Category: Industries

February 20, 2024

Most major Asian chipmaking stocks moved in a flat-to-low range on Wednesday, tracking overnight declines in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) as markets awaited more cues on an AI-driven boom from the chipmaker’s fourth-quarter earnings. Nvidia wiped out about $100 billion in […]

February 16, 2024

Lloyds Bank owned MBNA has stepped foot in the savings space for the first time today (16 February) with the launch of a one-year fixed-term account. MBNA, traditionally known for its credit card offering was acquired by Lloyds in 2016, […]

February 14, 2024

Eversource Energy (ES) has announced its exit from the offshore wind business, selling its 50% stake in two projects for $1.1 billion amid industry challenges. Despite a reported loss of $1.26 per share in 2023, mainly due to a $5.58 […]

February 9, 2024

Cross-border payments player Western Union and rival Euronet Worldwide are both increasingly counting on their faster-growing digital services to fuel the expansion of their businesses. The money transfer companies earn revenue from providing services that let consumers send money domestically […]

February 7, 2024

Orsted, the company developing the Norfolk coast windfarm, Hornsea 3, also suspended shareholder payments in an effort to strengthen its balance sheet. In common with the industry more broadly, Orsted has been hit by high inflation, raised interest rates, project […]

January 30, 2024

Shop prices rose at their slowest rate in more than 18 months in January, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Discounts and lower prices for milk and tea saw shop price inflation fall to 2.9%, from 4.3% in December. […]

January 25, 2024

Boeing’s troubles with its 737 MAX jets are upending the aerospace industry’s 2024 plans, changing airlines’ fleet and expansion goals as U.S. regulators froze production of the best-selling jets. The FAA ramped up scrutiny of Boeing (NYSE:BA) after a frightening […]

January 17, 2024

U.S. retail sales rose more than expected in December, boosted by an increase in motor vehicle and online purchases, keeping the economy on solid ground heading into the new year. The upbeat report from the Commerce Department on Wednesday, which […]

January 12, 2024

Bank of America shares fell 1.1% Friday after the firm reported declining fourth-quarter earnings amid hefty one-time charges. Here’s what the company reported compared to Wall Street expectations, according to LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv: Earnings per share: 70 cents, […]

December 28, 2023

Average house prices have been falling for much of the year but some areas are bucking the trend. High mortgage rates have pushed property demand down this year and house prices indices from Halifax, Nationwide and the Office for National […]

December 21, 2023

The U.K. and Switzerland on Thursday will sign a post-Brexit financial services deal designed to bring two of Europe’s largest banking centers closer together. British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt is meeting with his Swiss counterpart, Karin Keller-Sutter, in Bern to […]

December 21, 2023

Oil prices rose as much as 1% on Friday as tensions persisted in the Middle East following Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, although Angola’s decision to leave OPEC raised questions over the group’s effectiveness in supporting prices. […]

December 19, 2023

Large language models, similar to the one at the heart of ChatGPT, frequently fail to answer questions derived from Securities and Exchange Commission filings, researchers from a startup called Patronus AI found. Even the best-performing artificial intelligence model configuration they […]

December 4, 2023

In September, Modern Treasury released their 3rd annual State of Payment Operations report, where they surveyed over 500 financial decision-makers for insights into payment operations at their companies. The decision-makers came from all kinds of industries, from marketplaces, to real […]

November 27, 2023

As convenience stores increasingly compete with restaurants and grocers, the industry is seeing a stronger need to “step up their game in setting themselves apart from their competitors,” according to Incisiv’s report. Part of that is a matter of aesthetics, […]

November 21, 2023

Nearly 128 million U.S. workers — about 70% of the entire US workforce — could stand to benefit from apprenticeships and on-the-job learning opportunities, opening up a key cohort of trained workers for employers, according to a Nov. 13 report […]

November 15, 2023

US retail sales broke its run of six consecutive positive prints in October, dropping 0.1% in the month of October compared to September. In addition, September’s number was revised higher from +0.7% to +0.9%. Retail sales has contributed to the […]

November 13, 2023

The European Union has taken another step toward creating a digital wallet linked to a user’s identity, according to a press release last Wednesday. The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a final agreement on a regulation […]

November 8, 2023

The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a sizable rise in US crude stocks for the week ending 3 November. The inventory build has weighed on oil prices which have already suffered amid the prospect of a continued growth slowdown in […]

November 1, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission will require non-banking financial institutions to report data breaches and other events related to cybersecurity, the agency announced Friday. The amendment to the FTC’s Safeguards Rule would require non-banking financial institutions like mortgage brokers, motor vehicle […]