Profit guidance

Hewlett Packard forecasts weak quarterly revenue, shares fall

Analysts expect macroeconomic weakness to continue to pressure the compute, storage and networking sectors

The co-living business of property management services group LHN earlier announced the launch of its first property since its Nov 6 mainboard debut – in the first quarter of 2026.

Coliwoo expects stronger core profit despite lower net profit before tax for FY2025

Lower net profit is attributed to absence of net fair value gain on investment properties in the financial year ended Sep 30

AMD is the second-biggest provider of graphics chips, which form the basis for the AI accelerators that run in data centres.

AMD’s outlook fails to wow investors after AI-fuelled rally

Investors have bet heavily on the company following blockbuster agreements with OpenAI and Oracle

Apple’s fiscal fourth quarter is typically its slowest sales period as consumers wind down buying older iPhone models and await the launch of new ones

Apple CEO forecasts holiday quarter iPhone sales that top Wall Street estimates

The company’s reliance on hardware sales has also left it with greater exposure to US President Donald Trump’s trade war with China

Amazon is backing Anthropic with an investment of US$8 billion, and built the startup a massive complex of data centres and custom AWS AI chips.

Amazon reports cloud unit grew at fastest rate since 2022

The company has invested heavily in data centres and chips to build and operate AI models capable of generating text or images and automating processes

Starbucks has lowered prices for non-coffee products in China, and has been trying to offer more customisation and local flavours.

Starbucks sales rebound globally, coffee prices bite margins

Global prices for raw arabica beans are up more than 20% this year after soaring 70% in 2024

Meta has reorganised its AI efforts under the Superintelligence Labs unit in June and Zuckerberg has personally led an aggressive talent hiring spree.

Meta forecasts bigger capital costs next year, US$16 billion tax charge guts Q3 profit

The company is among the top buyers of Nvidia’s sought-after AI chips

HSBC has been shutting its mergers and acquisition and equity underwriting operations in the US, UK and continental Europe, causing job reductions in those regions.

HSBC is bullish on 2025 despite hit from Madoff provision

The firm has been undergoing a broad revamp of its businesses

For the fourth quarter, Netflix expects to earn US$5.45 a share on sales of US$12 billion.

Netflix says tax dispute hurt solid quarter; shares tumble

The company has expressed interest in buying some of the assets owned by Warner Bros Discovery