Shares of Accenture plc (ACN) are up more than 7% in pre-market on Thursday after reporting upbeat first-quarter results. The company also raised full-year outlook, better than the Street expectation.Net income for the first quarter increased to $1.792 billion or $2.78 per share, from $1.502 billion or $2.32 per share for the same quarter a year ago.On average 10 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters...
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May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.