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La major française, dont les raffineries tournent à plein régime, a enregistré un bénéfice net en hausse de 124 % sur un an au troisième trimestre, à 8,3 milliards de dollars.

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The UK's largest mortgage lender has seen profits nearly double as customers pay higher interest rates.

Net income climbed 13% from a year earlier to ¥103.7 billion ($657 million) between July and September.

The week, the Windows developer said it would offer buyouts to 60,000 workers as it looks to curb costs.

Lenders benefit from investments by wealthy clients and resilient corporate and investment banking activity

Genuity Science, formerly Genomics Medicine, increased profits by 24%

UBS reported a third quarter pretax profit of almost $3.6 billion.

South Korean group announces better than expected quarterly operating profit and will return $75bn to investors this year

Robinhood's third-quarter revenue met expectations, fueled by the company's expansion into options, predictions markets and other financial services.

Another of the UK's biggest banks has posted billions in profits in part thanks to higher interest rates.

The global AI boom and higher commodity prices stemming from the war in Iran have lifted earnings at miners, chipmakers and raw-material suppliers.

Further darkening the outlook is the growing perception that leaders are in no rush to jump-start an economy that is slowing but at a tolerable speed.

Retailer’s Irish arm increased its turnover last year by 4.6% to €3.75bn

Revenue increases to €64m at takeaway food delivery service

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Net profit for the Thai banking industry fell by nearly 10% year-on-year in the third quarter, weighed down by lower interest income and financial assistance measures aimed at easing customers' financing costs.

The EU and Vietnam are deepening economic and diplomatic ties, but closer cooperation raises concerns about whether Brussels is doing enough to address Hanoi's human rights record, labor standards and trade imbalances.

Europe and Vietnam are deepening economic and diplomatic ties, but closer cooperation raises concerns about whether Brussels is doing enough to address Hanoi's human rights record, labor standards and trade imbalances.

Spanish-owned bank launched Irish deposit accounts earlier this year

Tesla’s once-booming energy storage business also shrank in Q3 2026.

Sales increase by 25% to a record €15.8m in 2025

Chief executive Evelyn Moynihan credited group’s profitability to ‘tighter stock management and careful cost control’