FT News Briefing
US big tech companies report colossal earnings, US GDP down, companies cling to share buybacks
Fri, 31 Jul 2020
Facebook, Amazon, and Apple all reported stellar revenue increases in the latest quarter. The FT’s Richard Waters will explain what that means in the context of Wednesday’s US congressional big tech antitrust hearings. Then, FT US markets reporter Colby Smith will explain investor reaction to the worst contraction in the US economy in postwar history. Plus, corporate America is still clinging on to share buybacks despite the global recession. Register for the Energy Source talk, “Profit and Power in the Energy Industry” https://live.ft.com/Events/2020/Profit-and-Power-in-the-Energy-Industry?segmentId=b52e1504-1d03-48a4-76bc-38fb50ada64b&utm_us=JJYAAPApple revenues defy expectations despite store closureshttps://www.ft.com/content/20d1ef26-2bf4-4900-85b2-08ef7c6d1ae1US economy suffers sharpest postwar contraction in second quarterhttps://www.ft.com/content/3ff15dc7-be90-4676-8121-5a868016c4bbUS companies cling to share buybacks despite collapse in profitsft.com/content/1c924be0-5bc0-4eba-a088-b98b13080c04? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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