Smartphones have become a necessity, and that's good news for telecom giants AT&T and Verizon. If you're a risk-averse dividend investor who wants to cut your exposure to the state of the economy, the telecom giants may not be the best choice. A better choice is American Tower (NYSE: AMT), which just hiked its quarterly dividend by 6.1%.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that he wants to further increase investment in Vietnam a day after the company announced it would spending on suppliers in the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub. Vietnam has become more important to Apple as the company seeks to diversify its supply chains away from China, where most of its smartphones and tablets are assembled. The company began looking at moving its production to countries like Vietnam, and more recently India, after shutdowns to fight COVID-19 in China repeatedly disrupted the company's shipments.
Austria's anti-corruption prosecutor has opened an investigation into Rene Benko, head of the crisis-ridden Signa property group, on suspicion of fraud, ORF radio reported on Tuesday citing the prosecutor's office. According to the report, prosecutors opened the case over a 25 million euro ($26.57 million) line of credit from an Austrian bank that would have expired last summer, but was then extended. Benko is alleged to have misled the bank about Signa's financial situation.
Some flights departing from Toronto's Pearson airport could have fewer food and beverage options onboard as workers at an airline catering company went on strike Tuesday, the union representing the workers says.Teamsters Local Union 647 says more than 800 workers at Gate Gourmet walked off the job at midnight after members voted overwhelmingly to reject a final offer from the company.The workers are responsible for cooking, packing and delivering meals, snacks and drinks for service on up to 250
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Penny Mordaunt and Kemi Badenoch are both considering voting against Rishi Sunak’s flagship smoking ban on Tuesday evening, The Telegraph understands.
Argentina's defense minister signed a deal Tuesday worth about 2.1 billion kroner ($300 million) to buy 24 of Denmark’s aging F-16 fighter jets. Denmark is getting new F-35 aircraft, and the sale of the nearly 40-year-old F-16s that "have been thoroughly maintained and technologically updated” means that Argentina will “become part of the global F-16 family,” said the Danish defense minister, Troels Lund Poulsen. Denmark has 30 operative F-16s.
Bain Capital has proposed an initial public offering (IPO) of Japan's Kioxia Holdings as part of a plan to allow the money-losing chipmaker to refinance a $5.8 billion loan coming due in June, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bain and Kioxia met with a group of banks including Sumitomo Mitsui, Mizuho and Mitsubishi UFJ on Monday after the lenders urged Kioxia to come up with a recapitalisation plan because it looks likely to run afoul of the terms of a 900 billion yen ($5.8 billion) syndicated loan, the person said.
The Israel Defense Forces said that Iran would "face the consequences" for its unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend.
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Fresh off becoming the top pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, college basketball icon Caitlin Clark says she plans to "bring it every single night" she plays, while being a facilitator for Indiana Fever teammate Aliyah Boston.
Bain Capital has proposed an initial public offering (IPO) of Japan's Kioxia Holdings as part of a plan to allow the money-losing chipmaker to refinance a $5.8 billion loan coming due in June, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bain and Kioxia met with a group of banks including Sumitomo Mitsui, Mizuho and Mitsubishi UFJ on Monday after the lenders urged Kioxia to come up with a recapitalisation plan because it looks likely to run afoul of the terms of a 900 billion yen ($5.8 billion) syndicated loan, the person said.
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Nicolás Maduro cracks down on civil liberties as Venezuela prepares for its presidential election.
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The Wall Street bank on Tuesday reported net income of $3.4 billion, or $2.02 per diluted share, in the three months ended March 31. Investment banking activity has rebounded from a two-year dealmaking drought as large corporates issued near-record levels of debt and equity capital markets became more active. At rival Goldman Sachs, profit jumped 28% as investment banking bounced back and trading revenue surged, it reported on Monday.
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