08:02 AM EDT, 05/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Yum! Brands ( YUM ) reported Q1 adjusted earnings Wednesday of $1.15 per diluted share, up from $1.06 a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $1.20. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $1.60 billion, down from $1.65 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Capital IQ expected $1.71 billion....

08:03 AM EDT, 05/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT ) agreed to back roughly $10 billion in renewable energy projects that will be developed by Brookfield Asset Management (BN), the companies said Wednesday. The deal will bring 10.5 gigawatts of generating capacity online. The power will be added to the grids from which data centers draw electricity, the companies...

08:00 AM EDT, 05/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- WEC Energy Group ( WEC ) reported Q1 earnings Wednesday of $1.97 per diluted share, up from $1.61 a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $1.91. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $2.68 billion, compared with $2.89 billion a year ago. Analysts surveyed by Capital IQ expected $2.94 billion....

08:00 AM EDT, 05/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Plutonian Acquisition ( PLTN ) shares were up nearly 25% in recent Wednesday premarket activity, a day after the company said its shareholders approved the business combination proposal with Big Tree Cloud Merger Sub II Inc. Root (ROOT) stock was 23% higher, a day after the company reported higher Q1 revenue and a...