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Meta Stuns Street With Lower Costs, Big Buyback, Upbeat Sales 0
- Economy
- February 2, 2023
Meta Platforms Inc’s stricter cost controls this year and a new $40 billion share buyback sent shares soaring on Wednesday, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg called 2023 the “Year of Efficiency.” The parent of Instagram and Facebook (NASDAQ:META), which has fallen on hard times amid a broad post-pandemic slump in digital ads, is focused on improving
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ECB To Raise Rates Again And Face Questions About Future Path 0
- Economy
- February 2, 2023
The European Central Bank is set to raise interest rates again on Thursday and pencil in more hikes for the next few months, with the only open question being how big these will be. The ECB has been increasing rates at a record pace to fight a sudden bout of high inflation in the euro
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Asia FX Rallies, Dollar Tumbles As Markets Bet on Fed Pivot 0
- Economy
- February 2, 2023
Most Asian currencies rose sharply on Thursday, while the dollar sank to a nine-month low even after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates, with markets betting that a U.S. economic slowdown will force the bank into reversing its hawkish stance this year. The Chinese yuan rose 0.4% and came close to a seven-month high against
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Vodafone Interim CEO Vows to ‘Do Better’ After Q3 Revenue Growth Slows 0
- Economy
- February 1, 2023
in third-quarter revenue growth that stemmed from weak performance in key European markets. Organic growth in service revenue dropped to 1.8% year-on-year during the three-month period to December 31 to €9.52 billion (€1 = $1.0883), down from an increase of 2.5% in the prior quarter. The company said the slip was linked to declines in
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