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Booking Holdings Stock Falls on Cautious Q4 Guide

Booking Holdings’ third-quarter adjusted earnings per share topped Yahoo Finance consensus, but reported revenue missed, and a fourth-quarter gross bookings guide of 2% to 4% growth, down from…

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Jefferies Upgrades Centrica to Buy

Jefferies upgraded Centrica to buy and raised its target price to 200p, saying the market is overlooking the business’s visibility and growth. Tuesday’s morning spike faded by the…

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IWG Shares Post Biggest Rise in Six Months

IWG, the flexible workspace provider, posted its largest one-day gain in six months today, closing at 214.2p after third-quarter results and a statement that full-year adjusted EBITDA should…

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Upwork Lifts EBITDA Outlook, Buys WorkMotion

Upwork lifted its full-year profit guidance and announced a Berlin acquisition in the same release, but revenue is still falling and management warned of growth headwinds into 2027.

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Yum Brands Beats Forecasts as Taco Bell Rebounds

Yum Brands beat third-quarter profit forecasts today even as Taco Bell’s US same-store sales fell 4% after a lettuce-linked outbreak. Management says the chain has since recovered, and…

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Ferrari Raises 2026 Targets Again

Ferrari beat third-quarter forecasts and lifted its 2026 targets for a second straight quarter, despite delivering fewer cars, as richer personalisation and a smaller currency hit did the…

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Pfizer Lifts 2026 Guidance and Names New CFO

Pfizer beat third-quarter forecasts and raised its 2026 revenue and profit guidance as Eliquis and newer drugs offset falling Covid sales, while confirming Cecile Guegan as permanent chief…

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International Biotechnology Trust Returns 73.6%

International Biotechnology Trust returned 73.6% to shareholders in the year to the 31st of August 2026, in a year when takeovers of its portfolio companies were central, though…

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Shield Therapeutics Drops 2026 Profit Target

Shield Therapeutics has withdrawn its goal of an operating profit for 2026 and now expects a single-digit million-dollar loss, as full US control of its iron treatment ACCRUFeR…

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CVR Energy Nears $4bn Marathon Deal – WSJ Reports

Icahn-controlled CVR Energy is reportedly nearing a deal worth more than $4bn for refineries owned by Marathon Petroleum, according to the Wall Street Journal. Neither company has confirmed…

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Kimberly-Clark Completes Kenvue Takeover

Kimberly-Clark has closed its takeover of Kenvue, the Tylenol maker, leaving the Huggies owner with a bigger business, extra debt and $2.1bn of promised savings to deliver. Kenvue…

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CrowdStrike Buys Two AI Security Startups

CrowdStrike has agreed to buy AI-agent security startups Fiddler AI and Dreadnode, adding monitoring and pre-deployment testing to its Falcon platform. The company has not disclosed a price,…

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Likewise Group Sees FY26 Profit of At Least £6m

Likewise Group, the AIM-listed flooring distributor, says October revenue rose 36.7% and now expects full-year pre-tax profit of at least £6m, materially ahead of market expectations, as it…

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Franchise Brands Posts Record Q3 Sales Growth

Franchise Brands said System sales growth hit a record 8.4% in the third quarter, double last year’s pace, and that full-year Adjusted EBITDA will be in line with…

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Focusrite Adjusted Profit Rises 14.7%

Focusrite’s first-half adjusted operating profit rose 14.7% on a 2.7% revenue gain, as margins widened and net debt fell sharply. The board says it is confident of meeting…

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