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First Quarter Loss Expected By Credit Suisse Due To Mounting Legal Costs

After increasing costs for its legal reserves, seeing a constant stagnation of its commercial activity, and taking a hit from the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Credit Suisse Group expects to announce a loss for the first quarter, the Swiss bank said on Wednesday.   The scandal...

Netflix, Hit By A Drop In Subscribers, May Offer Cheaper Ad-Supported Subscriptions

Netflix Inc said that inflation, the Ukraine conflict, and fierce competition contributed to a loss of subscribers for the first time in more than a decade, and that it expects even more losses in the future, signalling an abrupt turn in fortune for a streaming company that thrived during the...

Shanghai Production Shutdown May Put A Damper On Tesla's Earnings

Tesla investors will be watching on Wednesday to see if the electric vehicle manufacturer can meet its lofty 2022 delivery target as its largest factory, Shanghai, deals with a COVID-19 closure and new factories ramp up production slowly.   Tesla releases quarterly results, and analysts...

Deliveroo Found Guilty In France Of Violating Riders' Rights

On Tuesday, a French court sentenced two former Deliveroo top executives to a suspended one-year prison sentence and fined them 30,000 euros for misusing the freelance character of riders employed for the British takeaway delivery platform.   The firm was also penalized a maximum of...

Gaming Platforms FlickPlay, And The Sandbox Move Towards Metaverse

On Monday, gaming companies FlickPlay and The Sandbox announced a new alliance that will allow gamers to use a blockchain asset on both platforms, marking a significant step forward in the metaverse's development.   People can freely move between virtual worlds on different platforms and...

As A Rival To Musk Arises, Twitter Embraces The Proverbial "Poison Pill"

As a buyout group emerged to contest Elon Musk's $43 billion bid for Twitter, the company implemented a "poison pill" on Friday to limit Musk's potential to increase his share in the social media site.   According to persons familiar with the situation, Thoma Bravo, a technology-focused...

JPMorgan's Dimon Is Pessimistic, Citing A 42% Reduction In Profit

After the largest U.S. bank's first-quarter profits fell 42 per cent, Chief Executive Jamie Dimon warned of economic uncertainty stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and rising inflation.   JPMorgan had recorded a record profit in the first quarter of last year, profiting from a...

Employees In Europe Are Pressuring Oreo, Nestle, And Pepsi Over Russia

According to internal corporate correspondence examined by media reports, Reuters and interviews with workers, Mondelez, Nestle, and PepsiCo are facing staff defections in Ukraine and pushback from workers in eastern Europe who are angry about the companies' plans to keep some business in...

GSK Will Acquire Sierra Oncology As Pressure On Boosting Drug Pipeline Increases On It

GlaxoSmithKline agreed to a $1.9 billion deal to buy U.S. medicine producer Sierra Oncology on Wednesday, the latest step to fight off activist shareholder Elliott.   Since Elliott purchased a major interest in GSK last year, the business has been under increasing pressure to improve its...

Tesco Issues A Profit Warning As The UK's Inflationary Pressure Worsens

Tesco, the largest retailer of the United Kingdom, has forecast a profit decline this financial year as rising inflation puts pressure on both the grocery chain and its customers.   The company's stock, which controls more than 27% of the UK food market, plunged 5 per cent in early Wednesday...

Honda Plans To Invest $64 Billion In R&D As It Pursues Its Electrification Goals

Honda Motor Co Ltd of Japan announced on Tuesday that it expects to invest $64 billion on research and development over the next decade, with the goal of launching 30 electric car models globally by 2030.   It also hopes to produce 2 million electrified vehicles per year by 2030. The plan is...

Meta Will Begin Experimenting With Money-Making Technologies For Its Metaverse

Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, is starting to test tools for selling digital assets and experiences through its virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds, according to the social media giant.   The tools will first be offered to a select group of customers who are producing virtual...
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