April 26 (Reuters) - Toothpaste maker Colgate-Palmolive ( CL ) raised forecast for annual organic sales growth on Friday, banking on resilient demand for its highly priced self-care and pet nutrition products. Demand for Colgate-Palmolive's ( CL ) products, including personal care and pet food, held strong as consumers stretched their budgets to spend on daily essentials. Earlier this month,...

April 26 (Reuters) - AbbVie ( ABBV ) raised its annual profit forecast on Friday after strong sales of its immunology drug Skyrizi and cancer drug Imbruvica helped the company beat Wall Street estimates for the first quarter. The company now expects adjusted profit of between $11.13 and $11.33 per share for this year, compared with $10.97 to $11.17 estimated...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will tender shortly for the construction of a new nuclear power plant that would double the number of the small Gulf state's nuclear reactors, three sources familiar with the matter said. The UAE, a U.S. security partner, became the first Arab state to operate a nuclear power plant when in 2021 it opened...

April 26 (Reuters) - HCA Healthcare ( HCA ) on Friday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit, helped by higher patient admissions due to demand for healthcare services. The largest for-profit hospital operator in the United States reported an adjusted profit of $5.36 per share for the quarter. Analysts on average had expected a profit of $5.01 per share,...