L’Oreal Sales Hurt by Deepening Demand Slowdown in China

ADRs fall in New York, dragging rival Estee Lauder lower Unit that includes CeraVe disappointed on lack of launches L’Oreal SA posted disappointing sales last quarter as the beauty company suffers from worsening consumer demand in China. Like-for-like sales in North...

Gensler Sees Potential Peril in $13 Trillion of Eurodollars

Much of those offshore holdings are uninsured, SEC chair says Artificial intelligence may also pose stability risk, he says Wall Street’s top cop is sounding an alarm about the eurodollar market’s potential to foment instability in global economies, and he renewed...

JPMorgan, at Odds With Goldman, Sees Solid Run Ahead for Stocks

Firms differ over the long-term outlook for US equity returns Corporations are ‘very good at growing margins:’ JPM’s Kelly Strategists at two of Wall Street’s biggest banks have reached diverging conclusions about where the US stock market is heading in the years...

US Posts $1.8 Trillion Annual Deficit, Highest Outside of Covid

Deficit exceeds 6% of GDP for a second straight year Debt interest costs, Social Security, defense spending climb The US government’s budget deficit hit its highest since the Covid pandemic years in 2024, propelled by increased debt interest costs and higher Social...