ROUNDUP 2: Apple struggles with chip shortages after iPhone record quarter
CUPERTINO – Apple US0378331005 is struggling to get enough chips after a surprisingly strong record quarter for its iPhones. It is currently not possible to predict how quickly the delivery bottlenecks can be overcome, said CEO Tim Cook. In the holiday quarter, iPhone business grew 23 percent year-over-year to $85.3 billion.
ROUNDUP: Adidas defies US tariff policy – record sales and share buybacks
HERZOGENAURACH – The sporting goods manufacturer Adidas DE000A1EWWW0 generated more sales last year than ever before and significantly increased its operating result. The company thus defied negative effects such as US tariff policy and the strong euro. The management around CEO Björn Gulden was confident about future developments. Because of this and thanks to the strong cash flows, Adidas also announced share buybacks worth billions.
ROUNDUP: Visa increases sales and profits – Trump’s interest rate plans are unsettling
SAN FRANCISCO – US payment service provider Visa US92826C8394 benefited from strong consumer spending in its first fiscal quarter. Sales and profits rose more than analysts expected on average. The news was initially met with price losses on the financial market. Investors may have expected even stronger results – like Visa’s rival Mastercard US57636Q1040.
Verizon gains more mobile customers than expected – shares rise
NEW YORK – The US telecommunications company Verizon US92343V1044 gained significantly more new mobile customers than expected in the fourth quarter. The group benefited from advertising measures in the highly competitive market. Around 616,000 net new customers were acquired in the mobile communications business, as the group announced on Friday in New York. This is the best quarterly value since 2019, it goes on to say. Analysts had expected significantly less here. There were 372,000 new contracts in the broadband business. The share rose by around two percent in premarket US trading.
American Express increases sales and profits – shares lose
NEW YORK – The credit card provider American Express US0258161092 did not benefit from customers’ desire to spend as much as Visa and Mastercard at the end of 2025. In the fourth quarter, sales rose by ten percent year-on-year to almost 19 billion US dollars (15.9 billion euros), as the company announced on Friday in New York. Quarterly profit increased by 13 percent to almost $2.5 billion.
Lower oil prices weigh on Chevron – restraint in Venezuela
HOUSTON – Oil company Chevron US1667641005 reported falling profits in the fourth quarter. The reason was lower prices and the weak dollar. This could only be partially offset by higher production, as the company announced on Friday in Houston. Net profit fell from $3.2 to $2.8 billion. Adjusted earnings per share fell from $2.06 to $1.52, but analysts had feared an even larger decline. The stock is trading little changed in pre-market US trading.
ROUNDUP: Software provider Atoss earns more than expected – shares move little
MUNICH – The software company Atoss DE0005104400 increased its sales and earned more last year. The specialist for personnel management and temporary employment software was more profitable than previously forecast. Growth is expected to continue in the coming years. The dividend is expected to increase by 15 cents to 2.28 euros per share. The share, which is listed in the small-value index SDax DE0009653386, has shown little change on the stock exchange.
ROUNDUP: Thyssenkrupp boss promotes corporate restructuring to shareholders
BOCHUM – Thyssenkrupp DE0007500001 boss Miguel López promoted the restructuring of the traditional group at the general meeting. “For a long time, Thyssenkrupp was run as an integrated industrial group,” said López in front of around 500 shareholders. Strategic decisions were made at the headquarters in Essen. “In the future, Thyssenkrupp AG will be a financial holding company – an investment company that fundamentally brings together majority stakes in strong, independently owned companies under one roof.”
Circles: Amazon could put $50 billion into OpenAI
SAN FRANCISCO – According to media reports, Amazon US0231351067 is negotiating an investment of up to 50 billion US dollars (42 billion euros) in ChatGPT developer OpenAI. The deal could also include OpenAI purchasing computing power from Amazon, the Bloomberg news agency reported. The world’s largest online retailer could now rely on AI models from OpenAI.
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