Schneider Electric latest results show that the electrification-of-everything trend is going strong, but another big industry theme—automation—has hit a speed bump. Its earnings offer some clues for other peers that report their own results soon, namely Rockwell Automation and Eaton. The company is based in France and reports full financial results twice a year.
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Berkshire Hathaway has sold its entire stake in Paramount Global losing “quite a bit of money,” Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett said at the company’s annual meeting on Saturday. Buffett also shot down speculation that Ted Weschler or Todd Combs, who together run about 10% of Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio, had purchased the Paramount stake, taking responsibility for the investment himself. “It was 100% my decision and we’ve sold it all and we lost quite a bit of money,” said Buffett.
Berkshire Hathaway's first quarter profits plummeted along with the paper value of its investments, but the company said Saturday that most of the businesses it owns outright performed well. The figures were heavily influenced by a large drop in the paper value of Berkshire’s investments. Buffett encourages investors to pay more attention to the conglomerate’s operating earnings that exclude the investment figures.
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Gold prices gained on Monday, deriving support from a soft U.S. dollar after a weaker-than-expected jobs report revived expectations that Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. Spot gold was up 0.8% at $2,320.33 per ounce by 09:52 GMT. "On Friday, we saw a drop in the new job creation in the U.S., a slowdown more than predicted, and wage growth also slowed down, which creates some space for the Fed to start cutting rates in 2024," said Ricardo Evangelista, senior analyst at ActivTrades.
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UBS took over Credit Suisse in a government-backed rescue last year in what was the biggest merger of banks of systemic importance since the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Korner, who was appointed CEO of Credit Suisse during turbulent times in 2022, joined the board of UBS after the takeover. UBS is working to complete the merger of its legal entities with those of Credit Suisse by late May, the Financial Times said, citing people familiar with the plans.
(Reuters) -China's Ping An Insurance Group Co the biggest Asian investor in HSBC PLC did not support reappointing chief executive Noel Quinn as a director to the banks board at the its shareholder meeting, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday, as the investor voted against such a move. Quinn, who has announced he will step down as chief executive once a successor is appointed, last year defeated Ping An's long campaign to get HSBC to spin off its Asia business. Europe's biggest bank had faced proposals submitted by Hong Kong-based individual investor Ken Lui and backed by its biggest Asian shareholder Ping An to consider a radical restructuring and to boost its dividends.
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