-- Appen（ASX:APX）の株価は、木曜日の午前中の取引で1%以上上昇した。これは、同社が人工知能技術企業Hugging Faceと提携し、自動音声認識モデルのオープンなベンチマークリソースであるOpen ASR Leaderboardに、非公開の音声データセットを提供したことを受けての上昇となった。
Appenは水曜日に発表した声明の中で、このリーダーボードは単語誤り率に基づいてモデルをランク付けしており、これは文字起こしの精度を反映し、スコアが低いほど性能が良いことを示すと述べている。
Ajinomoto's (TYO:2802) profit attributable to owners of the parent surged 92% to 134.7 billion yen for the fiscal year 2025 from 70.3 billion yen a year earlier.The food seasoning manufacturer's earnings per share increased to 138.36 yen from 69.77 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Thursday.Sales jumped 3.5% to 1.584 trillion yen for the year ended March 31 from 1.531 trillion yen in the prior year.It declared a final dividend of 24 yen per share, payable from June 22.For the fiscal year 2026, the company expects attributable profit of 120 billion yen, basic EPS of 126.16 yen, and sales of 1.723 trillion yen.Ajinomoto plans to pay interim and year-end dividends of 25 yen per share, each, for the year, which is higher than the amount paid in the year-ago period.
Eversource Energy (ES) earnings climbed across all primary business units in Q1, led by a 35% surge in its natural gas segment, the company said on Wednesday.The company said that the results were primarily driven by aggressive infrastructure investment and the implementation of significant base rate increases.The Natural Gas Distribution segment saw the most dramatic growth, with earnings jumping to $295.3 million in the first quarter of 2026, up from $218.4 million in the same period last year.This 35% increase was attributed to new base distribution rates that went into effect on November 1, 2025, across all of Eversource's gas businesses.These rate hikes were designed to recover the costs of ongoing investments in the company's natural gas infrastructure, though gains were slightly tempered by higher operations and maintenance costs and rising interest expenses.The Electric Transmission segment also showed steady improvement, earning $224.3 million, compared with $199.4 million in Q1 2025.Similarly, the Electric Distribution segment reported earnings of $202.8 million, up from $188.4 million a year ago.Management credited this rise to base distribution rate increases at its Massachusetts and New Hampshire utilities, which helped offset higher property taxes and depreciation.Despite the strong revenue performance, Eversource noted that higher interest expenses impacted all three business units, reflecting the broader high-interest-rate environment affecting the utility sector.
Beat Holdings (TYO:9399) said its holdings in the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF were valued at about $14.3 million as of April 30, compared with a total purchase cost of about $18.1 million, according to a Thursday filing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.The company held 330,930 units of the Bitcoin ETF, resulting in an unrealized valuation loss of about $3.8 million, or 609.6 million yen, based on Nasdaq's April 30 closing price of $43.32 per unit.