O Barclays anunciou que cortará cerca de 5.000 empregos, ou 5% de sua ​força de trabalho, este ano, à medida ​que utiliza tecnologias como a inteligência artificial para reduzir custos fixos e melhorar a rentabilidade geral.

Os cortes de pessoal foram apresentados quando o Barclays divulgou lucro no terceiro trimestre de 2,3 bilhões de libras (3,08 bilhões de dólares), acima do registrado no ano anterior, mas abaixo das previsões dos analistas, devido ao desempenho abaixo ⁠do esperado do negócio de ​negociação de renda fixa.

 

 

O banco informou ter realizado mais 201 milhões ​de libras em “medidas de redução de custos estruturais” no terceiro trimestre, como ⁠parte de seu plano de longo prazo ⁠para reduzir despesas, como custos com pessoal, por meio de ​maior ‌uso de tecnologia.

Cerca de 60% do total de cortes de pessoal afetará ⁠funcionários em funções de apoio, como desenvolvedores, disse a diretora financeira Anna Cross aos repórteres, em um dos sinais mais claros até agora, vindo de um grande banco, ‌de ⁠como a IA ‌está permitindo que as empresas reduzam o quadro de funcionários nessas funções.

Cross disse que 1.000 cargos já foram eliminados, com o restante a ser cortado até ⁠o final do ano.

As ações do Barclays ⁠caíam 2,5% no início do pregão, apresentando desempenho inferior ao de outras instituições financeiras.

As ações ‌do banco caíram 14% neste ano, em linha com os pares europeus, que sofreram correção após anos de alta, à medida que as taxas de juros mais elevadas impulsionaram os lucros.

A Shore Capital afirmou em uma nota ‌que os resultados ficaram abaixo do esperado devido ao desempenho decepcionante do banco de investimentos.

O banco de investimentos do Barclays registrou receita total no terceiro ⁠trimestre de 3,1 bilhões de libras, abaixo das previsões de 3,3 bilhões de libras.

Os resultados do terceiro trimestre dos concorrentes do Barclays em Wall Street, divulgados ​no início deste mês, mostraram a natureza cíclica da receita dos bancos de investimento, ​à medida que as negociações desaceleraram e as mesas de renda fixa apresentaram desempenho abaixo do esperado, com apenas a negociação de ações mantendo o forte ímpeto observado no primeiro semestre do ano.

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A farmacêutica suíça Roche superou as expectativas de vendas do terceiro trimestre nesta ​quinta-feira, impulsionada pela demanda constante por medicamentos-chave, ​como o Ocrevus, para ganhar tempo enquanto busca no exterior reabastecer seu pipeline diante de expirações iminentes de patentes.

A receita do grupo cresceu 7% a taxas de câmbio constantes, atingindo 16,13 bilhões de francos suíços (US$19,61 bilhões), superando a previsão consensual elaborada pela empresa, de 15,75 bilhões de francos (US$19,15 bilhões).

No entanto, o trimestre trouxe um sinal precoce ⁠de pressão competitiva — as vendas do ​medicamento Xolair ficaram abaixo das previsões do mercado após o lançamento ​do primeiro genérico mais barato, gerando vendas de 848 milhões de francos (US$ 1,03 bilhão) ⁠contra expectativas de 925 milhões de francos (US$1,12 ⁠bilhão).

As ações caíam 1,1% no pregão da manhã.

Com vários medicamentos de ​grande ‌sucesso mais antigos se aproximando do vencimento das patentes, a Roche aposta em seus ⁠principais produtos para impulsionar o crescimento no curto prazo, ao mesmo tempo em que intensifica as negociações externas para tratamentos de última geração.

A empresa fechou um acordo no ‌valor ⁠de mais de ‌US$ 15 bilhões com a chinesa Hansoh Pharma, segundo notícia divulgada na segunda-feira.

Com foco no ecossistema de biotecnologia da Europa, o presidente-executivo Thomas Schinecker afirmou na quinta-feira que cerca de ⁠50% dos acordos de licenciamento externos do ⁠grupo nos últimos quatro anos foram firmados nos EUA e os outros 50% na China e na ‌Ásia.

“Isso mostra um pouco a situação em que a Europa se encontra em termos de inovação”, disse Schinecker.

A administração também observou que o impacto negativo das reformas nos preços dos serviços de saúde na China estava diminuindo, apesar das quedas ‌de dois dígitos no país, com a divisão de diagnósticos — que cresceu 5%, para 3,54 bilhões de francos — devendo retornar a um crescimento “normal” na faixa de um ⁠dígito médio a alto no próximo ano.

A Roche também se beneficiou da estabilização do dólar em relação ao franco suíço, aliviando o impacto prolongado das taxas de câmbio ​no mercado norte-americano, que responde por quase metade da receita do grupo.

Os medicamentos mais ​vendidos impulsionaram a unidade farmacêutica, liderada pela injeção para esclerose múltipla Ocrevus, cuja receita cresceu 9% em moedas constantes, atingindo 1,84 bilhão de francos.

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A Nestlé divulgou nesta quinta-feira (22) um crescimento orgânico das vendas no terceiro trimestre acima ​do esperado e informou que excluiu sua unidade ​russa das demonstrações financeiras consolidadas após Moscou ter confiscado o negócio.

O presidente Vladimir Putin ordenou a apreensão temporária dos ativos da Nestlé em 17 de setembro, como parte de uma repressão cada vez mais intensa contra empresas europeias devido ao apoio da Europa à Ucrânia, segundo autoridades russas e empresários norte-americanos.

 

 

A diretora financeira da Nestlé, Anna Manz, disse ⁠que o negócio na Rússia, que ​contribuía com cerca de 2% das vendas do grupo, não estava mais sendo consolidado nos ​resultados financeiros a partir do final de setembro, sem impacto nas vendas orgânicas, nos ⁠volumes e nos preços.

No entanto, a medida ⁠afeta as vendas reportadas, o lucro operacional subjacente e o fluxo ​de ‌caixa livre a partir do quarto trimestre, disse Manz, observando que o desreconhecimento dos ⁠ativos líquidos teria um impacto negativo na dívida líquida de aproximadamente 900 milhões de francos suíços (US$ 1,09 bilhão) para 2026.

A Nestlé informou que estava desreconhecendo ativos na Rússia no valor de 1,6 ‌bilhão ⁠de francos e ‌reconhecendo um encargo não monetário de cerca de 1,4 bilhão de francos referente a ajustes cumulativos de conversão cambial.

As ações da Nestlé registraram alta de 1,3% nas negociações pré-mercado.

Crescimento do volume impulsiona vendas orgânicas

A fabricante dos ⁠cubos de caldo Maggi e do café Nescafé manteve sua perspectiva de vendas orgânicas para o ano inteiro ‌de 2026 em um crescimento de 3% a 4% e registrou um aumento de 4% nas vendas orgânicas trimestrais, acima das expectativas dos analistas, que apontavam para um aumento de 3,4%.

Os aumentos de preço de 1,1% da Nestlé ficaram abaixo da estimativa ‌média dos analistas, de 1,9%. O crescimento interno real (RIG) — ou volume de vendas — foi de 2,8%, superando as expectativas de um aumento de 1,5%.

O RIG, um indicador-chave ⁠na estratégia da Nestlé, tem melhorado constantemente desde que Philipp Navratil assumiu o cargo de presidente-executivo em setembro de 2025.

“Estou contente com o nosso progresso”, disse Navratil. “Mas não estou satisfeito. ​Ainda há muito mais a ser feito para concretizar o potencial do negócio.”

Navratil reduziu a ​exposição da Nestlé a marcas de sorvete e água por meio de joint ventures, enxugando o portfólio do conglomerado suíço em busca de crescimento — uma tática semelhante à adotada por empresas concorrentes, como a Unilever e a ‌Reckitt.

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O papa Leão XIV não precisará de mais nenhum tratamento após ter sido submetido a uma cirurgia de câncer de pulmão na semana passada. A informação foi dada por seus médicos nessa quarta-feira (21), indicando que o tumor não havia se espalhado.

O anúncio foi feito no momento em que ainda não estava claro se o papa, nascido nos Estados Unidos, seguiria adiante com a viagem planejada ao Uruguai, à Argentina e ao Peru, marcada para o período de 6 a 17 de novembro.

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O pontífice, de 71 anos, passou por uma cirurgia em 13 de outubro para a remoção do lobo inferior do pulmão direito e foi diagnosticado com adenocarcinoma pulmonar, a forma mais comum de câncer de pulmão.

Exames histológicos finais e análises de biologia molecular do tecido removido confirmaram o diagnóstico, com a doença permanecendo localizada, afirmaram os médicos em comunicado divulgado pelo Vaticano.

“Uma avaliação oncológica posterior confirmou que não é necessária nenhuma terapia adicional”, afirmaram o cirurgião-chefe do papa, Stefano Margaritora, e seu médico pessoal, Luigi Carbone.

Leão recebeu alta do hospital no sábado (17) e está retomando gradualmente suas atividades. Ontem, ele voltou à Praça de São Pedro para sua audiência semanal com os peregrinos.

Margaritora afirmou, na semana passada, que não havia “nenhuma razão clínica” que impedisse o papa de viajar para a América do Sul, mas o secretário de Estado do Vaticano indicou que o pontífice talvez precise ajustar o ritmo de sua agenda para facilitar a recuperação.

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The Philippines is exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan on protecting undersea cables and addressing "gray-zone" activity, despite Manila's one-China policy, which recognizes Beijing and not Taipei, a Philippine diplomat said on Wednesday.

David Adrian Kercso was sentenced to 15 years in Russia for spying, but a Reuters analysis reveals his FSB arrest video was staged.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday forecast a sharp drop in economic output in Pakistan, the Middle East and North Africa this year due to the US-Israeli-led war against Iran, followed by a rebound to 6.6 per cent growth in 2027, while warning that further energy production disruptions could worsen the outlook.

The IMF said the region’s output was expected to contract by 1.3pc as a result of the war’s impact on energy production, shipping, tourism, trade and confidence. Economic output would increase sharply in 2027, but output in those economies would generally stay below pre-war projections.

The war’s impact had been substantial, but uneven, with oil-exporting economies directly affected by disruptions to energy production and shipping hit harder, and oil importers proving to be more resilient, the IMF said in its regional outlook released Thursday in Dubai.

The IMF said its baseline assumed that the conflict would abate in early 2027 and that trade would gradually normalise during the year, but it said the outlook remained clouded by “exceptionally high uncertainty.”

“The main risks derive from further disruption to energy production and trade routes that could drive energy prices higher,” the IMF said in a statement outlining its key messages, noting external financial conditions could also tighten.

External financial conditions could also tighten if investors reassess AI-driven productivity gains and interest rates rise further amid heightened concerns about inflation and fiscal positions, it said.

Oil importers had proven more resilient, with domestic demand supported by remittances and tourism flows, favourable financial conditions, and prompt policy responses that safeguard consumers from higher commodity prices, the IMF said.

Growth in the Caucasus and Central Asia was moderating toward a more sustainable pace, the IMF said, forecasting a 5.2pc rise in economic output in 2026 and 5pc in 2027.

The IMF underscored the mantra it delivered during last week’s annual meetings, urging policymakers to prioritise maintaining price stability, while preserving fiscal sustainability, maintaining central bank independence and enacting structural reforms to boost productivity and create jobs.

NEW YORK — Elon Musk's public endorsement this week of a potential $3.5 trillion merger between SpaceX and Tesla has rattled some insiders involved in the discussions, who worry his comments could invite shareholder scrutiny and delay the process by several weeks, according to a person with direct knowledge of the talks. The disclosure created a "mess" for the process, as it could lead to questions about how well Tesla shareholders' interests would be represented, the person said. The concerns reflect similarities some participants see with Tesla's 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, which sparked years of litigation over Musk's role in the deal. Musk, who serves as CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla and owns significant stakes in each company, this week told investors that the two companies were examining what would be the largest corporate transaction in history and revealed that both had formed special committees to evaluate it. The backlash to those remarks is reported here for the first time. The parties have hired advisers, but discussions are at an early stage, three sources familiar with

Early voting has been underway for weeks ahead of the November 3, 2026, midterm elections, when US voters will elect members of the House of Representatives and Senate and governors in states across the country.

Held in the middle of each four-year presidential term, the midterms by definition do not involve the president. But for anyone who thinks they lack drama or importance this year, consider these two statistics: More than 100 million people likely will cast ballots in this year’s midterm voting, if turnout is anything like the previous midterm in 2022; and as of October 12, a record $3.8 billion had been spent on political advertisements that have been aired so far.

Top spending is in battleground US Senate races in Texas, Ohio and Michigan, according to AdImpact, which tracks the activities.

Elon Musk alone has spent about $366m to support Republicans, according to campaign finance records.

Still, midterms generally attract fewer voters than the higher-profile presidential races. More than 155m votes were cast in the 2024 presidential election, for example.

Control of Congress at stake

Plenty is at stake in this midterm election as Democrats try to win majority control of the US Congress.

Currently, Republicans hold a 218-214 majority in the House, where there are two vacancies and one independent who caucuses with Republicans. Democrats must win a net gain of four seats to win control.

Democrats are also fighting to win the Senate, where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority. They must net four additional seats to get control. Ten races, including those in Maine, Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa and Georgia, could decide the outcome.

Can midterms affect the presidency?

Midterm elections generally are dangerous territory for the political party that holds the White House and/or Congress. For 2026, that means that President Donald Trump and his Republicans controlling the US Senate and House of Representatives are in perilous political positions.

The midterms can be an opportunity for voters to, in effect, grade the president’s performance, and possibly trigger White House course corrections if they receive low marks.

Midterm election results can also give aspiring presidential candidates hints on how to tailor their messages to voters in the next presidential campaign, which in this case will be in 2028.

What are polls showing?

Approval of Trump’s performance is at an all-time low of 32 per cent, according to a September Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Domestic issues like rising consumer prices are likely to have an impact on the outcome of many races and could erode support for Republicans.

At the same time, there is evidence that Democrats are more enthusiastic about voting this year than Republicans. If early voting trends continue, it could point to a Democratic win in November.

There are also signs that Latino voters who veered to Trump in 2024 might be returning to Democrats because of frustration over the economy and some of Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics.

However, a landslide for the Democrats is far from assured. Republicans could benefit from continued scepticism towards Democrats, a Republican spending advantage on campaigns, and fears from moderate voters over some primary wins by left-wingers.

Recent midterm history

Recent history tells the story of the shockwaves a midterm election can produce.

In the 2010 midterms, during the Democratic presidency of Barack Obama, Republicans scored major victories, winning 63 additional House seats amid an underperforming US economy and weak support for Obama’s landmark healthcare reform legislation. Democrats lost their majority. In the Senate, they held onto control despite losing six seats.

The Republican wave was a “shellacking,” Obama lamented at the time. He subsequently faced Republican demands for significant reductions to non-defence spending.

Democrats returned the favour in 2018, with Trump in the White House. They gained a net total of 40 House seats, but lost a net two Senate seats.

This year’s elections also have races for governors in 36 of the 50 states and voting in nearly every state for seats in their state-level legislative bodies.
Currently, Republicans control 55pc of state legislative seats across the country, while Democrats hold 43.8pc, according to Ballotpedia.

Who will be speaker?

If Democrats manage to win the House, the next speaker second in line for the presidency after the vice president is likely to be Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York. He is currently the House Democratic leader.

Jeffries, who would become the first Black American to hold the powerful office, would be in a position to direct House committees to launch investigations into a range of controversial activities by Trump and his associates. Jeffries repeatedly has said Democrats would look into what he has called “unprecedented levels of corruption” during the Trump administration.

Jeffries also would steer Democrats’ legislative priorities through the House. He has said Democrats would focus on making healthcare, groceries, housing, energy and other costs more affordable.

A Republican win, on the other hand, would ensure that the speaker’s gavel remains in that party’s hands, either with current speaker Mike Johnson or whichever Republican prevails if he is challenged for the job. Republican priorities are likely to be focused on additional tax cuts, huge increases in defence spending, and deeper social safety net reductions, building on Trump’s 2025 “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

Marquee races

Among the most-watched House races are Republican Representative Mike Lawler’s bid for reelection to a New York district that Democratic candidate Kamala Harris won in her 2024 presidential campaign and an open seat in a Nebraska swing district where farmers and truckers face sharply higher fuel prices as a result of the US war against Iran.

Also high on Democrats’ list of House seats they hope to take from Republicans are two in Pennsylvania and one in New Jersey.

Hovering over all of this are questions over whether Trump will try to meddle in the elections, which are administered by the 50 individual states.

Since 2020, he has repeatedly insisted there is widespread cheating in US elections, despite a lack of evidence. State election officials and Democrats in Congress have been preparing for possible legal challenges to any moves by his administration to try to intervene.

Meta Platforms has struck a deal with Mark Zuckerberg to keep him living in California after the CEO warned he was considering leaving the state that houses the company's headquarters if voters pass a wealth tax proposal next month. Under the deal, Zuckerberg will get non-voting shares he can sell to potentially foot a multi-billion-dollar tax bill in the event the proposal is approved, in exchange for a commitment to remain a resident of California, or wherever Meta maintains its headquarters, for eight years, Meta said on Wednesday. Zuckerberg, the world's sixth richest person according to Forbes, told Meta he was considering moving his primary residence outside California because Proposition 40, a ballot measure dubbed the "California wealth tax," could expose him to a massive tax liability, potentially forcing him to sell voting shares to pay it. Proposition 40, which asks Californians whether to impose a one-time 5% tax on the state's billionaires, is far from certain to pass, political analysts say. The state is home to as many as 250 billionaires collectively worth upwards of $2

ST PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia freed Stephen Hubbard, a retired US schoolteacher in custody since 2022, from prison on Wednesday and took him to St Petersburg to fly back to the United States, after talks that Washington said were a step toward ending the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin made the announcement at a meeting in St Petersburg with US envoy Steve Witkoff, who later said the talks will continue toward planned technical-level discussions involving the US, Russia and Ukraine. Witkoff called Putin a "humanitarian" in thanking him for the move, a remark that drew sharp rebuke from Republican and Democratic lawmakers given Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The prisoner release comes as President Donald Trump's recent gestures toward Moscow, including a deal to buy Russian diesel and a waiver of new sanctions, have already sparked bipartisan pushback in the US Congress and worry in European capitals. Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Putin had freed Hubbard, 74, at Trump's request, and that he had also taken into account the American's poor heal

The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and family members to depart ‌from its missions in Saudi Arabia and plans to withdraw family members from a number of other US missions in the region, US officials said. The order came as attacks in Saudi Arabia killed at least one person and injured eight others at a civilian airport in Dammam, and two people were killed in a drone attack on an oilfield. US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a post on social media ⁠that the...

O Walmart apresentou nesta quarta-feira (21) novas ​ferramentas que permitirão que agentes ​de inteligência artificial façam compras e concluam transações para os clientes.

A iniciativa ressalta o empenho do Walmart em promover compras com tecnologia de IA (Inteligência Artificial) e contrasta com a Amazon, que tem buscado ⁠limitar o acesso ​de agentes de compras de IA de ​terceiros à sua plataforma.

A rede de varejo ⁠informou que lançará os “Perfis de ⁠Agentes” no próximo mês, permitindo que ​os ‌consumidores autorizem agentes de IA individualmente, acompanhem suas ⁠compras separadamente e definam limites de gastos ou exijam aprovação para cada transação.

O Walmart afirmou que os ‌clientes ⁠poderão monitorar ‌as compras feitas por agentes de IA separadamente de seus próprios pedidos e revogar o acesso ⁠dos agentes a qualquer ⁠momento.

A empresa também lançou o “Walmart Agent Gateway”, uma plataforma que ‌permite que assistentes de IA, como o ChatGPT da OpenAI, o Gemini do Google e o Muse da Meta, se conectem diretamente aos ‌sistemas do Walmart e do Sam’s Club para pesquisar produtos e concluir compras.

O Walmart afirmou que ⁠os clientes manterão o controle sobre as compras, enquanto os agentes de IA não terão ​acesso aos dados dos cartões de pagamento e poderão ser ​bloqueados por violarem as regras da empresa.

A empresa informou que as ferramentas estarão disponíveis para todos os titulares de contas ‌do Walmart.

 

 

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