Vaccine-maker Pfizer Inc., in a filing to the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, wrote that its COVID-19 vaccine revenue is down 70 percent in 2023. “Declines largely driven by lower contracted deliveries and demand in international markets and lower U.S. government contracted deliveries, due to transition to new variant vaccines in most markets and the transition […]
CVS Health lowered its adjusted profit forecast for 2024 on Wednesday after an increase in medical procedures among older adults in the United States fueled costs in its insurance business in the fourth quarter. The company beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit, however, on strength in its drugstores and its pharmacy benefits management (PBM) […]
Presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, got an early boost when she learned that all 6 voters in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, had voted for her to become the GOP’s presidential candidate. To analyze the significance of the result—if any—NTD spoke to Jason Meister, Republican strategist and a former Trump […]
Target Corp. on Wednesday reported a second-quarter sales drop, dragged down by a negative reaction by some customers due to its Pride merchandise and shoppers’ inflation worries. The Minneapolis retailer expects high interest rates, which makes credit cards more expensive to use, and higher prices on food to continue to put a strain on customers, […]
Bank of America Corp.’s first-quarter profit beat analysts’ estimates as it collected hefty interest payments from customers while its bond traders had their best quarter in a decade. Rival banking giants JPMorgan Chase and Co. and Citigroup Inc. also reaped windfalls from higher interest payments in the first quarter, while setting aside billions of dollars […]
Wells Fargo beat sales and profit targets in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, boosted by higher interest rates. The quarter saw the collapse of two banks that rattled the financial sector and the broader stock market. Wells Fargo participated with other banks in pumping $30 billion in deposits into First Republic Bank […]
JPMorgan Chase & Co. posted a 52 percent jump in its first-quarter profits, helped by higher interest rates, which allowed the bank to charge customers more for loans. The bank saw deposits grow noticeably, as business and customers flocked to the banking titan after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank last month. […]
An Arizona appeals court has struck down a challenge filed by Republican Kari Lake regarding the results of the Arizona gubernatorial election, denying her request to have the current results thrown out. Lake has claimed that a range of issues in Maricopa, Arizona, on Election Day—including problems with printers and vote tabulation machines—effectively disenfranchised Arizonans who were trying to vote. […]
Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday said its operating profit could fall to zero in the current quarter as savings from layoffs do not make up for the financial impact of consumers and cloud customers clamping down on spending. And while Amazon’s holiday revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations, the company believes sales growth in its long-lucrative cloud […]
HOUSTON—Exxon Mobil Corp. posted a $56 billion profit for 2022, the company said on Tuesday, taking home about $6.3 million per hour last year, and setting not only a company record but a historic high for the Western oil industry. Oil majors are expected to break their own annual records on high prices and soaring […]
AMSTERDAM—Dutch health technology company Philips will scrap another 6,000 jobs worldwide as it tries to restore its profitability and improve the safety of its products following a recall of respiratory devices that knocked off 70 percent of its market value. Half of the job cuts will be made this year, the company said on Monday, […]
Officials in Arizona on Dec. 5 certified the results of the 2022 midterms after coercing supervisors in at least one county to certify vote tallies. Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, canvassed the election and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, oversaw the ceremony, which certified Hobbs as the winner of the gubernatorial race. Hobbs, who refused […]
In Cochise County, Arizona’s board of supervisors certified their jurisdiction’s midterm election results on Dec. 1, at the order of a judge three days after they missed the statutory deadline of Nov. 28. President Joe Biden signed legislation on Dec. 2 to avert a nationwide railway shutdown, preventing what would have been a reality as […]
NEW YORK—Amazon returned to profitability over the summer after two consecutive quarters of losses, but its stock fell sharply in after-hours trading due to weaker-than-expected revenue and disappointing projections for the current quarter. The company on Thursday reported revenue for the three months that ended Sept. 30 of $127.1 billion, boosted by Amazon’s Prime Day, […]
A measure that would reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887 and make it harder for members of Congress to object to or decertify presidential election results has advanced in the Senate, after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled support for the bill. Members on the Senate Rules Committee on Sept. 27 voted 14–1 to approve and […]
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Twitter’s newly released second quarter financial results show the social media giant’s revenue shrinking over the year and its net losses at a bigger-than-expected $270 million, with the company blaming its poor performance in part on Elon Musk. Revenue shrank 1 percent year-over-year in the second quarter to $1.18 billion, Twitter said in a July 22 […]
Nearly 200,000 at-home COVID-19 tests in the United States have been recalled by Australian medical tech manufacturer Ellume after the company identified that they produced an incorrect positive result. Ellume was given an emergency authorization in December by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to supply the COVID-19 Home Test for non-prescription use by symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals aged 2 […]
