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UBS Profit Jumps 27% on Wealth Inflows

UBS lifted third-quarter pre-tax profit by 27% as wealth management clients added money, while chief executive Sergio Ermotti said the Credit Suisse integration remains on course to finish…

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Ecora Quarter Flat as Coal Offsets Growth

Ecora’s third-quarter portfolio contribution held flat on the year as a lower Kestrel coal contribution offset growth in cobalt, copper and gold, while management expects net debt to…

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Plus500 Launches Kalshi Perpetual Futures in US

Plus500 says it is the first US futures broker, excluding Kalshi Prime, to offer Kalshi’s regulated perpetual futures, extending its prediction-markets link, though the announcement gives no financial…

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Santander UK Profit Falls 6% Despite TSB

Santander UK’s nine-month profit before tax fell as a motor finance provision and restructuring costs outweighed the first contribution from TSB, the acquisition that has lifted its income,…

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Aston Martin Margin Jumps, Losses Persist

Aston Martin’s gross margin leaped to 37.4% in the third quarter as Valhalla deliveries began, but the carmaker is still loss-making, and net debt has climbed to £1.57bn.

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Deutsche Bank Downgrades Sainsbury’s to Hold

Deutsche Bank has cut Sainsbury’s to hold from buy and trimmed its price target, saying it has less faith in the grocer’s volume outperformance days after the company…

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Oracle Widens AI Chip Choice on Cloud

Oracle says its cloud will scale Nvidia’s Vera Rubin AI systems to multi-gigawatt size and become the first big cloud outside Google to offer Google’s TPU chips, as…

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SoFi Surges as Lending Boom Lifts 2027 Outlook

Record personal and student loan originations lifted lending revenue 68%, and a first 2027 outlook landed well above analyst forecasts, giving a heavily sold-off stock a sharp reprieve.

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Boeing Sinks on Wider Loss, Slower 737 Ramp

Boeing’s shares dropped sharply after third-quarter results showed a wider core loss than expected and a slower 737 Max build-up, pushing back the point at which its record…

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PayPal Lifts Profit Guidance Despite Revenue Miss

PayPal beat third-quarter profit forecasts and raised its full-year earnings guidance, but revenue missed and the shares have barely moved, leaving the quarter a story about margins rather…

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S&U Secures Up to £600m in Funding

S&U has replaced its £330m of lending lines with two new securitisation facilities of up to £600m. The chairman says the funding underpins a plan to nearly double…

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Shearwater Lifts Revenue on Services Renewals

Shearwater’s annualised revenue rose 34% as big Services contract renewals outweighed a shrinking Software arm, but cash collected lagged profit and the shares were lower in early trading.

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