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JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon arrives for a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday.Here’s what Wall Street expects:Earnings per share: $4.84, according to LSEGRevenue: $45.4 billion, according to LSEGNet interest income: $24.16 billion, according to StreetAccountTrading Revenue: Fixed income of $5.3 billion, Equities of $2.97 billion, according to StreetAccountJPMorgan will give investors a view into how U.S. consumers and corporations fared in the third quarter.If, as analysts expect, the major trends…
LAHORE: At least five peopleincluding a police officer, three Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers, and a passerbywere killed as law enforcement agencies carried out a major pre-dawn operation in Muridke on Monday to disperse what officials described as “armed and violent mobs.” According to official sources, the crackdown came amid a multi-day protest march by the TLP supporters moving from Lahore toward Islamabad in what the group called a pro-Palestine demonstration. In a statement, the Punjab Police spokesperson said the operation began after TLP workers “attacked security personnel with stones, spiked sticks, and petrol bombs”. The protesters, he claimed, opened “indiscriminate…
David Solomon, CEO Goldman Sachs, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box on April 22nd, 2025. CNBCGoldman Sachs is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday.Here’s what Wall Street expects:Earnings per share: $11, according to LSEGRevenue: $14.1 billion, according to LSEGTrading revenue: Fixed Income of $3.19 billion, Equities of $3.9 billion, per StreetAccountInvesting banking fees: $2.15 billion, per StreetAccountGoldman Sachs is set up to be a beneficiary of several trends in the third quarter.Trading desks across Wall Street have benefitted as President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have roiled markets for bonds, currencies, commodities and stocks.Investment banking activity including mergers…
Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce, speaks during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 18, 2024.Halil Sagirkaya | Anadolu | Getty ImagesAs Salesforce welcomes tens of thousands of people to San Francisco for its annual Dreamforce conference, CEO Marc Benioff has found himself in the center of local controversy on a national issue.In an interview with The New York Times published on Friday, Benioff appeared eager for President Donald Trump to send federal troops to his company’s hometown, inserting himself into a national debate about whether the president should call the National Guard into various Democrat-led cities…
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Sohail Afridi was elected as the new chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, securing 90 votes in the provincial assembly during Monday’s session held under tight security in Peshawar. Following a tense political environment, Afridi’s election was marked by uncertainty over former chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s resignation and opposition objections regarding the election process. The K-P Assembly comprises 145 members, with 73 votes required for a simple majority. PTI’s Afridi comfortably surpassed that mark, consolidating the party’s control over the province. PTI lawmaker Asif Mehsud could not participate in the voting process as he is currently abroad. The announcement…
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday that artificial intelligence could become a larger part of global GDP as the technology spreads across industries.Tan said the current global GDP sits around $110 trillion, with 30% of that figure “valued from industries related to knowledge-based, technology-intensive.””And you put in generative AI, you create intelligence in a lot of other aspects of society,” Tan continued. “That 30% say will grow to 40% of all GDP. That’s $10 trillion a year.”If AI grows and becomes responsible for a larger piece of global GDP as Tan predicts, it would be a…
The Chinese Navy hospital ship, Silk Road Ark, arrives at Nuku’alofa Port in Tonga, Oct. 13, 2025. (Photo by Cui Xiaoyang/Xinhua)SUVA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — The Chinese naval hospital ship, Silk Road Ark, arrived at Nuku’alofa Port, Tonga, on Monday, starting a seven-day visit featuring medical services and cultural activities during its Mission Harmony 2025.This is the fourth visit to Tonga by a Chinese naval hospital ship on Mission Harmony.Tonga’s acting Prime Minister Taniela Fusimalohi, along with military and political dignitaries, the Chinese ambassador to Tonga, local residents, representatives of overseas Chinese and Chinese enterprises, came to the pier to…
The Peshawar High Court sought the opinion of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf seeking the immediate oath-taking of newly-elected Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. PTI filed the petition urging the court to ensure that Afridi is sworn in without delay, arguing that the province cannot be left without a functioning government. PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja appeared before the bench and told the court, “Sohail Afridi has been elected as the CM, and even a minute’s delay in his oath-taking is unjustified.” He added that the governor was out of the province,…
A woman cleans the store window of the Amazon house after activists sprayed paint on its logo during a protest on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2025.Yves Herman | ReutersAmazon fired a Palestinian engineer who was suspended last month after he protested the company’s work with the Israeli government.Ahmed Shahrour, who worked as a software engineer in Amazon’s Whole Foods business in Seattle, received an email on Monday informing him of his termination. When he was suspended in September, Amazon said the decision was the result of messages Shahrour…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while World leaders listen during a summit of European and Middle Eastern leaders on Gaza on October 13, 2025 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images This might not be Christmas, but the war in the Middle East is over — at least according to U.S. President Donald Trump.On Monday, Trump declared at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, that the “long and painful nightmare” was finally over for both the Israelis and Palestinians. More straightforwardly, Trump gave an unequivocal “yes” when asked by reporters if the war in the Middle East has ended, Reuters…