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Amgen’s (NASDAQ:AMGN) Q4 Sales Top Estimates, Full-Year Outlook Slightly Exceeds Expectations

Biotech company Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) reported Q4 CY2024 results beating Wall Street’s revenue expectations, with sales up 10.9% year on year to $9.09 billion. The company’s full-year revenue guidance of $35 billion at the midpoint came in 1.4% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $5.31 per share was 4.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Dollar Drop Seen to Be Brief Amid Tariff Worries, US Economic Strength

(Bloomberg) -- Traders are wagering that Tuesday’s slump in the dollar will likely prove short-lived, given the backdrop of relative US economic strength and the risks that a trade war could drive investors into havens. Most Read from BloombergState Farm Seeks Emergency California Rate Hike After FiresNYC’s Newest Transit Leader Builds a Worker-Driven StrategyNew York’s First ‘Passive House’ School Is a Model of Downtown DensityTransportation Memos Favor Places With Higher Birth and Marriage Rat

Trump’s tariff tactics carry higher economic risks than during his first term

When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and import taxes on U.S. trading partners created chaos, generated drama -- and drew criticism from mainstream economists who favor free trade. The trade war sequel that Trump has planned for his second term – if it unfolds the way he's described it – would likely be a different matter altogether. Trump appears to have grander ambitions and is operating in a far more treacherous economic environment this time.

Musk effect? Tesla sales slump in five European markets in January

Tesla posted lower sales across five European countries in January, including the United Kingdom and France, as competitors with newer models gained on the electric vehicle maker and polls show public opinion souring on CEO Elon Musk. Musk has made a high-profile foray into politics, with much of his 2024 dominated by his financial support of Donald Trump, on whom the billionaire CEO spent $250 million in what proved a successful campaign to return to the White House. Tesla's UK sales fell nearly 12% in January, even as monthly EV registrations in Europe's biggest battery-electric market surged to a record, according to data published by New AutoMotive on Tuesday.