Kevin Smith

Celtic Glasgow: The Exception That Proves the Rule

Often, as the old joke goes, the best way to make a small fortune in football is to start with a large one.

07 January 2026 at 01:42 am AEDT

Venezuelan oil: between pie-in-the-sky plans and on-the-ground reality

Will the recent abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro really change the game in the global oil market, as some commentators claim?

05 January 2026 at 09:28 pm AEDT

A former star of the S&P 500, FMC is now one of its cheapest companies

Once a defensive stock in a sector thought to be shielded from cycles, FMC ticked every box and, for three full decades, stood out for a market run that beat the S&P 500.

05 January 2026 at 08:14 pm AEDT

SeSa still has to prove itself

In a consulting sector that has been battered of late, the Italian digital services consulting firm SeSa published interim results that confirm its resilience and growth trajectory.

22 December 2025 at 07:54 pm AEDT

PayPal has not had the last word yet

Despite stiff headwinds, the online payments pioneer is expected to deliver volume growth of about 7% to 8% in 2025.

19 December 2025 at 03:11 am AEDT

Worldline, 2025's worst performer, pulls off a spectacular festive rally

Worldline is clockin up a sixth straight gain on the Paris stockmarket today, having risen by over 10% to EUR1.7185 at one point this morning.

16 December 2025 at 10:57 pm AEDT

Fiserv: stock plunges - a déjà vu?

The American financial services group's market drubbing will likely go down in the history books.

16 December 2025 at 07:46 pm AEDT

Assisted suicide by share buybacks at iRobot

The American maker of Roomba vacuums, founded by three MIT engineers and a pioneer in autonomous home appliances, announced a few hours ago that it is filing for bankruptcy.

15 December 2025 at 11:29 pm AEDT

Prada valuation at a low after acquisition of Versace

Prada shareholders, who had praised the solid progress of the turnaround plan led by its excellent chief executive Andrea Guerra, end the year on a high note with the finalization of the Versace takeover in early December.

15 December 2025 at 06:27 pm AEDT

Omnicom at multiples not seen since the subprime crisis

With the acquisition of Interpublic, officially completed on November 26, Omnicom reclaims the world top spot in the advertising sector from Publicis.

12 December 2025 at 09:51 pm AEDT

Adobe defies forecasts and secures another blockbuster year

It's business as usual at Adobe, which is stringing together yet another consecutive quarter of growth and, for the moment, handsomely disproving fears of AI-driven disruption.

11 December 2025 at 09:25 pm AEDT

ABC of financial analysis: the number of shares outstanding

The capital of listed companies is divided into a certain number of shares outstanding.

11 December 2025 at 08:00 pm AEDT

Toll Brothers retains investors' confidence

There are no clear signs of a rebound for the fourth-largest homebuilder in the US.

10 December 2025 at 10:14 pm AEDT

Long ordeal for ThyssenKrupp

Do not call ThyssenKrupp a steelmaker anymore, as the German group has found itself a new identity: it now presents itself as a "financial holding" (company) focused on the "management of a portfolio of businesses."

10 December 2025 at 10:06 pm AEDT

Brown-Forman authorizes a first wave of share buybacks

The American spirits group published its semi-annual results at the end of last week.

09 December 2025 at 01:00 am AEDT

Netflix Leaves Paramount Skydance High and Dry

There is a whiff of intrigue worthy of the series 'Succession' around the very likely acquisition of Warner Bros' streaming assets and studio by Netflix.

08 December 2025 at 07:58 pm AEDT

Boom in AI remains highly theoretical at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

The American hardware maker - which published its annual results yesterday, which included its best revenue in ten years.

06 December 2025 at 02:17 am AEDT

ABC of Financial Analysis: Working Capital Requirement

As a concept that is often abstract or poorly understood, the working capital requirement is nevertheless a fundamental variable in defining the attractiveness of a business activity.

05 December 2025 at 02:04 am AEDT

Pure Storage finally breaks out of its stockmarket lethargy

The flash-memory data storage specialist had stayed on the sidelines of the AI rally.

05 December 2025 at 01:49 am AEDT

Airbus: troubles never come alone

Airbus has been forced to reduce its delivery ambitions. On Wednesday the aerospace group announced that it would ultimately deliver around 790 commercial aircraft in 2025, down from 820 previously planned. The cause: a quality issue detected on certain fuselage panels of the A320, its flagship model. The revision will not surprise anyone, and is tempered by the confirmation of 2025 financial targets.

03 December 2025 at 07:28 pm AEDT

Soaring Indra Sistemas on the verge of a strategic merger

A strong stock-market run for the Spanish equipment maker and integrator specializing in the defense and aerospace sectors, with additional outlets in transport and infrastructure.

02 December 2025 at 04:08 am AEDT