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With Q1 over, the CEO is confident that Philips will deliver on its plan for 2023. Shares of multinational conglomerate corporation Philips (NYSE: PHG) popped 12.72% at the pre-market trading on Monday as the company released its Q1 2023 financial results. The company recorded gains after reporting higher adjusted EBITA and sales during the first quarter. Adjusted EBITA increased by 8.6% to EUR 359 million. Meanwhile, the company saw EUR 243 million, or 6.2% of sales, in Q1 2022. According...

In this week’s Q1 tech earnings reports, investors look for signs of staying power amid a recession-threatened economy.  Tech earnings will make up a significant portion of corporate Q1 earnings this week, in the second week of quarterly reports. Investors will be paying close attention to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) in a packed week. Investors may also take cues from these corporate reports to determine the fiscal landscape as the Fed...

According to the CEO of the consumer goods mainstay, Procter & Gamble retains the right strategies to deliver balanced growth. On Friday, April 21, Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) reported its fiscal Q3 2023 earnings, which showed the company beat estimates. The multinational consumer goods corporation’s quarterly earnings and revenue came in better than expected, with higher prices counterbalancing lower demand for its products. Following this commendable performance, P&G raised...

For the Twitter Blue subscription, only individuals retain the Blue Check while organizations that subscribed to the service will be given a yellow tick. Yesterday was a historic day for American multinational micro-messaging platform Twitter Inc as it striped its previously verified users of their Blue check marks. While the move has been tagged by many critics as a rude and dangerous precedent to set, the removal of the Blue Checks has been lauded by proponents in one of the hottest...

Prominent German automaker Volkswagen has announced plans to roll out its ID.7 EV across three continents within the next year.  Volkswagen appears set to stake its claim in China’s electric vehicle (EV) market by launching a higher-end car. The German motor vehicle manufacturer also plans to invest up to $1 billion to develop electric cars in China. This week, Volkswagen made the announcement at the Shanghai auto show, revealing its new “ID.7” EV sedan would launch in China this fall. The...

The aim is to roll out the next generation of AI breakthroughs and products across Google and Alphabet by merging the talents at Google Brain and DeepMind.  As Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) intensifies its artificial intelligence (AI) effort, the company is merging its deep learning AI research team Google Brain with DeepMind. Although AI has been very popular recently, Alphabet has been exploring the industry for some time. The tech giant reportedly bought DeepMind for over $500 million in...

Chinese tech giant Huawei announced the replacement of its software system as a victory over US sanctions.  Huawei has launched an in-house software system to replace its one-time US-sourced internal software management systems. The Chinese multinational tech corporation announced today, almost four years after the US sanctioned it over alleged security concerns. In May 2019, the US Commerce Department included Huawei in a trade blacklist which ultimately hampered the company’s ability to...

AT&T’s free cash flow dropped significantly as a result of which the stock price took a severe beating on Wall Street in Thursday’s early trading hours. During the early trading hours on Thursday, April 20, the stock price of telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) came crashing down by more than 7%. As of press time, the AT&T stock is trading 7.26% down at a price of $18.28. Today’s price crash in AT&T pushes the stock into negative territory on the year-to-date chart. Factors That...

In 2023, Tesla looks to launch a self-driving technology that could set the company on its way to achieving full driving autonomy.   According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the leading EV maker could launch its fully self-driving technology in 2023. Musk added that Tesla’s projected autonomous driving tech would generate significant profits to counterbalance some of its margin pressure. The Texas-based electric vehicle manufacturer is currently bearing the brunt of aggressive price cuts on Tesla...

The Bluesky social media platform is hiring for software developers positions including React Native expert among others and supports full-time remote capabilities. Bluesky, a social internet marketplace backed by former Twitter Inc boss Jack Dorsey, is now available on Android gadgets. The startup has provided a waitlist for users to join or access the beta version of the decentralized social marketplace via invite. Having begun as a Twitter Inc. project before a spin-off in 2021, Bluesky...