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UBS Sees Goldman, JPMorgan in Focus on Busy Earnings Day
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UBS Sees Goldman, JPMorgan in Focus on Busy Earnings Day

UBS Group AG analyst Erika Najarian says Goldman Sachs Group Inc. may have the tallest order when it comes to demonstrating earnings prowess this week, while investors may be focused on more on succession at JPMorgan Chase & Co. She previews Wall Street bank earnings on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)

MGM Rises on Takeover Bid; SK Hynix Falls on Memory Pullback | Stock Movers
MGM Rises on Takeover Bid; SK Hynix Falls on Memory Pullback | Stock Movers

On this episode of Stock Movers: - MGM Resorts International (MGM) shares are rising on a report regarding a potential takeover bid from Barry Diller. - SK Hynix (SKHY) shares are lower and other memory stocks are also falling. It is lower over concerns with the sustainability of artificial-intelligence spending. The drop in South Korean trading is likely to cause a hit to the American depositary receipts as well. The debate between the optimists and pessimists will continue, which should create volatility, according to Hendi Susanto, portfolio manager at Gabelli Funds. - Agenus (AGEN) shares are moving higher on news of a deal that it's selling up to $3540 million worth of securities. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg Business 7 hours ago
JP Morgan boss pressed by US senator about bank’s contact with Jeffrey Epstein
JP Morgan boss pressed by US senator about bank’s contact with Jeffrey Epstein

Elizabeth Warren asked Jamie Dimon if he took advice from child sex offender while lobbying against UK tax on bankers’ bonuses A leading Democratic senator has written to the JP Morgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon to request clarification on the bank’s contact with the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the senate banking committee, wrote to the Wall Street grandee last week to ask if he took advice from Epstein while lobbying against a UK tax on banker bonuses, in a letter published by the US senate’s banking, housing and urban affairs committee . Continue reading...

The Guardian Business 7 hours ago
Killings continue on Del Monte farm in Kenya, families say, after G4S hired for security
Killings continue on Del Monte farm in Kenya, families say, after G4S hired for security

Exclusive: Three men killed in incidents over past year allegedly involving G4S guards, who replaced in-house team after previous deaths Bereaved families and politicians have raised alarm about continued killings on Del Monte’s pineapple farm in Kenya despite the company hiring G4S to replace its in-house security team after previous deaths were exposed by the Guardian. Del Monte appointed G4S to guard the farm, which is estimated to cover at least 40 sq km, the area of a small city, after the Guardian detailed allegations of brutal assaults and killings of people suspected of trespassing on its land. Kenyan police have been working with G4S to guard the site. Continue reading...

The Guardian Business 8 hours ago
Britons to use e-gates in Switzerland as Starmer seals £5.2bn trade deal
Britons to use e-gates in Switzerland as Starmer seals £5.2bn trade deal

Roaming charges also scrapped and trading terms continue for medicines, cars, art, jewellery and other goods British nationals can expect shorter passport queues at Swiss airports and border crossings after a £5.2bn trade deal was sealed by Keir Starmer, likely his last big international agreement as prime minister. As part of the deal they will be able to use e-gates from later this year, starting with exit checks at Zurich airport and with Basel and Geneva, a leading airport for business and winter sports travel, to follow next year. Continue reading...

The Guardian Business 8 hours ago
VW chief confirms plan to cut 50,000 jobs as board rejects plant closures
VW chief confirms plan to cut 50,000 jobs as board rejects plant closures

Oliver Blume tells staff restructuring proposal includes ‘controversial decisions’ but he has broad support Business live – latest updates The chief executive of Volkswagen has confirmed plans to cut 50,000 more jobs despite the carmaker’s supervisory board rejecting his plan to shut four factories in Germany. Oliver Blume told staff on Monday that proposals for a sprawling restructuring was “the most comprehensive realignment in the company’s history” and revolved around “12 initiatives, approximately 150 pages and 45 individual resolutions” for change. Continue reading...

The Guardian Business 8 hours ago
Oil prices leap and stocks fall amid US-Iran strikes over Hormuz
Oil prices leap and stocks fall amid US-Iran strikes over Hormuz

Brent crude jumps 3.4% and European markets drop, with airlines including Ryanair among hardest hit Business live – latest updates Oil prices jumped and stocks fell after the US launched a fresh wave of attacks against Iran amid an escalating standoff over the strait or Hormuz. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose 3.4% to $78.59 a barrel on the renewed hostilities in the Middle East. It had been trading at $72.48 before the outbreak of the war in February, and hit as high as $120 in April. Continue reading...

The Guardian Business 8 hours ago
Delta Will Do Just Fine With High Fuel Prices, CEO Says
Delta Will Do Just Fine With High Fuel Prices, CEO Says

Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian says higher fuel prices are not deterring travel. He says the carrier is actually seeing strong demand for premium, corporate and international travel. He also talks about how some customers are choosing a better seat on the plane over perks they could get in first class. He speaks to Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz at Delta headquarters in Hapeville, Georgia on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg Business 8 hours ago
Is Donald Trump winning his war against the media?
Is Donald Trump winning his war against the media?

President and allies have sued, cut access and issued subpoenas, but experts say media still producing strong work Donald Trump has ramped up his attacks on the media to a level without precedent in American history in the first 17 months of his second presidency. But have Trump and his allies won their war against the media – or at least put the industry on a weaker footing than in the past? The answer isn’t so straightforward. Continue reading...

The Guardian Business 10 hours ago
China’s graduate glut: millions enter a job market with little use for them
China’s graduate glut: millions enter a job market with little use for them

Record numbers find there is little demand for their skills, as entry-level tech roles are hit by AI and automation This time of year is graduation season in China: traditionally a bittersweet period of solemn goodbyes and family celebrations as university students transition from campus life into adulthood. Now it also increasingly represents trepidation about the future. Each year, millions more graduates are thrust into China’s already saturated jobs market. The situation for this year’s cohort, flooding into an increasingly crowded pool of applicants fighting for an insufficient number of positions, is arguably the bleakest yet. Continue reading...

The Guardian Business 11 hours ago
First the £10 pint, now the £6.50 flat white: coffee industry faces inflationary pressures
First the £10 pint, now the £6.50 flat white: coffee industry faces inflationary pressures

From harvests dampened by El Niño to wage and tax rises, getting coffee beans from crop to cup costs more than ever Drinkers across the UK were shocked when a pint in some London bars hit £10, and now a cup of coffee is facing a similar inflationary rate. Some baristas are now charging £6.50 for a flat white. Higher energy bills, inflated by the war in the Middle East , as well as government policies which have increased tax and wages, are filtering through into coffee prices, experts said. Continue reading...

The Guardian Business 13 hours ago
Oil price jumps over 4% and gold slides as the US and Iran trade attacks –business live
Oil price jumps over 4% and gold slides as the US and Iran trade attacks –business live

Asian shares tumble with South Korea’s Kospi down nearly 10% Meanwhile, European airline stocks are falling, not surprising given the sharp increase in oil prices as the US and Iran trade attacks and engage in a war of words over whether the strait of Hormuz is open. The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell 0.2%, after recording its biggest weekly loss since late April on Friday. The travel and leisure sub-index tumbled 1.2% as Ryanair (down 0.9%), Air France (down 2.4%) and International Consolidated Airlines (down nearly 2%), which owns British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus and other carriers, all fell. Good luck with that timing, given all the wrangling over spending cuts and tax rises that lies ahead, and with things kicking off again in the Middle East... Continue reading...

The Guardian Business 14 hours ago