Earnings call transcript: Fifth Third slips on small Q2 EPS miss, raises outlook

Andy Burnham’s arrival at London Euston, on the authentically late-running 10:43am Avanti West Coast service, reminded some of Barack Obama’s “Hope express” from Chicago to Washington in 2008 and others of the secret “sealed train” carrying Vladimir Lenin to St Petersburg in 1918. As “Comrade Burnham” hurtled south, tracked by helicopters, he made a symbolic…

The widening gap between income and spending The lowest 20% of earners saw spending rise 27% between 2021 and 2025, against disposable income growth of just 3%. The middle 60% of households — the traditional engine of the Canadian consumer economy — found that income covered just 57 cents of every new dollar they spent….

Junior gold stocks are seeing heightened interest in 2026 despite volatility in the gold price, which reached a new record high of nearly US$5,600 per ounce during the first quarter. The gold price may have fallen to the US$4,000 level in the second quarter, but plenty of upside potential remains in the precious metals market….

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All eyes were on Midtown East last week after steel columns buckled inside the Pfizer building conversion project, forcing evacuations at the site and nearby buildings on Tuesday.  The structural failures at 235 East 42nd Street — where Nathan Berman’s MetroLoft Management and investor David Werner are converting the pharmaceutical firm’s former headquarters into 1,600…