Author: franperez66q@protonmail.com
The Saudi Aramco logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in this photo illustration, as prices fluctuate amid escalating conflict involving Iran and concerns over global supply disruptions in Brussels, Belgium, on March 2, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesSaudi Aramco reported a 26% year-on-year jump in first-quarter profits on Sunday, beating analyst forecasts, as a key pipeline allowing it to circumvent the choked-off Strait of Hormuz reached full capacity.Adjusted net income for Q1 2026 stood at $33.6 billion, compared with $26.6 billion in the same period last year, the Saudi Arabian…
Street Calls of the Week Source link
Moreover, those who voted for Reform and the Greens have now seen that a vote for their parties can in fact result in them winning seats. With just a handful of results yet to be declared, the joint tally of council seats won by Reform and the Greens stands at 2,063, almost 200 more than the total of 1,864 won jointly by the Conservatives and Labour. Meanwhile, Britain’s traditional third party, the Liberal Democrats, have won 842 local council seats too. Source link
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesU.S. equities rose on Friday following a better-than-expected April’s jobs report and as traders eyed developments between the U.S. and Iran.The S&P 500 advanced 0.84% to end at 7,398.93, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.71% to 26,247.08. Both indexes hit new all-time intraday highs in the session and closed at records. The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 12.19 points, or 0.02%, to settle at 49,609.16.All three major averages posted weekly gains, propelled…
John Swinney will return as first minister after a fifth Scottish election victory for the SNP. Source link
Burger King President Tom Curtis said customer phone calls helped the company revamp its signature Whopper and fuel a broader turnaround at the fast-food chain.”We’ve been listening to our guests a lot lately,” Curtis told Jim Cramer on CNBC’s “Mad Money” on Friday. “I’ve personally taken 1,800 calls from guests, and we got over 70,000 incoming calls.”Restaurant Brands International, the parent company of Burger King and Tim Hortons, reported better-than-expected results on Wednesday, fueled by another quarter of strong international growth and a successful turnaround in U.S. stores. Burger King U.S. posted 5.8% same-store sales growth in the three months…
A profile of the broadcaster-turned-politician poised to be Plaid Cymru’s first first minister. Source link
The Clicks Communicater smartphone on display. Startup Clicks Technology makes a Blackberry phone.ClicksWhen Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, physical keyboards quickly lost ground to touchscreens and faded from mainstream smartphones.Now, a new wave of startups, including U.K.-based Clicks Technology and Chinese firm Unihertz, is bringing them back and carving out a niche for phones with tactile buttons.The shift away from buttons once seemed final. Blackberry, long known for its keyboard phones, stopped producing hardware in 2016 and shuttered its software services in 2022. But fans of its squarish phones with its signature keyboard remain loyal to the brand. The…
The party’s Zia Yusuf says it won’t take voters for granted, following its sweeping election gains. Source link
A massive rally in memory chip stocks drove them to huge gains this week, but that’s also left some of the highest fliers due for a possible decline soon. The artificial intelligence trade fueled this week’s hefty gains. The S & P 500 rallied more than 2%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed higher by 4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average , filled with more old economy companies, eked out a small gain on the week. But it was semiconductor memory chip and data storage stocks that roared highest, with the Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) ahead nearly 30% on the…