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Check Point Software profit and revenue top estimates
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Check Point Software Technologies beat estimates with a slight gain in third-quarter net profit, boosted by growth in its consolidated cyber security platform and cloud protectio...
Oct 28, 2021
Huge restored mosaic goes on display in Jericho
JERICHO, WEST BANK (Reuters) - One of the largest mosaic panels in the world has been unveiled after a $12 million multi-year restoration project at Hisham's Palace in Jericho in the occupied West Ban...
Oct 28, 2021
Shell break-up would not work in real life, says CFO
LONDON (Reuters) - Breaking up oil major Royal Dutch Shell into separate fossil fuels and renewables companies might be financially compelling but would not work in real life, finance chief Jessica Uh...
Oct 28, 2021
China’s AgBank posts 14% third-quarter profit increase
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Agricultural Bank of China Ltd (AgBank), the country's third-biggest lender by assets, reported a 14% increase in third-quarter profit as banks steadily recover from the i...
Oct 28, 2021
Before Lebanon’s current financial crisis, central bank faced a $4.7 billion hole in reserves – IMF memo
By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI (Reuters) - Lebanon's central bank had a $4.7 billion hole in its reserves by the end of 2015 that was not disclosed to the public, an early warning sign of the financial collap...
Oct 28, 2021
China’s top brokerage CITIC posts 46% third-quarter profit jump
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - CITIC Securities Co Ltd reported a 45.8% rise in third-quarter net profit, as China's biggest brokerage posted strong growth in commission fees after rapidly expanding its...
Oct 28, 2021
Tax rises and higher inflation to crimp UK living standards – IFS
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Higher inflation and rising taxation to fund growing demand for healthcare and other public services will cause living standards in Britain to barely rise over the...
Oct 28, 2021
Soaring U.S. business starts in pandemic show new normal evolving
By Howard Schneider ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Reuters) - The pandemic shuttered large parts of the U.S. economy in 2020 and may have driven hundreds of thousands of businesses into failure, but for entrepreneu...
Oct 28, 2021
U.S. climate credibility on the line as Biden heads to COP26
By Jeff Mason and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden wants to show the U.N. climate conference in Scotland that the United States is back in the fight against global warming. B...
Oct 28, 2021
Saudi petrochemicals producer SABIC posts fivefold profit jump
DUBAI (Reuters) - Petrochemicals giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) on Thursday reported a fivefold increase in third-quarter profit helped by higher average selling prices. SABIC reported a po...
Oct 28, 2021
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