Raspberry Pi, the British computer company that floated in June, reported on Tuesday stronger-than-expected adjusted earnings of $20.9 million for the first half, sending its shares up 7% in early trade. The group, which produces low-cost single-board computers and microcontrollers, said it sold marginally fewer devices than it expected, but...
Novo Nordisk CEO to testify at Senate hearing over high weight loss drug prices
Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, CEO of Novo Nordisk, speaks during an interview in New York on Aug. 10, 2022. Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Novo Nordisk's top executive is slated to face a Senate grilling on Tuesday over the high prices of the company's weight loss drug Wegovy...
China central bank releases slate of support measures amid a deepening economic slump
BEIJING — China will cut the amount of cash banks need to have on hand, known as the reserve requirement ratio, or RRR, by 50 basis points, People's Bank of China Gov. Pan Gongsheng said during a press conference on Tuesday. Pan, who was speaking to reporters alongside two other...
Britain’s finance minister calls for spending discipline but no return to austerity
Liverpool, ENGLAND — U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves vowed on Monday that Britain will not return to austerity, but said she would make hard choices as she lays out budget proposals next month. "It will be a budget with real ambition ... a budget to deliver the change we promised....