After the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the Federal Reserve dropped interest rates to 0% and pledged low interest rates through 2023. What that means for you is that most savings products are offering pretty slim returns right now, and they probably will for a while. The best high-yield savings accounts are currently offering an APY of around 0.40% to 0.60%.
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Robust Performance Amid Leadership Transition and Market Challenges
Comprehensive Analysis of Dow Inc's First Quarter Financial Performance
Aligns with EPS Projections, Misses Revenue Expectations
Performance Diverges from Analyst Expectations with Strong Revenue but Lower EPS
The reading of first quarter economic growth comes at a crucial time as investors digest the potential impacts of the Fed holding interest rates higher for longer.
A £31 billion takeover pursuit and some robust blue-chip updates helped to boost the FTSE 100 index today. Anglo American, whose interests include De Beers and the giant Woodsmith polyhalite project in North Yorkshire, is the target of Australia’s BHP. Meanwhile, shares in Barclays, AstraZeneca and Unilever performed strongly after their first quarter updates.
Robust Operational Performance and Strategic Asset Monetization Highlight the Quarter
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Comcast Delivers on Key Financial Metrics, Aligning Closely with Analyst Expectations
Strong Q1 Performance Driven by Ratings and Indices Segments
Altria Reaffirms Full-Year Guidance Amidst Mixed Financial Performance
Norway's Equinor is confident of finding an investor for its planned Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm in New York after a new power off-take agreement improved the project's economics, the company said on Thursday. New York State authorities in February awarded the project a new conditional power purchase contract, replacing a previous deal that was no longer competitive due to rising construction costs, higher interest rates and supply chain snags. Equinor was glad to have received the new contract, which significantly changed the economics of the project, CFO Torgrim Reitan told analysts during an earnings call on Thursday.
Novartis paved the way for radiopharmaceuticals. Now, Big Pharma thinks it can do better — and biotech stocks have soared on a spate of deals.
Facepunch Studios has announced on Steam that it's removing 20 years' worth of Nintendo-related workshop items for its sandbox game Garry's Mod to comply with the Japanese company's demands. But fans say the takedown notices came from trolls, not from Nintendo itself.
Renasant Corporation (NASDAQ:RNST) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript April 24, 2024 Renasant Corporation isn’t one of the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds at the end of the third quarter (see the details here). Operator: Good morning and welcome to the Renasant Corporation 2024 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in […]
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More than 100 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria near the capital city of Abuja after overnight heavy rains destroyed parts of the facility, a prison official said Thursday, as security agencies searched for the fleeing prisoners. The downpour, which lasted for several hours on Wednesday night, destroyed the perimeter fence of the medium-security prison in the neighboring town of Suleja, in Niger state, “giving way to the escape of a total of 118 inmates from the facility,” according to Adamu Duza, a prisons spokesman. The prison service and other agencies have managed to recapture 10 of the escaped inmates while the search is on to find the rest, Duza said.
The Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based company has also benefited from growing demand for its energy-efficient boilers as commercial buildings look to improve their carbon footprints. Adjusted profit for the first quarter was $1 per share, compared with 94 cents per share a year earlier.
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