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Apollo Hospitals on Thursday reported a 76 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 2,540 crore in the fourth quarter of FY24 over the previous year, driven by growth across its hospital, diagnostics, specialty care and pharmacy businesses.The company had reported a net profit of Rs 1,450 crore in the same period last year.Revenues for Q4FY24 grew 15% YoY to Rs 4,944 crore.Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew 31% YoY to Rs 6,400 crore in Q4FY24. EBITDA margin expanded 161 basis points YoY to 12.95%.Revenues grew 14% YoY to INR 98.67 billion and net profit grew…

Black Cat | E+ | Getty ImagesMany consumers are finding it difficult to keep up with paying their bills.At that point, 37% of Americans had received a late fee on a bill in the past 12 months, according to a new NerdWallet report.The most common was late fees on credit cards, with 21% of respondents having paid late fees at least once, followed by 10% who had paid late fees on utility bills and 8% who had paid late fees on rent. NerdWallet conducted the survey of 2,061 U.S. adults in early April.”Late fees are just one consequence of paying…

Swiss bank UBS announced on Thursday that it has appointed Iqbal Khan, head of its wealth management division, as president of the bank’s Asia-Pacific region and Rob Karofsky, head of its investment banking division, as head of the Americas. Khan and Karofsky will co-lead UBS’ wealth management division, the bank said. The move effectively makes Kahn and Karofsky the front-runners to replace Sergio Ermotti if he decides to retire, Vontobel analyst Andreas Venditti wrote in a note seen by Bloomberg on Thursday. UBS has rejected a proposal to replace Ermotti with an outside candidate, the Financial Times reported on Monday.…

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GE Burnova is gaining momentum a month after launching as an independent company, and analysts say the General Electric spinoff has assets well positioned to benefit from the energy transition. GE Burnova shares have risen about 16% to $177.32 since it listed on the New York Stock Exchange on April 2 after General Electric was split into three separate companies. Investors have shown growing interest in Burnova’s assets across natural gas, wind and power grid infrastructure. GEV 1M GE Burnova, 1 month “We believe GE Burnova is well positioned to benefit from the ‘three building blocks of the energy transition’…

May 30, 2024 2:27 PMEquity benchmarks continued to fall on Thursday as growing concerns that US interest rates will remain high for a long time led major global indexes to fall. However, four mid-cap stocks in the Nifty 200 index hit new 52-week highs in today’s trading. They are:iStock52-week High: Rs. 151The stock has risen 90% in the past year.ETMarkets.com52-week High: Rs. 597The stock has risen 118% over the past year.ETMarkets.comFour/FiveMazagon Dock Shipyard52-week High: Rs 3,478The stock has risen 321% over the past year.ETMarkets.com52-week High: Rs 3,900The stock has risen 106% over the past year.ETMarkets.com

Activist investor Nelson Peltz said: DisneyA person familiar with the matter told CNBC.Peltz sold his entire stake in Disney at about $120 a share, making a profit of about $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Disney shares currently trade at about $100 a share.The departure came just weeks after Peltz’s Trian Partners lost a proxy fight at Disney in early April, when Disney shareholders re-elected all of the company’s director nominees. Peltz had sought to have himself and former Disney financial chief Jay Rasulo elected to the company’s board.Peltz has had prior issues with Disney’s governance, and…

The Salesforce logo was displayed at Salesforce Tower in New York City on March 7, 2019.Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersLet’s take a look at some of the companies that are garnering attention in extended trading.Salesforce — LSEG said its shares fell more than 14% after it reported first-quarter sales of $9.13 billion, below the consensus estimate of $9.17 billion. Adjusted earnings per share of $2.44 beat the consensus estimate of $2.38, but current-quarter guidance fell short of expectations on both sales and earnings. UI Pass — The software company saw its shares fall 30% after it announced that CEO Rob Ensslin…

Investors looking for income can find bargains in dividend stocks, according to Ben Kirby, co-head of investment at Thornburg Investment Management. Kirby has been investing in dividend stocks for many years, which he calls a “timeless” strategy. In addition to benefiting from the income, he said, the strategy tends to produce results that can compete with global markets. Right now, investors are seeing the added benefit of dividend stocks being heavily discounted, he said. “Generally, stock prices are trading above their long-term averages. [but] “Dividend stocks are below their long-term averages from a valuation perspective,” said Kirby, who also co-manages…

The first version of the network, built on the Arbitrum Nitro technology stack, will launch in June, testing inter-chain settlements in a publicly transparent manner. The full-fledged Gravity mainnet, with native staking and re-staking, is expected to go live in Q2 2025. According to the Galaxe team, the reason they created Gravity is because the platform’s user base has grown significantly over the past three years, now counting 20 million users and 100 million monthly transactions. This created a need for a more efficient and scalable solution to manage inter-chain interactions between the 34 blockchains that Galxe supports.