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Fossil Soars After Revenue Beats Forecast on Strength in China

(Bloomberg) — Fossil Group Inc. shares surged in premarket trading after quarterly revenue beat the watchmaker’s forecasts by a wide margin thanks in part to strong sales in China.Revenue in the third quarter fell 19% to $435 million, Fossil said in a statement. The company had projected a decline of 35% to 45% in the period. The stock gained as much as 32% in early trading Thursday.“We outperformed our topline expectations in the third quarter, reflecting ongoing momentum in our digital channels and strong growth in mainland China, as well as trend improvement in the wholesale channel globally,” Chief Executive …read more […]

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Moderna Poised to Take Vaccine Spotlight With Data Due

(Bloomberg) — Now it’s Moderna Inc.’s time to be in the spotlight.The same U.S. explosion of Covid-19 cases that helped Pfizer Inc. get results for its vaccine trial earlier this week is helping speed along Moderna’s trial. Moderna said Wednesday its study has accumulated more than 53 infections, allowing a preliminary analysis of the shot’s effectiveness to begin. The shares jumped.Moderna didn’t predict how long it could take an independent monitoring committee to analyze the data, but said the company could get the data to the committee within days. The company said it is still blinded to the data.“Moderna has …read more […]

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Pinduoduo Shares Jump as Post-Covid Spending Lift Sales by 89%

(Bloomberg) — Pinduoduo Inc.’s revenue rose a better-than-expected 89% as the shift toward online shopping continued in post-Covid China, benefiting the e-commerce upstart. The shares surged roughly 16% in pre-market trading in New York.The Shanghai-based company logged sales of 14.2 billion yuan ($2.14 billion) in the September quarter, surpassing the 12.2 billion yuan average of estimates. Its net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders narrowed to 784.7 million yuan from 2.3 billion yuan a year earlier, though it remained in the red largely due to the hefty subsidies Pinduoduo spent to acquire new shoppers as well as keep existing ones. Gross …read more […]

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Tencent Sales Top Estimates in Sign the Gaming Boom Persists

(Bloomberg) — Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s revenue rose a better-than-expected 29%, riding a pandemic-era gaming boom that’s persisted in defiance of an economic downturn.Sales rose to 125.45 billion yuan ($18.9 billion) in the three months ended September, versus the 123.8 billion yuan average forecast. The world’s largest gaming company reported net income of 38.5 billion yuan, surpassing projections of 30.3 billion yuan after it recorded a gain of 11.6 billion yuan from rising valuations for its tech holdings. Shares in top shareholder Naspers Ltd. and its unit Prosus NV climbed roughly 4%.The strong results should help reassure investors scrambling to assess …read more […]

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China's Tencent quarterly profit jumps 89%, beats forecast

The Chinese giant has benefitted from healthy growth of paying users for video games in China and international markets. Tencent said that, following the COVID-19 outbreak, overall China advertising activity appeared to have largely returned to normal, with rapid growth in sectors such as education, Internet services and ecommerce platforms. “The year-on-year revenue growth rate was therefore lower than previous quarters, which we expect to be temporary in nature,” Tencent said. …read more […]

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Rolls-Royce sells 94% of new shares in 2 billion pound rights issue

British engineering company Rolls-Royce said shareholders signed up for 94% of new shares it issued as part of a 2 billion pound ($2.64 billion) rights issue aimed at bolstering its pandemic-hit finances. Airlines pay Rolls based on how many hours its engines fly and as such, the company’s finances have come under increasing pressure after COVID-19 stopped travel earlier this year. Rolls-Royce said that the underwriting banks would now try to procure subscribers for the remaining shares, but failing that had agreed to subscribe for them themselves. …read more […]

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Oil Steady Above $41 Amid Signs OPEC+ Edging Toward Keeping Cuts

(Bloomberg) — Oil was steady above $41 a barrel in New York as OPEC+ appeared to be closing in on an agreement to delay a planned easing of production cuts from the start of next year.The producer group is considering keeping additional supply off the market for three to six months, according to several delegates, asking not to be identified because the talks are private. OPEC+ meets at the end of the month to discuss its output policy and the alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, has already indicated it might need to defer the planned crude production increase.Expectations …read more […]

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Global Stock Rally Stalls; European Futures Dip: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) — The global stock rally showed signs of stalling on Thursday as investors assess a deteriorating coronavirus situation in many large economies around the world and indicators of overheated equity markets. Treasuries rose.Most Asian shares dipped after a surge of about $6 trillion in the value of global equities so far in November. Chinese technology shares rallied following the $290 billion wipe out over plans for tougher regulations. U.S. and European equity futures slipped. The dollar edged up.The S&P 500 earlier rose to the highest since Sept. 2, while the Nasdaq 100 jumped more than 2% as tech heavyweights …read more […]