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August 2025

Key highlights from Kimberly-Clark’s (KMB) Q2 2025 earnings results

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NASDAQ: KMB) reported its second quarter 2025 earnings results today. Net sales were $4.2 billion, down 1.6% year-over-year. Organic sales growth was 3.9%. Net income attributable to Kimberly-Clark Corporation decreased 6.4% to $509 million compared to last year. GAAP earnings per share of $1.53 was down 5% YoY while adjusted EPS was down 2% to […]

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Trump’s Global Tariff Breakdown: Full Country-By-Country Rate List

Trump’s Global Tariff Breakdown: Full Country-By-Country Rate List Four months after President Trump stunned the world and rattled global markets by unveiling “Liberation Day” tariff rates, his latest revisions (read here), announced Thursday, and set to go into effect in a week, sparked fresh global equity futures selling early Friday morning. With an average tariff rate of 15%,

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CL Earnings: All you need to know about Colgate-Palmolive’s Q2 2025 earnings results

Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) reported its second quarter 2025 earnings results today. Net sales increased 1% year-over-year to $5.1 billion. Organic sales growth was 1.8%. Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company was $743 million compared to $731 million last year. GAAP EPS rose 2% to $0.91 while adjusted EPS grew 1% to $0.92 YoY.  

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Standard Chartered Sees Higher Long-Term Oil Prices As Shale Costs Rise

Standard Chartered Sees Higher Long-Term Oil Prices As Shale Costs Rise Oil prices are set to trend higher in the coming years, according to Standard Chartered, as the economics of U.S. shale have shifted significantly, according to OilPrice.com. While crude has hovered near $70/bbl — close to the 20-year average of $73.38 — StanChart notes

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Berlin’s Special Visa Program For Syrians, Afghans, & Iraqis Scrapped After Federal Intervention

Berlin’s Special Visa Program For Syrians, Afghans, & Iraqis Scrapped After Federal Intervention Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Berlin’s special state-level migration program that allowed Syrians, Afghans, and Iraqis to privately sponsor relatives has come to an abrupt end following a federal order by Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt. In a letter to Berlin’s

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Zelensky Says He Discussed New ‘Large-Scale’ Arms Deal With Trump

Zelensky Says He Discussed New ‘Large-Scale’ Arms Deal With Trump Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a Wednesday night address said Kiev is on the brink of another major arms agreement with the US. He described he presented President Donald Trump with Ukraine’s “main principles” for future weapons deals, but without specifying whether Trump has agreed to the terms. “Today,

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US Imposes Sweeping New Sanctions On Iranian Shipping Network

US Imposes Sweeping New Sanctions On Iranian Shipping Network Via The Cradle The US Treasury Department has announced new sanctions targeting the global shipping interests reportedly controlled by Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, son of senior Iranian official Ali Shamkhani, in what it described as the most significant Iran-related action since 2018. The sanctions aim to dismantle what Treasury

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Landfill Tax reforms could trigger shortage of aggregates, says trade group

Misguided tax reforms meant to reduce landfill would have a devastating impact on one of the UK’s key foundation industries, with a knock-on impact for UK construction and nature conservation, according to the principal UK trade association representing the mineral products industry. The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has warned the Government that its proposed changes

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Spain Beats Germany, Tops EU, In Asylum Requests Amid Shift In Migrant Patterns

Spain Beats Germany, Tops EU, In Asylum Requests Amid Shift In Migrant Patterns Germany is no longer the EU’s top destination for asylum seekers, as applications from Syrians plummet following the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December, according to an unpublished EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA) report seen by the Financial Times. The report says

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