08:44 AM EDT, 07/25/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Brunswick (BC) reported Q2 adjusted earnings Thursday of $1.80 per diluted share, down from $2.35 a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $1.90. Revenue for the quarter ended June 29 was $1.44 billion, compared with $1.70 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Capital IQ expected $1.55 billion. The company cut...

Southwest Airlines Co ( LUV ) shares are trading lower after the airlines reported second-quarter 2024 results. LUV reported operating revenue increase of 4.5% year-over-year to $7.354 billion, beating the consensus of $7.32 billion. Bob Jordan, President, Chief Executive Officer, & Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, stated, “Our second quarter performance was impacted by both external and internal...

08:40 AM EDT, 07/25/2024 (MT Newswires) -- United Bankshares ( UBSI ) reported Q2 earnings Thursday of $0.71 per diluted share, up from $0.68 a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $0.64. Revenue, expressed as the sum of net interest income and noninterest income, was $255.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, down from $262.6 million a...

GDANSK, July 25 (Reuters) - Germany's Merck KGaA agreed to sell its pigments unit to China's Global New Material International (GNMI) for 665 million euros ($721.46 million), the German diversified group said on Thursday. Merck intends to use the proceeds from the deal to further strengthen its strategic core business and to boost materials for chip production in particular, the...