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McDonald’s on Thursday reported mixed quarterly results as its U.S. same-store sales fell for the second straight quarter, posting their largest domestic decline since the onset of the Covid pandemic.

Moderna on Thursday reported first-quarter profit and sales that beat Wall Street estimates, helped by the company’s cost-cutting efforts following waning post-pandemic demand for its COVID-19 vaccine.

Eli Lilly (LLY)+1.55% stock was falling early Thursday even as the drugmaker posted first-quarter earnings above analysts’ expectations, driven by higher sales of its blockbuster weight-loss drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro.

Oil prices fell on Thursday, extending a steep decline the previous session due to signs that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, could raise production and data showing a contraction in the U.S. economy, the world’s top oil consumer.

The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of 2025 on an import surge at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term in office as he wages a potentially costly trade war.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings stock tumbled Wednesday after the cruise operator missed earnings expectations in the first quarter and signaled softening demand.

Starbucks Corp. on Tuesday said that getting back to coffee-shop basics would be even more important as consumers brace for the trade war’s economic fallout.

Companies slowed hiring sharply in April as they braced against potential impacts from President Donald Trump’s tariffs against U.S. trading partners, ADP reported Wednesday.

China’s factory activity contracted at the fastest pace in 16 months in April, a factory survey showed on Wednesday, keeping alive calls for further stimulus as Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” package of tariffs snapped two months of recovery.

GE HealthCare GEHC+4.96% Technologies reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. That’s the good news. The bad news is guidance was cut due to the impact of tariffs.

First Solar shares plunged on Wednesday, after CEO Mark Widmar said the scale and depth of President Donald Trump’s tariffs were unexpected and pose a “significant economic headwind” to the company’s manufacturing facilities.

Shares of online travel agency Booking Holdings BKNG +0.39% fell on Wednesday as a strong first-quarter print was overshadowed by concerns about ramping geopolitical tensions and their impact on the industry.

Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that exceeded analyst expectations, while maintaining stable production levels compared to the prior year.

Etsy shares rose in premarket trading on Wednesday after the company posted better-than-expected revenue for the first quarter.

Caterpillar CAT+0.11% reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter earnings, and lowered guidance.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ.N),  drug to treat some patients aged 12 years and older with an immune-mediated disorder, the drugmaker said on Wednesday.

German auto giant Volkswagen on Wednesday reported a substantial drop in first-quarter profit as the carmaker navigates the disruptive impact of U.S. tariffs on the global car industry.

Οργανική αύξηση των εσόδων κατά 10,6% ανακοίνωσε για το α’ τρίμηνο η Coca-Cola HBC AG, ενώ ο όγκος των πωλήσεων αυξήθηκε κατά 1,8% σε οργανική βάση, όπως ανακοίνωσε σήμερα η εταιρεία.

Ο κ. Μυτιληναίος εστίασε σε τρία στρατηγικά μέτωπα: την ανάπτυξη στον κλάδο της άμυνας, τη διαδικασία εισαγωγής της εταιρείας στο Χρηματιστήριο του Λονδίνου και τις γεωπολιτικές ισορροπίες στην αλυσίδα εφοδιασμού κρίσιμων μετάλλων.

Αύξηση εσόδων και κερδών ανακοίνωσε για το 2024 ο όμιλος ΑΔΜΗΕ. Ειδικότερα, τα Συνολικά Έσοδα για το έτος 2024 διαμορφώθηκαν στα 468,2 εκατ. ευρώ, σημειώνοντας αύξηση 19,5% σε σύγκριση με 2023. Tα έσοδα το 4ο τρίμηνο του έτους ανήλθαν στα 111,8 εκατ. ευρώ, σημειώνοντας αύξηση κατά 12,9%.