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Tesla lost market share in Sweden and Norway in January, car registration data showed on Monday as the U.S. electric vehicle maker faces a test of popularity following billionaire CEO Elon Musk's high-profile foray into politics. A total of 405 new Teslas were registered in Sweden last month, down 44% from January of 2024, while registrations in Norway fell to 689, a decline of 38% over the same period, despite soaring overall demand for cars in the two countries. While Tesla's Model Y crossover SUV was the most sold car in both of the two Nordic countries in 2024, the group's image has taken a hit in recent weeks, a market sentiment survey by Sweden's Novus Group found according to Swedish news agency TT.
Few signs have emerged since Donald Trump announced tariffs targeting America's largest trading partners that any force outside of the president himself will be able to reverse his decision.
Automakers, beer brewers and nuclear power companies led declines in a broad equity pullback on Monday after the U.S. hit Mexico, Canada and China with sweeping tariffs, stoking worries that an all-out trade war could cripple growth and corporate profits. Investors sold stocks and bought dollars on Monday, as they assessed the risks of a trade war after Donald Trump imposed tariffs on top U.S. trading partners. Executives on earnings calls have said Trump's shifting plans for tariffs could disrupt world trade and prompt some companies to move production to the U.S. The sectors most affected by new tariffs by far are auto and auto parts, which accounted for $129 billion worth of imports from ...
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News of the day for Feb. 3, 2025
Freight transportation and logistics provider Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 5% year on year to $789 million. Its GAAP profit of $2.84 per share was 2.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Electronic security systems manufacturer Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales falling 9.7% year on year to $42.93 million. Its GAAP profit of $0.28 per share was 16.7% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
U.S. stock futures are tanking after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada, and China that are due to take effect Tuesday.
Trump imposed hefty new tariffs of 25% over the weekend on imports from Mexico and Canada and 10% against China, saying this could cause "short-term" pain for Americans. "These announcements have come as a shock to many investors who expected tariffs would only be imposed if trade negotiations failed," the Wall Street brokerage said in a note dated Feb. 2. Goldman Sachs estimates that every 5-percentage-point increase in the tariff rate would lower the S&P 500's earnings per share by roughly 1% to 2%.