Новости за 12.03.2024

Lego sales increased last year as the toy-brick maker’s Harry Potter play sets and Fortnite video game boosted its popularity, helping it outperform and take market share from its rivals despite a slump in global demand.

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The airline expects to report a first-quarter loss but projects a return to profitability in the second quarter.

An investigation into the “technical event” that caused the Latam plane to lurch downward could focus on software, experts say.

Alaska Air Group has returned its fleet to service and now expects to top previous first-quarter performance targets despite having to ground its Boeing planes over an in-flight incident from January.

3M appointed William Brown, the former leader of aerospace and defense technology company L3Harris Technologies, as its next chief executive.

The ship marks first test of a new maritime corridor seen as one way to counter the hunger crisis unfolding in the Palestinian enclave.

The National Federation of Independent Business said its small-business optimism index declined to 89.4 from 89.9 in January, weaker than expectations of an increase to 90.2.

The Bank of Japan is likely to move slowly in raising interest rates above zero even if it decides to end its negative interest-rate policy, according to people familiar with the central bank’s thinking.

The niche social network can be valuable to advertisers, but spending needs to come down.

Varda Space Industries says it has a way to create better medicines: use microgravity.

Concrete accounts for more than 7% of global carbon emissions, according to some estimates.

Changes in the federal financial-aid application, testing requirements and affirmative action have plunged applicants and schools into uncertainty. A college counselor called one part ”a hot mess.”

Free agents are signing, the draft is coming, and yet the most essential position in sports is never a sure thing.

The TV adaptation of a political memoir about covering Hillary Clinton encountered the twists of the fast-changing streaming industry.

Leonardo said it expected new orders will continue to grow this year through to 2028, led by its core defense electronics and security business at a time of escalating geopolitical tensions.

The move to ban TikTok is gaining steam in Congress. Carrying through with it would mean opening several cans of worms—practical, legal and political.

Both candidates are expected to secure enough delegates for party nods after a round of primary voting on Tuesday. The marquee contest is in Georgia.

The government’s Direct File system could expand to more states and more complex tax returns.

Base metals prices edged up while gold slipped as investors’ nerves weighed ahead of the U.S. CPI data release.

Oil prices rose ahead of key U.S. inflation data and OPEC’s monthly oil-market report.

U.K. wage growth eased marginally in the three months to January, as the unemployment rate ticked up, a small relief to Bank of England policymakers hoping that labor pressures would ease ahead of expected interest-rate cuts later this year.

Persimmon narrowly missed market views for last year’s pretax profit and revenue amid a persistently tough, albeit improving, market backdrop, while it expects housing completion to rise this year.

There is a risk that U.S. CPI data come in higher than expected, dampening the likelihood of an earlier interest-rate cut by the Fed and causing the dollar and Treasury yields to rise, Swissquote Bank said.

Air New Zealand will pause its Auckland-Chicago service for up to six months due to what the carrier said is a shortage of engines for its Boeing Dreamliner aircraft.