May 7 (Reuters) - Duke Energy ( DUK ) beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday on higher electricity rates as the utility saw increasing residential and commercial customer demand in its U.S. sun-belt service territory, executives with the company said on Tuesday. Duke's customer base grew 2.4% in both the Carolinas and Florida in the first three...

11:47 AM EDT, 05/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Target's ( TGT ) fiscal Q1 financial results are expected to serve as a positive catalyst for the retailer's stock, UBS Securities said in a note e-mailed Tuesday. The company is scheduled to report Q1 results May 22. UBS expects earnings of $2.06 per share on revenue of about $24.6 billion. Wall Street...

(Reuters) - Digital bank Chime will pay a penalty of $3.25 million to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for failing to issue timely refunds to customers who closed their accounts, and will return at least $1.3 million to customers, the regulator said on Tuesday. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The fine is another example of the CFPB's increasing scrutiny of...

11:46 AM EDT, 05/07/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Supernus Pharmaceuticals ( SUPN ) and M8 Pharmaceuticals have signed a licensing agreement to seek regulatory clearance and sell Qelbree under M8's trademark in Latin America, M8 said Tuesday. Qelbree is approved in the US to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD in adults and children aged six and older, M8 said....