TJX Companies’ (TJX) gross margin declined by ten basis points to 28.9% year-over-year in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, which ended on May 5. Its gross margin declined due to a lower merchandise margin at the company’s HomeGoods segment due to an increased markdown recorded earlier in its fiscal first quarter. TJX Companies’ operating margin improved 30 basis points year-over-year to 11.1% in the first quarter of fiscal 2019.
China's vaccine developers stuck with unused mRNA COVID shots and idle manufacturing plants are pursuing new targets for the novel messenger RNA technology, but they face a tough path, crimped by a lack of revenue. Three Chinese companies - Walvax Biotechnology, CSPC Pharmaceutical Group and Stemirna Therapeutics - came up with mRNA vaccines that won limited emergency approvals in Asia. However, Walvax and CSPC are not currently manufacturing three of their China market shots, a China health official told Reuters.
Dr Sarah Benn could be struck off for her participation in peaceful climate change protests.
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The two lenders agree terms on a takeover deal that could be worth up to £780m.
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O'Donnell took aim at Watters and his predecessors in the primetime slot at what he called "the lying channel."
Israel’s military has not confirmed the strike and Iranian officials maintain ‘no damage’ in Isfahan
Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights ManagementAs the clock struck midnight on Friday and Spotify streams raged, Taylor Swift dropped a few hints behind the meaning of her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department.In her first statement since the album’s release, Swift said that she had “no scores to settle” via her music, and described the project as “both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.” Reviews, however, are already describing it as a “doozy” of a break-up album.In her
A wave of risk aversion swept over markets on Friday and sent investors chasing after traditional safety assets such as the Swiss franc and the yen following reports that Israel attacked Iran in an escalation of conflict in the Middle East. Three people familiar with the matter told Reuters that Israel attacked Iran, days after Iran launched a retaliatory drone strike on Israel. Some of those moves were later retraced as few details emerged about the attack and an Iranian official told Reuters no missile attack took place.
Oil and gold prices rose and shares fell in Asian trade.
Futures fell on reports of Iran explosions: The market power trend is about to end. Netflix gave weak guidance.
Pop star shares message with fans from Instagram as they scramble to stream her latest record
US officials reportedly tell CBS News an Israeli missile has struck Iran
Swift dropped her 11th studio album on Friday, April 19
ABCTaylor Swift fans have been counting down the seconds until the release of her much-anticipated new album, The Tortured Poets Department, which arrives today. But it was the Swifties who ended up being tortured when Jimmy Kimmel decided to prank a few of them by attempting to pass “Anything Is Possible,” Lara Trump’s painful-to-hear new single, off as a track from Swift.Spoiler alert: No one was impressed.“Taylor Swift’s album isn’t the only major release this month,” Kimmel told his audience
The board of Next 15 Group plc ( LON:NFG ) has announced that the dividend on 9th of August will be increased to...
Finance chiefs from economies large and small are scrambling to keep pace with the Federal Reserve's rapid resetting of rate-cut expectations as U.S. inflation data roils markets from London to Brazil. All insist they are setting policy independently of the Fed and basing it on local conditions. It's an unexpected turn that has supercharged the U.S. dollar, stressing other currencies in return and raising the prospect of currency intervention in Asia.
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