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Europe bulletin: FTSE flat as miners rally, India-EU trade deal, LVMH succession pressure

Europe opened the week in a wary holding pattern, with the FTSE 100 flat as industrial and travel names slid on fresh tariff threats and Iran sanctions, even as metal miners rallied to record highs. Trade geopolitics stayed front and centre after India and the EU sealed a long-awaited free trade pact to counter protectionist

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Tesla Q4 earnings preview: Wall Street expects weak numbers, but a key wildcard looms

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reports Q4 2025 earnings on January 28, and Wall Street has already bracing for tough numbers. The consensus estimates expect the revenue to fall 3.6% to $24.5 billion, while profit per share could tumble 40% to $0.44, reflecting a 15.6% drop in vehicle deliveries. The numbers look brutal as Tesla’s auto business

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Tesla loses $15.4B in brand value in 2025, marking third straight annual decline

Tesla’s brand value fell sharply in 2025, extending a decline that has now run for three consecutive years, according to a new report from Brand Finance. The electric vehicle maker lost an estimated $15.4 billion in brand value last year, a drop of about 36%, reflecting weakening consumer sentiment despite the company’s continued prominence in

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Shell and BP seek US licenses for shared Trinidad-Venezuela gas fields

Shell and BP are actively pursuing US licenses to begin extracting natural gas from shared fields in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela, the Caribbean country’s energy minister Roodal Moonilal announced on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report. As Latin America’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas and a major global supplier of ammonia and methanol,

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Amazon to cut 16,000 corporate jobs as AI push deepens, bureaucracy trimmed

Amazon.com Inc. said on Wednesday it plans to cut about 16,000 corporate jobs, marking a second major round of layoffs in three months as the company moves to streamline management layers and accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence across its operations. The latest reductions deepen a restructuring effort that began last year and underscore how

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AI-driven job cuts accelerate globally as UK becomes early warning

“I was doing Dry January for the trend and health benefits, but now that I have been laid off, I think this is more of a financial necessity,” joked London-based Callum Hill, recently cut by one of the UK’s fintech majors. The line lands lightly, but it captures a deeper shift rippling through labour markets:

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US futures rise as Fed decision looms; Tesla and Meta to announce results 

US stock index futures climbed on Wednesday as investors positioned ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision and a closely watched slate of earnings from major technology companies, with artificial intelligence-linked stocks driving early momentum. Futures tied to the S&P 500 rose about 0.3%, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained roughly 0.9%, putting the tech-heavy

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Expert dubs silver ‘meme commodity’ of 2026 after 60% rally; Here’s why

Silver has been in an unusually strong uptrend in recent weeks – rallying more than 60% since the start of this year, effectively compressing a multi-year move into less than 30 days. Speaking this morning with CNBC, Tom Sosnoff – the cofounder of LossDog – agreed this massive rally in silver is unlike anything he’s

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Seagate shares surge after upbeat Q3 forecast, earnings beat, as AI boom fuels data storage demand

Seagate Technology’s shares surged in premarket trading on Wednesday after the hard drive maker forecast third-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street expectations. The stock rose 10.3% to $410.05 before the opening bell. Seagate had already closed at a fresh record high in the previous session, ahead of quarterly results released after the market close.

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Texas Instruments stock highly bullish pattern points to gains after earnings beat

Texas Instruments stock price continued its strong rally after publishing strong results and forward guidance. The TXN stock jumped to a high of $196, its highest level since September 3. It has soared by nearly 30% from its lowest level in December. Texas Instruments’ business is thriving Texas Instruments, a major player in the semiconductor

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