LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's Skye Bank said on Tuesday its nine month pretax profit fell 12 percent to 14.56 billion naira ($91.83 million), compared with 16.55 billion naira in the same period last year. Gross earnings at the mid-tier bank in the nine-months to Sept. 30 rose to 102.04 billion naira from 94.13 billion naira a year earlier, the bank said.
Plug Power (PLUG) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -34.38% and 26.18%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2024. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust outperformed the S&P 500 by a wide margin over the past three years, in part because of these two stocks.
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Uncertainty is the word of the day, in reference to the near-term economic future. Sentiment will hinge on the inflation numbers due out next week. March’s figure rose to 3.5%, and April’s job numbers showed a marked slowing in the labor market; that combination has stoked fears of stagflation. But – corporate earnings from Q1 are beating expectations, and the stock market has taken a turn for the better with the S&P 500 closing just below 5,200 yesterday. Economic strategists are still optimist
The videogame platform posted a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss and saw sales rise sharply from a year ago.
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Falling crop prices are leaving agriculture equipment sellers with an excess of unsold tractors and combines. The slower equipment sales are a knock-on effect of corn and soy prices dropping to more than three-year lows as U.S. farm income plummets and equipment makers and dealers are forced to pivot quickly after a period of booming business. Reuters interviewed ten equipment dealers, mostly in the Midwest, as well as farmers and analysts, who said low crop prices combined with persistently high interest rates are deterring farmers from purchasing machinery.
Video game platform Roblox beat estimates for the first quarter but guided below views for the current quarter and full year. Roblox stock plummeted on the news.
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