When is a beat and raise not a beat and raise? That’s a question that has frustrated us this earnings season. Case in point: How about Honeywell ‘s beat and raise last week? Here’s a conglomerate splitting into three different companies, which also has a quantum computing business that’s probably more advanced than any of the publicly traded quantum entities. Honeywell has an amazing aerospace business that handles the cockpit for most commercial airlines and a host of other accoutrements, including propulsion. It will very much participate in the aerospace boom and is only being held back by how many…
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18 July 2025, Bremen, Bremerhaven: Containers are handled at the overseas port.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesA tariff simulator shows a dramatic drop in global exports to the U.S. as a result of President Donald Trump new trade deal with the European Union.On Sunday, Trump announced a trade deal with the EU, following discussions with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Trump said that the deal imposes a 15% tariff on most European goods to the U.S., including cars.According to the Tariff Simulator by the online data visualization and distribution platform, The Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC), the forecasted global exports…
Traders wait for insurance marketplace Accelerant to begin trading during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 24, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Choose a comfortable seat and grab your popcorn. These five days will basically be the Olympics for market watchers:Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple are reporting earnings.The U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee is meeting.The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation reading, comes out.U.S. jobs data for July will be released.And looming over all those financial and macroeconomic events is U.S. President Donald Trump’s August 1…
Advantest Corp shares plunge over 10% in early tradeStock Chart IconStock chart iconAdvantest sharesThe disposal of treasury stock as restricted stock happens when a company compensates employees with previously repurchased shares.— Amala BalakrishnerAsia-Pacific markets start the day mixedAsia-Pacific markets opened mixed Monday.As of 8:10 a.m. Singapore time (8:10 p.m. ET), Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark fell 0.85% while the broader Topix index moved down 0.44%.In South Korea, the Kospi index added 0.15% while the small-cap Kosdaq was flat.Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark added 0.2%.— Amala BalakrishnerU.S. futures move higher after Trump announces 15% tariffs on the EU Here are the opening calls…
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) takes questions from reporters at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 23, 2025.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersHouse Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday criticized the push to force a vote in the U.S. House on releasing more federal files pertaining to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as “reckless,” while the measure’s co-sponsors fired back against Republican Party leadership.”House Republicans insist upon the release of all credible evidence and information related to Epstein in any way,” Johnson, R-La., said on NBC News.”But we are also insisting upon the protection of innocent victims,” Johnson continued.”And our concern is…
Samsung signage during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, US, on Thursday, March 20, 2025.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSamsung Electronics has entered into a $16.5 billion contract for supplying semiconductors, a regulatory filing showed Monday. Samsung shares were up more than 2% in early trading.The South Korean memory chipmaker did not name the counterparty. It did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the contract.Samsung is set to deliver earnings on Thursday and expects its second-quarter profits to more than halve as it struggles to capture AI demand from rival SK Hynix. This…
Commercial banks have bought into a major $150 million financing deal for off-grid solar power in Kenya, in a sign of growing investor confidence in the electrification of sub-Saharan Africa. Sun King, an off-grid solar energy company, raised the Kenyan-shilling equivalent of $156 million by bundling future payments from its solar-power customers into an asset-backed security that was bought by investors. The deal, arranged by Citi , is one of the largest of its kind and the first to be led by commercial banks. The transaction is expected to enable the sale of about 1.4 million solar home systems to…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | ReutersU.S. equity futures rose on Sunday evening as Wall Street prepared for an especially busy week that’ll bring earnings from several major tech companies, a key Federal Reserve meeting, President Donald Trump’s Aug. 1 tariff deadline and key inflation data.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 161 points, or 0.4%. S&P 500 futures were also higher by 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.5%.The move comes after Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. has reached…
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, China’s International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce Li Chenggang, and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, prepare to discuss on the day of a bilateral meeting between the U.S. and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 10, 2025.Keystone/eda/martial Trezzini | Via ReutersSenior U.S. and Chinese negotiators meet in Stockholm on Monday to tackle longstanding economic disputes at the center of the countries’ trade war, aiming to extend a truce keeping sharply higher tariffs at bay.China is facing an Aug. 12 deadline to reach a durable tariff agreement…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House, flanked by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, on the day he signs executive orders for reciprocal tariffs, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13, 2025.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersThe Trump administration will announce the results of a national security probe into imports of semiconductors in two weeks, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday, as President Donald Trump suggested higher tariffs were on the horizon.Lutnick told reporters after a meeting between Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that the investigation was one of the “key reasons”…
