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Pros kept building even as DIYers took a breather, and that was enough for Kingfisher to lift its outlook. The home-improvement group now sees adjusted pretax profit landing between £595 million and £635 million, compared with a prior range of £565 million to £625 million. Investors liked it, pushing the shares up as much as…

Record 2026 results were supported by higher heat recovery and GEM sales, stronger margins and a growing post-year-end order backlog.

SCORES HOLDING CO INC (SCRH) reported a very small but profitable quarter while continuing to face severe financial risk.

What began as a necessity to keep the family farm afloat has shaped the success of John and Rachel Geldard’s farming enterprises and put them at the forefront of the Stabiliser breed’s development.

KEPCO’s first-half 2026 revenue was stable but profits, cash flow and margins softened while the balance sheet and state-backed ownership remained strong.

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), the enterprise-software and customer-management giant, surged about 14% to $248.765 after delivering the one thing nervous investors wanted: a much bigger profit outlook. The company also widened its Anthropic partnership through Claudeforce, bringing Claude’s AI models directly into Salesforce’s enterprise ecosystem.

McKinsey’s 2026 survey found 80% of respondents said AI improved their individual productivity, but only 37% reported AI contributing to their organization’s EBIT, a share essentially unchanged from the prior year. Deloitte’s parallel 2026 research found companies split between surface-level AI use (37%), redesigning key processes (30%), and deeper transformation of products or business models…

Benjamin Fitzgerald Published September 7, 2026Reading time 2 minutes DownloadPrintText size

SenseTime SenseTime posts first-half profit on AI tools AI productivity tools drove 617M yuan net profit Recurring revenue surged 124% to near 40% of sales Stock video by AlexKopeykin

KT Corporation’s first-half 2026 revenue and profit declined year-on-year, but the group still generated strong operating cash flow and modest growth in total assets and equity.