Earnings

Energy

Shell Pumps Out Dividend Hike Despite Slippery Oil Prices

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UK oil major Shell posted its weakest quarterly profit in nearly half a decade on Thursday, sending its New York-listed shares down 5.3%.

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Advisor Upside

UBS Sheds $14B in Wealth Assets in the Americas

However, the Zurich-based company’s global wealth unit attracted strong inflows from Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

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Artificial Intelligence

Palantir CEO Calls Earnings Beat a ‘Cosmic Reward’ for Loyalty to ‘Idiosyncratic Project’

Palantir’s recent tumble is part of a broader selloff in enterprise software firms, triggered by fears that AI’s coding capabilities.

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Electric Vehicles

As Tesla Doubles Down on AI and Robots, EVs Look More Like a Side Hustle

Earlier this month, Tesla lost its title as the best-selling electric vehivle maker in the world to Chinese company BYD.

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Private Equity

Blackstone Hits Dealmaking ‘Escape Velocity’

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Nobody is happier about the exit uptick than Blackstone executives, whose realized performance compensation reached $1.1 billion in 2025.

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Consumer

Believe: Macy’s Posts Best Growth In Three Years as ‘Reimagine’ Strategy Pays Off

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For now at least, it looks like the storied retail company’s turnaround effort is taking hold as well as paying off.

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Finance

Good Omen, or Bad? Tesla Opens Mag 7 Earnings Season to Mixed Reviews

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The all-powerful cohort continues to define the broader market, which has officially been placed on the “bubble watchlist.”

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