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U.K. Inflation Eases as Tariff Turmoil Pushes Bank of England Toward Rate Cut — 3rd Update
The consumer-price index rose 2.6% in March from a year earlier, slowing from an annual rate of inflation of 2.8% in February, the U.K.'s Office for National Statistics said Wednesday. Inflation came ...
U.K. Inflation Eases as Tariff Turmoil Pushes Bank of England Toward Rate Cut — 2nd Update
The consumer-price index rose 2.6% in March from a year earlier, slowing from an annual rate of inflation of 2.8% in February, the U.K.'s Office for National Statistics said Wednesday. Inflation came ...
ASML, a key microchip bellwether, disappoints on orders
ASML's president and chief executive officer, Christophe Fouquet, said "recent tariff announcements have increased uncertainty in the macro environment and the situation will remain dynamic for a ...
EQT Says Its Portfolio Has Limited Direct Tariff Exposure, But Sees Impact on Exit Plans
EQT expects tariffs to have a limited first-order impact on its portfolio companies and assets, but it is closely monitoring and assessing any second and third order impacts, be it a slowdown in ...
ASML Orders Miss Forecasts as It Warns on Tariff Volatility — Update
ASML said that 1.2 billion euros in orders were for its high-end extreme ultraviolet lithography systems that let semiconductor manufacturers print the most intricate layers on chips. Analysts had ...
China Appoints New Trade Negotiator Amid U.S. Tariff War
China has appointed a new top trade negotiator amid the tariff war with the U.S. Li Chenggang was named international trade representative and vice commerce minister, according to a statement ...
Asian Stock Markets Fall on Tariff Concerns — Update
Asian equity markets declined on Wednesday, following U.S. stock futures lower as caution prevailed, with investors awaiting further clarity on the Trump administration's trade policies while ...
Bank of Queensland Needs to Keep Cost Growth Down to Keep Profit Recovery Going
Bank of Queensland does not have an economic moat, as it lacks maintainable cost advantages required under Morningstar’s global bank moat framework. We evaluate bank moats in terms of cost advantages ...
Here's where to find top investment newsletters' favorite undervalued stocks
The consumer sector doesn't deserve to be so deeply out of favor Despite being more out of favor than at almost any point since 2005, consumer stocks are among the most highly recommended by the ...
Nvidia Stock: Lowering our Fair Value Due to Heightened China Restrictions
Nvidia NVDA expects to incur $5.5 billion of write-offs associated with its H20 artificial intelligence GPU, as the US has ...
Taxpayers love the IRS's free Direct File tax-prep tool. The program may still be doomed.
Direct File joined a range of other free tax-preparation options, including IRS Free File, a partnership with software companies open to people making up to $84,000 this year. There's also ...
Latest Social Security changes have a 'psychological impact,' Biden says in first speech since leaving office
The Trump administration has taken a "hatchet" to Social Security and is teetering toward the possibility of the program's first missed check in 90 years, former President Joe Biden said in his first ...