea that the meeting with Xi was “amazing” and that…
Jerome Powell, chair of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.Bloomberg | GettyThe Federal Reserve cut borrowing costs for the second time in a row on Wednesday.Lowering the federal funds rate by a quarter point puts that benchmark in a range between 3.75%-4.00%. The decision comes amid intense pressure from President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called on Fed Chair Jerome Powell to drastically lower rates, arguing that would make it easier for businesses and consumers to borrow and boost the economy.The federal funds…
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The Japanese national flag is seen at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) headquarters in Tokyo on July 31, 2024. The Bank of Japan lifted its main interest rate on July 31 for just the second time in 17 years in another step away from its massive monetary easing programme.Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty ImagesJapan’s central bank on Thursday kept benchmark interest rates steady at 0.5% in its first meeting after Sanae Takaichi took power as the country’s prime minister earlier this month.The decision was in line with expectations from economists polled by Reuters, and comes even as inflation has…
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears a pair of Meta Ray-Ban Display AI glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMeta continues to sink money into the metaverse, anchored by virtual reality and augmented reality technologies.The company reported third-quarter earnings on Wednesday and said that the Reality Labs division recorded an operating loss of $4.4 billion while generating $470 million in sales during the period.Wall Street was expecting Reality Labs to post an operating loss of $5.1 billion on $316 million…
File photo of a U.S. LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile inside a silo about 60 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota.Universal History Archive | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to restart nuclear weapons testing “on an equal basis,” citing testing programs by other countries.In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote: “Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”It was not immediately clear what Trump meant by “equal basis.”…
Alibaba’s Taobao is advertising its Singles Day shopping promotions in Singapore.ScreenshotAlibaba and ByteDance’s TikTok Shop are just some of the Chinese e-commerce players that have quickly come to dominate around half of the online shopping market in several Southeast Asian countries, consulting firm Bain and Company said in a report Thursday.In Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, Chinese online shopping players — such as Shein and PDD’s Temu — account for roughly 50% of the local e-commerce market, data for 2024 showed, according to the report. It indicated the Chinese companies have also gained a foothold in the growing online commerce…
