(Reuters) -KKR’s first-quarter profit rose nearly 20% on higher fees and the investment firm said it was ready to put its $116 billion of capital to use as market volatility creates fresh opportunities. The results reflect the structural advantage held by large alternative asset managers, which can generate hundreds of millions in management fees even when asset sales are muted. While a slowdown ...
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) -CVS Health raised its full-year profit forecast on Thursday following strong performance across its businesses, signaling that the healthcare conglomerate was on a path to recovery after a series of challenges last year. Shares of the company jumped 8.5% to $72.35 in premarket trading after CVS raised its 2025 adjusted profit forecast to $6 to $6.20 per share from $ ...
Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs has refreshed its Conviction Lists for both the U.S. and Asia-Pacific regions, highlighting additions that reflect resilience, growth potential, and valuation upside. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) were added to the U.S. list, while Axis Bank (NSE:AXBK) joined the APAC roster alongside Horizon Robotics and NextDC.In the U.S ...
By Aditya Soni and Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -The fortunes of Big Tech are diverging in a rapidly changing business landscape, as demand for artificial intelligence fuels growth in cloud and digital ads while consumer electronics take a battering from President Donald Trump’s global trade war. AI came to the rescue of earnings at Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Google-parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOO ...