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fromIndependent
16 hours ago

Food brands scoring bumper profits - as price hike misery continues for punters

Companies blame higher costs for prices increases - but analysis by the 'Sunday Independent' reveals combined operating profit among 18 popular brands is up over 62pc since 2021, to €416.8m The food industry is blaming higher costs as the main driver of soaring prices - but analysis by the Sunday Independent shows major brands across the sector are reporting bumper profits, explaining at least some of the price hikes.
Food & drink
Business
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

The analyst who once predicted the 'end of capitalism' sees Zohran Mamdani as a 'day of reckoning coming in'-and corporates only have themselves to blame | Fortune

Post-pandemic stimulus enabled profit-driven "greedflation," causing soaring corporate margins that provoked political backlash and public outrage against corporate excess.
#earnings-season
fromFortune
1 month ago
Business

Corporate America is trying to tell us something about the economy, top analyst says: a 3-year recession for 'much of the private economy' ended in April | Fortune

fromFortune
1 month ago
Business

Corporate America is trying to tell us something about the economy, top analyst says: a 3-year recession for 'much of the private economy' ended in April | Fortune

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Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
1 month ago

A 'jobless profit boom' has cemented a permanent loss in payrolls as AI displaces labor at a faster rate, strategist says | Fortune

AI-driven productivity gains have enabled record corporate profits while causing permanent job losses and subdued hiring, creating a jobless profit boom across the economy.
#tariffs
fromFortune
1 month ago
US politics

S&P analysis of 9,000 companies worldwide finds the real cost of tariffs and other corporate costs: $1.2 trillion | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
US politics

Trump's tariffs may be bringing in a lot of revenue but they've also been a 'tax on capital, so far,' top economist says | Fortune

fromFortune
1 month ago
US politics

S&P analysis of 9,000 companies worldwide finds the real cost of tariffs and other corporate costs: $1.2 trillion | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
US politics

Trump's tariffs may be bringing in a lot of revenue but they've also been a 'tax on capital, so far,' top economist says | Fortune

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UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Labour just doesn't get it: workers feel poorer than ever. Is it any wonder Reform is rising? | Sharon Graham

Stagnant wages, austerity cuts, and rising prices have left British workers significantly worse off while corporations and energy firms post large profits.
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