• Swiss Re reports a forty-four percent increase in net profit, which was in line with expectations.
  • Siegfried announces an increase in both net profit and sales for the first half of the year.
  • Deutsche Bank has reached settlements on sixty percent of the claims in the Postbank litigation.
  • Peach Property proposes a capital increase to refinance its debt.
  • Zug Estate reports increases in both net profit and total operating profit for the first half of the year.
  • JD Sports reports higher quarterly sales despite a volatile market.
  • Aegon posts a net loss but raises its dividend.
  • GN Store Nord has published its Q2 2024 results, with sales and EBITDA falling below expectations.
  • EQT sells shares in the audio book company Storytel.
  • Entain faces legal action as shareholders demand one hundred fifty million pounds following a fall in the share price.
  • Valartis holds a near majority stake in ENR Russia.
  • Edgar Bronfman raises his bid for National Amusements and Paramount Global to six billion dollars, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  • Microsoft is reorganizing the presentation of its figures in certain divisions and has revised its sales forecast for the Azure division downward for the first quarter, now aiming for a range between twenty-three point eight billion and twenty-four point one billion dollars, instead of twenty-eight point six billion to twenty-eight point nine billion dollars.
  • Walt Disney has appointed James Gorman, former CEO of Morgan Stanley, to head the committee tasked with finding a successor to CEO Bob Iger.
  • BlackRock has reduced its support for ESG-related shareholder proposals between 2023 and 2024.
  • McDonald's plans to open more than two hundred restaurants in the UK and Ireland as part of an expansion plan.
  • Snowflake falls eight percent post-trading after its quarterly results but later raised its full-year sales forecast as more clients engaged with its AI-driven services, maintaining its profit margin outlook for fiscal year 2025.
  • Agilent gains two percent post-trading after reporting higher than expected sales and profits for its third quarter, driven by strong demand for its medical tools and equipment used in clinical studies.
  • Zoom Video gains three percent post-trading after increasing its full-year sales forecast and reporting robust demand for its AI-powered collaboration tools.
  • Halliburton falls victim to a cyber attack.
  • Chevron plans to invest around one billion dollars in India.
  • Wolfspeed anticipates its first-quarter sales to fall short of consensus estimates but sees its stock rise by seven percent before the market opens.
  • Synopsys expects fourth-quarter sales and earnings to surpass Wall Street predictions.
  • NetEase's second-quarter revenue does not meet consensus expectations.
  • Peloton Interactive reports higher-than-expected fourth-quarter sales, attributed to new partnerships and the company's bike rental program.
  • Charles Schwab - TD Bank Group plans to sell a portion of its stake in Charles Schwab.
  • Nordson reports earnings for the third quarter that exceeded consensus estimates.
  • Urban Outfitters posts a decline in comparable sales of nine point three percent year-over-year for the second quarter.
  • Japan Tobacco acquires the American Vector Group for two point four billion dollars.
  • AIA Group posts a record first-half performance thanks to strong sales in Hong Kong.
  • Northern Star Resources announces a nineteen percent increase in annual sales and a rise in profits.
  • Today's main earnings reports include: Intuit, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, NetEase, Workday, Ross Stores, Baidu, Dollar Tree, Ping An Insurance, AIA Group, Northern Star Resources, Swiss Re, Aegon, Rockwool, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Dino Polska, CTS Eventim...