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Highlights Microsoft earnings exceeded analyst expectations Revenue growth projected to be 3%, second consecutive quarter below 10% Azure cloud business continues to grow, despite slowing rate Overview Following the bell, Microsoft released its earnings report, which exceeded analyst expectations. According to Refinitiv, the company earned $2.45 per share, compared to the expected $2.23 per share

Dow Jones Newswires Published: April 24, 2023 at 10:41 p.m. ET TOKYO — Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reaffirmed the bank’s easy policy stance Tuesday, a few days before his first policy-setting meeting as new governor. “Given current economic, price and financial conditions, it is appropriate to continue monetary easing with current yield curve

Dow Jones Newswires Published: April 24, 2023 at 9:52 p.m. ET Mitsubishi Electric Corp. shares JP:6503 rose sharply Tuesday morning after the company announced the restructuring of its loss-making car equipment business. Shares were recently 4.7% higher at 1,706.5 yen ($12.71) after rising as much as 5.4% earlier. The company said Monday after market close

Dow Jones Newswires Published: April 23, 2023 at 11:41 p.m. ET By Megumi Fujikawa TOKYO — Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said Monday that he would continue monetary easing for the time being because he expects inflation to start slowing down soon. “Trend inflation is still below 2% so we need to continue monetary

Hermes International SCA said Friday that sales momentum continued into the first part of the year, propelled by increased tourism and new stores. The French luxury fashion house RMS, +1.52%, maker of Birkin handbags, booked sales of 3.38 billion euros ($3.73 billion) in the first quarter, rising 23% at constant currency from EUR2.77 billion in

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda said he told the Group of 20 forum that the bank needs to maintain its monetary policy easing stance, with inflation expected to slow soon. Japan’s consumer inflation, which was at around 3% in February, is expected to fall below the bank’s 2% target toward the latter half of

Fast Retailing Co. shares 9983, +8.49% rose sharply Friday morning after the owner of Uniqlo apparel stores posted strong quarterly earnings thanks to global sales growth and raised its annual profit guidance. The company’s shares were recently 8.8% higher at 32,940 yen after rising as much as 9.7% earlier. Fast Retailing said Thursday after market

Dow Jones Newswires Last Updated: April 13, 2023 at 3:43 a.m. ET First Published: April 13, 2023 at 2:42 a.m. ET FILE – Junior doctors hold placards on a picket line outside St Mary’s Hospital in London, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. AP The U.K. economy stalled in February after public-sector strikes hit activity in the