W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) has announced its fourth-quarter earnings, revealing a year of record sales and earnings. The company reported over $16.5 billion in sales, marking an 8.6% increase on a daily basis. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) rose over 23% to $36.67, and the company has set its sights…

Imperial Oil Limited (NYSE:) has announced strong financial results for the fourth quarter, with a net income of $1.365 billion and cash from operating activities totaling $1.799 billion. The company experienced record production from its Kearl asset, reaching an average of 308,000 barrels per day, and saw significant achievements in…

LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) revealed a strong financial performance in its fourth quarter and full-year 2023 earnings call, announcing earnings of $8.65 per share with an EBITDA of $5.2 billion for the year. The company surpassed its value enhancement program goals, achieving over $400 million in annual EBITDA improvements. LyondellBasell also…

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) -Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who led a campaign criticizing Harvard University as it has been rocked by turmoil over practices related to antisemitism, plagiarism and financial management, on Friday failed in a bid to get four candidates on the ballot for a governing board of the…

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s stock exchanges have cut the daily share trading limits for digital payments firm Paytm to 10%, from 20%, after a $2 billion rout in the stock following a regulatory crackdown on the company’s banking unit. The new 10% limits will be applicable from Monday, the…

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cash-strapped developer Country Garden said on Saturday more than 30 of its projects had been listed by Chinese local governments as suitable for financing support, as authorities aim to inject liquidity into the crisis-hit sector. China’s largest private property developer said in a statement to Reuters…

By Sarita Chaganti Singh and Ira Dugal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s central bank has found hundreds of thousands of accounts at Paytm Payments Bank created without proper identification and has passed the information on to the country’s financial crime fighting agency, three sources familiar with the matter said. The…

By Haripriya Suresh, VarunVyas Hebbalalu and Aditya Kalra BENGALURU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A rags-to-riches tale, Vijay Shekhar Sharma is no stranger to controversy. Now, India’s startup king faces arguably his biggest crisis in a race to save his revolutionary digital payments firm that had once counted Warren Buffett as a…

By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) -Societe Generale, France’s third-biggest listed bank, is set to cut about 900 jobs in its home country this year, two sources close to the matter said, as CEO Slawomir Krupa seeks to cut costs to boost profits. The job cuts will mostly target IT and…

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A judge has rejected Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:)’ effort to dismiss a New York City grandmother’s lawsuit claiming it misled consumers into believing its PediaSure Grow & Gain nutrition drinks were “clinically proven” to help children grow taller. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan…