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Walmart announced its fourth-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2025. The e-commerce giant achieved a record-breaking revenue of $680.985 billion, surpassing its previous year’s performance. This equates to an average daily income of about $1.86 billion.  Amid this financial success, how will Walmart move toward its climate and net zero goals?  Profits Soar While Sustainability Goals Stall? Walmart posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.66 and revenue of $180.55 billion for Q4. This exceeded analyst predictions of $0.64 EPS and $180.31 billion in revenue. The company’s growth was significantly driven by its online business, which saw a 16% increase in…

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While the S & P 500 is trading close to its all-time high, a group of favored stocks among hedge funds is soaring even higher, according to Goldman Sachs. The S & P 500 reached an all-time intraday high as well as a new closing record on Wednesday, the broad market index’s second consecutive record close. But Goldman Sachs sliced and diced market performance another way, tracking the holdings of 695 hedge funds with a combined $3.1 trillion of gross equity positions at the beginning of 2025 and finding the top 50 stocks that show up most often among each…

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New Delhi: India’s much-anticipated carbon market is likely to be launched by 2026, said Union power minister Manohar Lal.It would be crucial for Indian industry, especially for exporters as they need to comply with global norms to curb carbon emission, the minister said on Friday.Companies in sectors such as steel and cement sectors have been concerned of the impact of European Union’s (EU) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which imposes tariffs on carbon-intensive products. Carbon credits would push manufacturing companies towards green power and lower carbon emissions, which would increase their compliance for exports to countries in the EU.Also read…

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Image source: The Motley Fool When I was looking at the Barclays (LSE:BARC) results last week, I was reminded of the words of Warren Buffett, who once said: “Never invest in a business you cannot understand.” As a shareholder in the bank, I was taking an interest in its 2024 results, which were released on 12 February. In particular, I was reviewing the company’s extensive 536-page annual report. What’s inside? It’s an impressive document. It contains 226,195 words – yes, I checked! Based on an average reading speed of 238 words per minute, it’d take me nearly 16 hours to read it…

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A Message from Verra’s CEO In the past few weeks, the geopolitical landscape has changed dramatically, and many have been discussing what the future holds for the voluntary carbon market (VCM). The short answer is that none of us knows for sure. The longer answer is that, as we know all too well in the VCM, climate solutions must come from everywhere, and we cannot rely solely on government action to drive change. In this moment of political retreat, the VCM stands out as a resilient force, as it’s a mechanism that doesn’t depend on the whims of elections or…

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Apple CEO Tim Cook (L) takes a selfie with a greets customers on arrival for the release of the Vision Pro headset at the Apple Store in New York City on February 2, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesWhen Apple revealed the Vision Pro in 2023, it called the $3,500 headset its next “major platform.” Two years later, and a year after going on sale, the device is thin on apps. Apple doesn’t regularly release stats on the number of Vision Pro apps that are available, and it’s hard to tell how many new apps come out in any given…

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Hodge Bank’s three-year fixed savings account has earned an “excellent” rating after changing the interest to 4.4%.The new interest rate is lower than what the bank previously offered on the account.Still, experts at Moneyfactscompare have praised the account for maintaining a “competitive” position in the market.The interest rate is fixed for three years, and savers need a minimum deposit of £1,000 to invest to launch the account.Fixed-rate accounts can offer a layer of certainty to saving, as they enable savers to lock in an interest rate for a set length of time. However, they typically come with additional restrictions, such…

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Image source: Getty Images Generating passive income doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be as simple as investing in UK company shares in a Stocks and Shares ISA, then sitting back as the tax-free dividends accumulate over time.  To give an example, let’s assume an investor wants to aim for an average of £700 each month in passive income. How would they get there? Let’s take a look. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future. The content in this article is provided for information purposes…

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(Bloomberg) — Business activity in the euro area hardly grew again in February, reinforcing fears that the bloc remains mired in stagnation. Most Read from Bloomberg The Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index by S&P Global held at 50.2, just above the 50 threshold separating expansion from contraction. Analysts had predicted a reading of 50.5. “The somewhat milder recession in the manufacturing sector is only just being overcompensated for by the barely noticeable growth in the services sector,” Cyrus de la Rubia, an economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank, said Friday in a statement, adding that the figures don’t point to a recovery.…

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