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Prudential Q3 New Business Profit Rises Just 1%

Prudential’s third-quarter new business profit rose just 1% as new bancassurance expense rules hit Chinese Mainland sales, and management now calls its 2026 group growth guidance more stretching…

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Foxtons Holds Profit Guidance Despite Lettings Hit

Foxtons, the property services group, says third-quarter revenue fell 6% as tenants ended lettings early under new rental rules. Trading is still in line with management’s expectations, and…

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M&G Life Inflows Offset Slower Asset Management

M&G’s third-quarter net inflows from open business matched last year at £1.8bn, but Life, helped by bulk annuities, drove the quarter’s inflows as Asset Management inflows fell to…

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Government Formally Intervenes in Sky-ITV Deal

The government has formally issued a public interest intervention notice over Sky’s planned purchase of ITV’s media and entertainment arm, setting a deadline of the 27th of January…

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Qualcomm Lands SpaceX Starlink Mobile Network Deal

SpaceX has reportedly signed a multiyear deal to build the radio network for Starlink Mobile on Qualcomm’s Dragonwing platform, though no value was disclosed and rollout only begins…

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Duolingo Jumps About 27% as User Growth Accelerates

Duolingo’s shares jumped about 27% in today’s session after the language-learning app reported faster daily user growth and steady bookings guidance, even though earnings per share came in…

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Datadog Slides Despite Beat and Raised Guidance

Datadog beat third-quarter revenue and earnings forecasts and raised its full-year outlook, but a fourth-quarter revenue guide implying little or no growth in the third quarter sent shares…

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Block Shares Jump 14% Intraday on Third-Quarter Beat

Block’s shares were sharply higher by 15:30 London time today, on an intraday reading their biggest daily gain in six months, after third-quarter results beat estimates and the…

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FIS Shares Fall 20% to a 52-Week Low

Shares in Fidelity National Information Services fell to a fresh 52-week low in today’s US session, their steepest one-day drop in 126 sessions, on a day the company…

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McDonald’s Profit Rises 11% but US Visits Fall

McDonald’s beat profit and sales-growth forecasts in the third quarter, but US same-store sales still fell as fewer customers came through the door, and revenue came in short…

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CVS Health Plans to Split Drugstores From Aetna by 2028

CVS Health plans to break up the integrated model it built around the $78bn Aetna deal, separating its drugstores from its insurance and drug-benefits businesses. Existing shareholders will…

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