Jewellery Firm Pandora Is Expanding Its Range Of Lab-Created Diamonds

Pandora, the Danish jewelry company, plans to expand its lab-grown diamonds product line after customers said they liked the concept but wanted more options, its CEO said on Thursday. Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry manufacturer in terms of production capacity, launched its lab-made diamonds collection in August across 269 stores in the United States and…

PepsiCo’s Price Increases Help It Beat Quarterly Expectations And Increase In Its Dividend

PepsiCo Inc. beat analysts’ expectations for revenue and profit in the fourth quarter on Thursday thanks in part to price increases the beverage company implemented to deal with rising costs. The company also increased its annualized dividend by 10% to $5.06 per share, which caused a 1.3% increase in the stock price in premarket trading.…

Disney Exceeds Market Expectations Because Its Streaming Subscriber Losses Are Not As Severe As Expected

Disney’s fiscal first-quarter earnings report featured a beat on the top and bottom lines as well as smaller subscriber losses. While the company’s direct-to-consumer and linear TV businesses struggled during the period, its theme parks experienced significant year-over-year growth. The outcomes are as follows, with comparisons to projections from Refinitiv and StreetAccount: According to a…

Its Worst Yearly Loss Since The 2008 Financial Crisis Reported By Credit Suisse

Due to scandals and significant losses that resulted in unheard-of customer withdrawals, Credit Suisse Group on Thursday reported its worst annual loss since the global financial crisis of 2008. The second-largest bank in Switzerland reported a net loss of 1.39 billion Swiss francs ($1.51 billion) for the fourth quarter, which was in line with the…

Tesla’s “Master Plan 3” Will Be Unveiled By Elon Musk At The First Investor Day

On March 1, at the company’s first investor day, Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk will present the third component of the electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer’s “Master Plan.” The billionaire outlined his plans for the electric car manufacturer in 2006 and 2016, but many of the goals have yet to be met. “Master Plan 3, the…

10,000 Workers Planned To Be Employed By Chinese Food Delivery Firm Meituan Even As US Tech Giants Keep Retrenching Staff 

Meituan, a Chinese food delivery company, announced on Wednesday that it would be hiring 10,000 people in the first quarter of this year. This news caused the company’s shares to drop more than 6%. Meituan is hiring in dozens of cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, in a variety of different business areas, such as technology…

Equinor Reports Its Highest Ever Adjusted Operating Profit For 2022

As gas prices increased and the fourth quarter’s results exceeded expectations, Equinor on Wednesday announced a record $74.9 billion adjusted operating profit for 2022, more than doubling its previous high. This news helped to increase the company’s stock price by 7%. The adjusted earnings before tax and interest for the Norwegian oil and gas producer…

Findings Of The World’s Most Extensive Happiness Study About Money

For generations, society has debated whether or not money brings happiness. Now, a new book has some answers backed up by data. According to Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz, authors of “The Good Life,” the simple answer is: No, money cannot buy happiness. According to the findings of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the…

Amazon CEO Says The Company Is Still Trying To Break Into The Supermarket Segment 

Amazon.com Inc, the online retailer that has long been feared of disrupting the grocery industry, believes it has fallen short. Chief Executive Andy Jassy said on Thursday, in a rare appearance on the company’s quarterly results call, that the company has paused expansion of its Fresh supermarkets and cashier-less convenience stores until it finds the…