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Today, among others, Williams Companies Inc ($WMB (+0.25%)), Icon PLC ($ICLR (+0.77%)) and AKA Corporation ($AKA) present their quarterly figures.
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As of today, among others, Hermes International ($RMS (+0.3%)) trades ex-dividend.
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Bayer ($BAYN (-0.71%)) - New ray of hope for the German pharmaceutical company Bayer. After the U.S., Bayer now also gets approval in the EU for a new kidney drug called "Kerendia". Kerendia is one of the drugs that have blockbuster potential with peak sales of more than EUR 1 billion per year. Bayer is already talking to investors about a "game changer" in the field of diabetic kidney disease. In the U.S., where the drug has already been available for prescription since July, the market launch is going "very strongly," as Chief Pharmaceuticals Officer Stefan Oelrich said in a recent interview.
Diageo ($DGE (-0.99%)) - The British beverage company announced that it has begun buying back its own shares for up to 1.7 billion British pounds. Of this, shares for up to 1.4 billion pounds are to be repurchased by the end of June.
According to Diageo plc, this is the third phase of its capital repatriation program of up to 4.5 billion pounds in total. Under the first two phases, which were completed in early 2020 and Feb. 11, 2022, respectively, Diageo bought back 2.25 billion pounds worth of its own shares.
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Cardano ($ADA (+1.52%)) - Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson: "Crypto is eliminating the gap between the rich and the have-nots."
According to Hoskinson, Africa is expected to be the richest continent in the world by 2050, for example, the Cardano CEO shared that his platform will launch a peer-to-peer lending project in Africa later this year. That would be "really cool," he believes. Because it would really showcase the benefits of crypto to everyone. The project, which will initially focus on Kenya, will work solely with a stablecoin and allow loans to be made and accepted with it, he said. Participants in the system will be identified via the blockchain.
