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UK inflation slows more than forecast on food, transport

Bloomberg UK inflation slowed more than expected in September, dragged lower by the cost of food and transport fares. Annual consumer-price growth dip-ped to 2.4 percent from 2.7 percent in August, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. The rate was lower than the median 2.6 percent forecast in a Bloomberg survey. Downward pressure came mainly from food prices, ...

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IBM misses Q3 sales estimates, casting doubt on growth engines

Bloomberg International Business Machines Corp missed analysts’ quarterly revenue estimates, ending a short-lived streak of sales gains and casting doubt on its strategy to boost growth through new businesses like cloud and artificial intelligence. The shares slip-ped in extended trading. Revenue fell 2.1 percent to $18.8 billion in the third quarter, while analysts were expecting $19.1 billion. Cloud revenue, which ...

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Netflix soars as blistering subscriber growth restores faith

Bloomberg Netflix Inc is growing faster than even its most bullish fans on Wall Street predicted, soothing doubts about its global prospects and sending its already-stratospheric stock higher. After a stumble with its previous results, the world’s largest paid online TV network added far more subscribers than analysts expected in the third quarter. Netflix also issued an upbeat outlook for ...

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