Sartorius reports a return to 'normal' demand for consumables in its preliminary 2025 results, driving sales past €3.5 billion. While equipment investment remains subdued, strong recurring revenue and cost discipline fueled profit growth, setting a cautiously optimistic tone for 2026.
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The e-commerce giant has agreed to a major settlement to resolve class action claims that its automated returns system wrongly withheld refunds from U.S. customers, marking another significant regulatory payout for the company.
Despite a challenging economic landscape marked by tariff pressures and soft MRO demand, W.W. Grainger reported resilient 2025 results, achieving 4.9% organic sales growth and strategic progress. The industrial supplies leader is doubling down on technology, supply chain expansion, and customer experience to drive market share gains in the coming year.
As companies grapple with bloated software portfolios, a push for Go-To-Market platform consolidation is gaining momentum. Beyond cost savings, executives are finding that a unified system is critical for data integrity, sales velocity, and strategic agility in a competitive market.
As Israel's conflicts stretch into a third year, a wave of defense technology startups—founded and staffed by reservists with direct combat experience—is attracting record investment and global demand, despite mounting international scrutiny over Gaza.
The global private markets investment firm reported robust growth across assets under management and fee-related earnings, while detailing the closing of a major strategic partnership and continued momentum in its semi-liquid Evergreen funds.
Soaring child care expenses, now consuming an average of 20% of household income, are compelling parents to deplete savings, delay major purchases, and reconsider career paths, with broader implications for the economy.
Oracle is preparing a massive capital raise of up to $50 billion to fuel its AI and cloud infrastructure expansion, alongside potential large-scale job cuts and a strategic review of its Cerner healthcare unit, marking a pivotal moment in its competition with cloud giants.
Bloom Energy's stock rallied sharply Tuesday after Roth Capital raised its price target, citing potential order announcements. However, with shares up over 575% in a year and trading at extreme valuations, analysts caution that much of the optimism may already be priced in ahead of Thursday's Q4 report.
Siemens Energy is making a major investment in its North Carolina manufacturing footprint, committing $421 million to expand operations and create approximately 500 new jobs focused on building critical energy infrastructure.
In its first earnings call under new CEO Ron Lewis and CFO Daniel Rabbitt, Ball Corporation reported strong 2025 results and outlined a strategic growth runway fueled by recent acquisitions in Europe and expanded manufacturing capacity in the United States.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company reported mixed Q4 2025 results, with strong cost management and cash flow offsetting market challenges. The agribusiness giant outlined a cautiously optimistic 2026 outlook, pinning hopes on policy clarity for biofuels and a continued recovery in its Nutrition segment.
Shares of aerospace and defense manufacturer Woodward, Inc. (WWD) surged over 16% Thursday, hitting a new 52-week high after the company reported quarterly results that crushed analyst expectations, driven by strength in its core markets.
A century-old federal charter granted to the National Education Association is now in the crosshairs of GOP lawmakers, who accuse the nation's largest teachers' union of abandoning its educational mission for partisan activism.
In his first earnings call as CEO, Robert Reebroek outlines a comprehensive operational review and a disciplined strategy focused on cost optimization, inventory reduction, and accelerated innovation to unlock shareholder value, targeting a significant free cash flow inflection next year.
Blackstone President Jon Gray warns that AI-driven disruption is a paramount concern for the $1.27 trillion asset manager, urging a focus on infrastructure investments as the safest play in the transformative trend.
Avis Budget Group is closing Zipcar's Boston headquarters, laying off 128 employees and moving core operations to its New Jersey base, marking a significant shift for the pioneering car-sharing brand it acquired in 2013.
CNBC's Jim Cramer advised viewers to avoid Energy Fuels (UUUU) during a recent lightning round, instead pointing to GE Vernova (GEV) as his preferred pure-play investment to capitalize on the nuclear energy resurgence.
CNBC's Jim Cramer has turned bullish on logistics giant C.H. Robinson, pointing to recent positive signals in the freight sector as a key catalyst for the stock's potential.
