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LONDON — The U.K. economy slipped into a technical recession in the final quarter of last year, initial figures showed Thursday.The Office for National Statistics said U.K. gross domestic product shrank by 0.3% in the final three months of the year, notching the second consecutive quarterly decline.Though there is no…

Shares of Renault climbed in morning trade on Thursday, after the French carmaker said it would propose raising its dividend per share to 1.85 euros ($1.99) for the financial year, up from 0.25 euros previously.Paris-listed shares were 6.9% higher at 9:27 a.m. London time.The company on Wednesday reported a full-year…

ReposiTrak, Inc. (NYSE:TRAK) Q2 2024 Results Earnings Conference Call February 14, 2024 4:15 PM ET Company Participants Jeff Stanlis – Investor Relations, FNK IR John Merrill – Chief Financial Officer Randy Fields – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Thomas Forte – Private Investor Operator Greetings. Welcome to…

Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, a former army general, appears to have an early unofficial lead in the race to become country’s next president, “quick counts” and exit polls show as voting closes.Prabowo appears to have won a simple majority of ballots cast in Wednesday’s elections in the world’s third-largest…

Super Bowl LVIII was the most-watched television show in history, as an estimated 123.4 million people watched the Kansas City Chiefs rally in overtime to defeat the San Francisco 49ers.CBS Sports said that figure included viewers across all platforms and was up 7% from last year’s 115.1 million average viewers,…

China and Russia are considered less of a threat to Western populations now than a year ago, as public concern pivots to non-traditional risks such as mass migration and radical Islam, new research said.Public perception of traditional hard security risks remains higher now than three years ago but has fallen…

The Q4 earnings season has done an about-face after starting out a little rough with disappointing banking results. Better-than-expected reports in the last two weeks have been driving US stocks to new highs. On Thursday, the S&P 500® crossed the 5,000 mark for the first time ever in intraday trading.…

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