Ostiraleko egunkarien laburpena: Microsoft, hipoteka-tasak, Boeing, Alphabet, Trump
Microsoft beat Wall Street estimates for its third-quarter revenue last night, driven by gains from artificial intelligence adoption across its cloud services and business software products. The company said its revenues had risen to $61.9 billion, up by 17 per cent and exceeding the $60.8 billion, or 15 per cent rise, that had been forecast. Its net income was $21.9 billion, up by 20% from the year before. - The Times
Zifra berriek agerian uzten dutenez, aldiriko aldiriko herriek izan dute kalterik handiena hipoteken kostuen gorakadaren ondorioz. Londrestik kanpoko gotorleku kontserbadoreetako jabeek etxebizitzaren kostuen igoerarik handiena izan zuten iaz, 1.4 milioi epe finkoko hipoteka berritzeko moduan baitzeuden. Estatistika Nazionaleko Bulegoak (ONS) egindako analisiak erakusten du Uttlesford, Tonbridge eta Malling eta Tandridge bezalako auzoetako herrietako familiak tasa igoeraren amaiera zorrotzean zeudela. - Telegraph
Boeing burned through nearly $4bn in the last quarter as it scrambled to contain a safety crisis unleashed by a mid-flight blowout of a cabin panel on a brand-new 737 Max 9 jet. The US planemaker has been left reeling by the incident in January, which raised questions about its bestselling commercial plane, and warnings from a whistleblower about other sections of its production line. - Guardian
Google-ren jabea Alphabet announced its first-ever dividend of 20 cents a share on Thursday, despite spending billions of dollars on data centres to catch up with rivals on generative artificial intelligence. Alphabet, which has faced tough competition for advertising budgets from other online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Amazon, reported a 15 per cent rise in quarterly revenue to $80.5 billion in the three months to the end of March compared with $69.8 billion a year ago. It also said it would buy back an extra $70 billion of Alphabet shares. - The Times
Former president Donald Trump qualified for a bonus worth $1.2bn after shares in his social media company remained above a certain value despite falling sharply. Trump is poised to receive 36m additional shares in Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), owner of his Truth Social platform, under an “earn-out” windfall which boosts the paper value of his stake in the business to about $3.7bn. - Guardian