Median pay for America’s top CEOs rose 11.4% in 2023 to a record $23.7 million, according to pay consulting group Equilar. The increase in CEO pay is well ahead of the 3.4% inflation rate in 2023 and the 4.3% gain for the average worker. Topping Equilar’s list is Broadcom CEO Hock Tan, with total compensation of $161.8 million last year.
Bitcoin sells off alongside stocks amid wider market jitters. But now the technical backdrop for cryptos is even weaker.
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Seagate stock got a ringing endorsement Wednesday that included a robust earnings forecast. Wedbush analyst Matt Bryson lifted his rating on the disk-drive provider to Outperform from Neutral and set a price target of $100. Seagate Technology Holdings stock was 0.5% higher on Wednesday at $86.22.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore's biggest bank DBS Group reported on Thursday first-quarter results that trumped expectations with broad-based growth and said it expects net profit to exceed last year's record result. Underpinned by robust business momentum as loans grew and both fee income and treasury customer sales reached new highs, net profit jumped 15% from the same period a year earlier to S$2.96 billion ($2.2 billion), beating market expectations for a 3.5% decline. Guidance that net profit would grow this year was more upbeat than in the previous quarter when DBS said only that it expected this year's net interest income to be around 2023 levels.
Goldman Sachs, International Monetary Fund, and the Congressional Budget Office are the latest to warn it’s a looming problem.
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The cryptocurrency is now trading below the average spot ETF purchase price of about $58K, and this could trigger liquidations, the report said.
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Fed day arrives with the focus on what clues Powell will offer to the chances for rate cuts this year.
Apple on Thursday posted first-quarter revenue of $90.8 billion, down 4% year over year, as the iPhone maker continues to struggle with growth challenges, particularly in China, amid an uncertain economic environment.
Stocks like Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN), Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) and NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) are likely to benefit in the near term as the Bitcoin rally is poised to resume.
Shares of Starbucks fell 15% to their lowest in nearly two years on Wednesday, after the coffee chain cut annual forecasts on persistent weak demand from inflation-weary U.S. customers and a slower-than-expected economic recovery in China. Price hikes taken last year have forced customers to ditch cafes and restaurants and instead drink coffee at home, hurting business for chains such as Starbucks. "The inability to stop the traffic leakage from the early signs of pull-back in November to date and the worsening macro and competitive dynamics in China may suggest prolonged challenges and no evidence of light at the end of the tunnel," Danilo Gargiulo, senior analyst at Bernstein, wrote in a note.
Bitcoin fell more than 10% in the first three days of this week, the worst three-day stretch since August 2023.
This story was first published on the Benzinga India portal. As part of a significant cost-cutting strategy, Alphabet Inc's Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) recently eliminated approximately 200 roles from its core team and relocated some positions to India and Mexico. The tech giant also slashed nearly 50 engineering roles stationed at its California headquarters. According to internal documents obtained by CNBC, Google intends to recruit new staff in India and Mexico to fill these vacated roles. The cor
Bitcoin slid by almost 6% on Wednesday, having posted its worst monthly performance in April since late 2022, as investors pulled money out of cryptocurrencies ahead of an interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve later. The value of the world's most traded cryptocurrency fell by nearly 16% in April, as investors booked profits on a sizzling rally that has taken the price to record highs above $70,000. The price of bitcoin is now a full 22% below March's record of $73,803, technically putting it in a bear market.
LONDON (Reuters) -Shell reported first-quarter profit of $7.7 billion on Thursday, exceeding expectations as disruption to Red Sea shipping and Russian refining boosted oil trading and liquefied natural gas (LNG) production rose. Shell's cashflow rose by 6% from the previous quarter to $13.3 billion, reflecting strong operational performance, particularly in the LNG division, which together with trading helped offset a decline in natural gas prices that weighed on earnings of rivals including Exxon Mobil and Chevron last week. "Shell delivered another quarter of strong operational and financial performance, demonstrating our continued focus on delivering more value with less emissions," CEO Wael Sawan said.
U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve's more dovish-than-expected interest rate guidance on Wednesday against a plethora of mixed earnings and economic data. All three indexes ended in positive territory, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq enjoying a healthy boost from chip stocks after Qualcomm reported quarterly sales and profit above analyst expectations. Markets continued to parse Fed Chair Jerome Powell's assurances on Wednesday that the central bank's next policy move will be to lower its key policy rate, after it left rates unchanged at the end of its monthly meeting.
Wall Street's main indexes advanced on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and allayed worries around potential rate hikes, with focus moving to a crucial job report later in the week. While Fed Chair Jerome Powell indicated that stubbornly high inflation would see a long-expected U.S. rate cut pushed back, he refused to entertain talk that rates might actually need to go up again. "The outcome of the (Fed) statement, plus the press conference was for slightly more rate cuts to be priced in, not necessarily sooner, but by the end of the year," said Brian Nick, senior investment strategist at the Macro Institute.
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