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UPDATE 1-Shopify posts bigger quarterly loss on higher spending

Canada’s Shopify Inc posted a bigger quarterly net loss on Tuesday as it spent more to add sellers to its e-commerce platform and expand fulfillment centres across the United States, sending shares down 8.6% before the bell. The company had said in June it planned to spend over $1 billion for more fulfillment centres, as it faces stiff competition from Amazon.com Inc and EBay Inc. The company’s net loss tripled to $72.8 million, or 64 cents per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30, from a year earlier. …read more […]

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UPDATE 1-ConocoPhillips profit beats estimates on higher production

U.S. oil and gas company ConocoPhillips’ quarterly profit shot ahead of analysts’ estimates on Tuesday, as higher shale production offset the impact from lower crude prices and higher exploration costs. Total production, excluding Libya, rose 98,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) to 1.322 million boe/d, with output from U.S. basins including Eagle Ford, Bakken and the Permian rising 21% in the quarter. ConocoPhillips said the total realized price per barrel of oil equivalent fell 18% to $47.07 in the quarter. …read more […]

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KKR's Q3 earnings slide 23% as weaker deal activity hits revenue

Private equity firm KKR & Co reported a 23% year-on-year drop in its third-quarter, after-tax distributable profit on Tuesday, as transaction fee revenue slid amid a broader slowdown in asset sales by buyout firms chasing lofty valuations. KKR said after-tax distributable earnings – the cash available for paying dividends – fell to $388.8 million in the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with $496.7 million a year earlier. Many private equity firms, including KKR, have sold fewer companies this year, even though the U.S. stock market is hovering near all-time highs, as potential acquirers balk at their valuation …read more […]