Accelerating Sales Growth

Google's Cloud Business Powers Accelerating Revenue Growth

Google reported a 15% jump in year-over-year revenue driven by strong results in its cloud-computing division, boosting the company’s fortunes during a costly push into artificial intelligence.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 29

Palantir’s stock surges as AI drives a further acceleration in growth

Palantir’s CEO says the latest earnings are ”a slap in the face of people who continue to believe that the value of AI is solely in building AI large language models.”

Business - MarketWatch - November 5

Don’t Overlook This Sales-Growth Superpower

Inc.’s editor-in-chief reveals the channel that powers many of the fastest-growing companies in America.

Business - Inc. - October 25

STMicroelectronics Sees Slowing Sales and Profit Growth

STMicroelectronics delayed a key sales target it hoped to hit much earlier, and cut its gross margin forecast, as the chip inventory glut that has plagued the industry in recent years continues to ...

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago

How to Transform Sales Anxiety Into Business Growth

Sales isn’t just selling—it’s where true professional growth and satisfaction begin.

Business - Inc. - 13 hours ago

Pearson Underlying Sales Rise, Plans Further Growth Through AI

Pearson delivered higher underlying sales for the third quarter, supported by growth across all divisions, and said it planned to accelerate its artificial-intelligence capabilities to drive ...

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 29

Chipotle misses revenue estimates as same-store sales growth disappoints

Chipotle's same-store sales rose 6% in the third quarter, just missing Wall Street's expectations.

Business - CNBC - October 30

FirstFT: Harris calls on America to ‘turn the page’ on Trump

Also in today’s newsletter, Ukraine and Russia hold secret talks, while Alphabet and Reddit shares rise after results

World - Financial Times - October 30

Puma Sales Growth Picks Up as U.S. Business Recovers

Puma maintained its outlook for the year on the back of an acceleration in sales growth, helped by a recovery in its U.S. business.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 6

Nvidia’s Blackwell AI Chips in Focus as Sales Growth Slows

The advanced chip maker announces quarterly results this week, as reports suggest its newest chips may overheat in powerful AI servers.

Business - Inc. - 5 days ago

Nestle to Step Up Spending in Push to Boost Sales Growth

The food giant tempered its profit expectations for next year and for sales growth over the medium term, as it steps up spending to boost its top line and win market share in the face of a tough ...

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 4 days ago

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 drove October’s sales growth | Circana

Circana's October best-sellers list is comprised of almost half new games, but Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero! take top honors.

Tech - VentureBeat - Yesterday

Why a Focus on Value May Help Fast-Food Chains End 2024 With Renewed Sales Growth

After terrible second-quarter sales and middling-to-poor Q3 results, a recovery for fast-food chains may already be under way.

Business - Inc. - November 6

Nvidia tops list of favored S&P 500 stocks on expected sales growth through 2026

Other expected highfliers include KKR, AMD, Microsoft and Live Nation.

Business - MarketWatch - November 16

Delta expects higher profits thanks to high-end travel and 'resilient economy'

Delta, the most profitable U.S. airline, expects to expand capacity by no more than 4% year-over-year in 2025.

Business - CNBC - 3 days ago

Incredibuild acquires Garden to accelerate game development

Incredibuild has acquired Garden to bolster its acceleration capabilities for the entire DevOps lifecycle for games.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 4

Cisco sees product orders accelerate in the AI era, and its outlook moves higher

Networking company sees a 20% boost in product orders for the latest quarter.

Business - MarketWatch - November 14

Ukraine front could 'collapse' as Russia gains accelerate, experts warn

Moscow's forces have taken more ground since September than they did over the course of 2023, analysts say.

UK inflation accelerates sharply to 2.3% in October

Increase from 1.7% prompts traders to further reduce bets that Bank of England will cut rates next month

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Julius Baer Flags Inflows Pickup, Brighter Outlook

The private banking group said inflows from clients in key markets accelerated from the midyear point as it signaled a rosier outlook for the year ahead with higher profit and potential shareholder ...

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago

Where is the growth in Reeves' 'Budget for growth'?

Labour's first Budget in 14 years had a lot to say about growth, but forecasts paint a mixed picture.

Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever championship timeline accelerated by sudden coaching change

History will say that a new era for the Indiana Fever began on April 15, 2024. That, of course, was the night that the franchise, which had yearned for any semblance of recent success, drafted ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 27

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker accelerates abortion advocacy on eve of the election

Illlinois Gov. JB Pritzker's Think Big America nonprofit group is helping fund abortion ballot initiatives in eight states.

Trump Media closes up 8% after rollercoaster trading session with heavy volume, several halts

DJT trading was halted multiple times as the stock price of the company majority owned by Donald Trump whipsawed.

Business - CNBC - October 29

Meta sees AI spending accelerating as earnings top forecasts

Mark Zuckerberg cites the potential for ‘strong’ returns in coming years on heavy investments in new technology

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Caitlin Clark Accelerated Her Team’s Timeline. A Coach Paid the Price.

The Indiana Fever suddenly parted ways with Christie Sides because their goal has changed, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - November 3

Airbnb Posts Higher Third-Quarter Revenue as Travel Demand Accelerates

The short-term rental company posted higher revenue in the third quarter as North American travel trends improved.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 7

New inflation data shows increase, days after election

Inflation accelerated in October, snapping a streak of six consecutive months of cooling inflation.

ServiceNow rolls out enterprise AI governance capabilities to accelerate production deployment

ServiceNow is looking to solve a key enterprise AI adoption challenge, with the debut of new governance capabilities to give organizations more confidence in AI outcomes.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 13

Nvidia accelerates Google quantum AI design with quantum physics simulation

Nvidia it is working with Google Quantum AI to accelerate the design of its next-generation quantum computing devices using simulations powered by Nvidia.

Tech - VentureBeat - 5 days ago

Microsoft supercharges Fabric with new data tools to accelerate enterprise AI workflows

At Ignite, Microsoft shared several new enhancements for Fabric, setting up the platform as the unified data layer for next-gen AI apps.

Tech - VentureBeat - 4 days ago

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