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Reuters reveals India demands nearly $250 million from Pernod for undervaluing imports
Reuters was first to report Indian authorities have demanded $244 million from the local unit of French spirits giant Pernod Ricard for undervaluing concentrate imports for over a decade to avoid full payment of duties. The post Reuters reveals India demands nearly...
Reuters reveals chip toolmaker KLA to stop sales and service to China to comply with U.S. export curbs
Reuters exclusively reported U.S. chip toolmaker KLA Corp will cease offering some supplies and services to China-based customers including South Korea’s SK Hynix in compliance with recent U.S. regulations. The move underscores huge business headwinds facing...
Reuters reveals U.S. judge approves sales process for shares in Citgo Petroleum’s parent company
Reuters was first to report that a U.S. judge approved an auction process that could lead to the breakup of Venezuela owned Citgo Petroleum, the seventh-largest U.S. oil refiner. Two years after first authorizing a sale of shares in Citgo’s parent company, PDVSA, the...
Reuters reveals Toshiba’s preferred bidder offers price short of key 6,000 yen a share
Reuters was first to report the preferred bidder to buy out Toshiba Corp has offered to pay less than the widely regarded threshold of 6,000 yen a share, indicating the premium for the Japanese conglomerate may not be as rich as investors had hoped. The post Reuters...
Reuters reveals Exxon exits Russia empty-handed with oil project ‘unilaterally terminated’
Reuters was first to report Exxon Mobil Corp said on Monday that it left Russia completely after President Vladimir Putin expropriated its properties following seven months of discussions over an orderly transfer of its 30% stake in a major oil project. Exxon did not...
Reuters reveals scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case
Reuters exclusively revealed more than 40 European rivals to Google’s shopping service urged European Union (EU) antitrust regulators to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search...
Reuters reveals Germany’s Speira set to win EU nod for RAB deal with asset sale offer
Reuters was first to report private equity firm KPS Capital Partners’ German aluminium smelter Speira is set to gain European Union (EU) antitrust approval for its plan to buy aluminium recycler Real Alloy Europe with its offer to sell two plants to address EU...
Reuters reveals hedge fund Ancora seeks ouster of Kohl’s CEO, chairman
Reuters exclusively reported that Ancora Holdings, one of the hedge funds that spearheaded a board shake-up at Kohl’s Corp, is now pushing for the removal of the U.S. retailer’s chief executive and board chairman. The move marks the beginning of a new round of...
Sparkling start puts spotlight on Nikkei in 2024
Reuters exclusively reported that Japanese stocks have made a blazing start to 2024, surging to three-decade highs as a weaker yen and expectations of interest rates staying low have re-ignited the strongest rally for years. The post Sparkling start puts spotlight on...
China regulators ask funds to curb short selling of stock index futures
Reuters exclusively reported that China’s securities regulators have asked some hedge fund managers to restrict short selling in its stock index futures market, as authorities seek to stabilise sinking stocks. The post China regulators ask funds to curb short selling...
Reuters reveals scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case
Reuters exclusively revealed more than 40 European rivals to Google’s shopping service urged European Union (EU) antitrust regulators to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search...
Watch These Nvidia Price Levels as Stock Continues Retreat From Record High
Shares of the AI Darling Slumped Nearly 9% Last Week Source: TradingView.com Key Takeaways Nvidia shares slumped nearly 9% last week as investors scaled back bets in some of this year’s top performing AI chipmakers over mounting concerns about tougher trade...
Watch These Starbucks Stock Price Levels as Activist Reportedly Takes Stake
Shares Jumped Nearly 7% on Friday Source: TradingView.com Key Takeaways Starbucks shares jumped nearly 7% on Friday following a report that activist investor Elliott Investment Management has taken a sizable stake in the global coffee chain and discussed ways to...
5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens
News of the day for July 22, 2024 Hector Vivas / Getty Images Ahead of a heavy earnings week, investors are focused on news that U.S. President Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic...
Delta Cancellations Extend Into Monday as Airlines Deal With Effects of Tech Outage
Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Key Takeaways More Delta flights were canceled into Monday morning, as the airline continued to grapple with the effects of last week's global tech outage.An update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike impacted Microsoft systems across...
CrowdStrike Falls Further While Rivals Extend Gains After Outage
Eduardo Parra / Europa Press / Getty Images KEY TAKEAWAYS CrowdStrike shares are falling more than 4% in premarket trading, extending Friday's large declines, after the cybersecurity firm's software update caused a global outage in Microsoft’s cloud...
5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens
News of the day for July 22, 2024 Hector Vivas / Getty Images Ahead of a heavy earnings week, investors are focused on news that U.S. President Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic...
Watch These Starbucks Stock Price Levels as Activist Reportedly Takes Stake
Shares Jumped Nearly 7% on Friday Source: TradingView.com Key Takeaways Starbucks shares jumped nearly 7% on Friday following a report that activist investor Elliott Investment Management has taken a sizable stake in the global coffee chain and discussed ways to...
5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens
News of the day for July 22, 2024 Hector Vivas / Getty Images Ahead of a heavy earnings week, investors are focused on news that U.S. President Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic...
S&P 500 Gains and Losses Today: CrowdStrike Tumbles Amid Widespread Tech Outage
Adam Gray/Getty Images Key Takeaways The S&P 500 slid 0.7% on Friday, July 19, 2024, as a tech outage disrupted operations for companies around the world.CrowdStrike shares tumbled after a software update by the cybersecurity firm set off widespread technological...
CrowdStrike Shorts Won Big After Stock’s Outage-Fueled Plummet
Eduardo Parra / Europa Press / Getty Images Key Takeaways CrowdStrike short sellers gained after the cybersecurity company sent out a defective update causing a global tech outage for Microsoft's Windows hosts.The outage sent shares down more than 11% on Friday.S3...
Canada Goose Flies Higher as the Stock Picks Up a New Bull
Galit Rodan / Bloomberg via Getty Images Key Takeaways Wedbush initiated coverage of Canada Goose with an oiutperform rating and price target of $21. The shares rose Friday. The analysts called the stock "un-loved" and cited steps to slow store growth and cut...
What a List of the Best-Performing Stocks of the Past Century Tells Us
Bill Nation / Sygma via Getty Images Tech has offered investors some of the biggest returns over the last few decades—and especially the last few years—but over the long run, investors have seen massive gains from all over the market. A recent study from Arizona State...
What You Need To Know Ahead of GE Aerospace’s Earnings
Getty Images Key Takeaways GE Aerospace reports earnings before markets open Tuesday, in what will be its second report since General Electric completed its split into three separate companies earlier this year.Analysts expect GE Aerospace's revenue to grow...
Biden Drops Out of 2024 Presidential Election, Endorses Kamala Harris
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images President Joe Biden speaks in Washington, D.C., on July 14. Key Takeaways President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race Sunday. Biden endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.Some Democrats and donors had publicly and...
What To Expect in the Markets This Week
Coming up: PCE inflation, second-quarter GDP, and earnings from Tesla, Google, Visa John Paraskevas / Newsday RM via Getty Images Key Takeaways Investors are watching for earnings reports this week from several Big Tech firms, including Tesla, Google parent Alphabet,...
What to Expect From This Week’s Report on US Economic Growth?
The Fed Will be Closely Watching the Data as It Weighs When to Start Cutting Interest Rates David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty Images Key takeaways Economists expect gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 1.9% in the second quarter, which is higher...
Why Consumers and Economists Don’t See Eye-to-Eye on Inflation
Li Jianguo / Xinhua / Getty Images Key Takeaways Official data shows that inflation has declined over the past year, but nearly two out of every three respondents to a recent survey believe it has risen.While economists measure inflation on a monthly or yearly basis,...
What a List of the Best-Performing Stocks of the Past Century Tells Us
Bill Nation / Sygma via Getty Images Tech has offered investors some of the biggest returns over the last few decades—and especially the last few years—but over the long run, investors have seen massive gains from all over the market. A recent study from Arizona State...
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Why it’s time for investors to go on the defense
Howard Marks, co-chairman of Oaktree Capital, explains why investors should start treading lightly.
Reuters reveals scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case
Reuters exclusively revealed more than 40 European rivals to Google’s shopping service urged European Union (EU) antitrust regulators to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search...
Reuters reveals Germany’s Speira set to win EU nod for RAB deal with asset sale offer
Reuters was first to report private equity firm KPS Capital Partners’ German aluminium smelter Speira is set to gain European Union (EU) antitrust approval for its plan to buy aluminium recycler Real Alloy Europe with its offer to sell two plants to address EU...
Toys ‘R’ Us brand may be brought back to life
Bankrupt toy retailer tells bankruptcy court it is looking at possibly reviving the Toys 'R' Us and Babies 'R' Us brands.
Barnes & Noble stock soars 20% as it explores a sale
Barnes & Noble jumped more than 20% after it said it would review a sale of the troubled company.
Toys ‘R’ Us brand may be brought back to life
Bankrupt toy retailer tells bankruptcy court it is looking at possibly reviving the Toys 'R' Us and Babies 'R' Us brands.
Premarket: 7 things to know before the bell
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Why it’s time for investors to go on defense
Howard Marks, co-chairman of Oaktree Capital, explains why investors should start treading lightly.
The dangerous rise of pension nationalism
Pursuing domestic investment at the expense of returns is reckless
Xi Jinping really is unshakeably committed to the private sector
He balances that with being unshakeably committed to state-owned enterprises, too
Stocks are on an astonishing run. Yet threats lurk
We assess what could bring the bull market to an end
The rich world revolts against sky-high immigration
Moderates want to limit numbers. Radicals want mass deportations. What will be the economic consequence?
Japan’s strength produces a weak yen
Currency meddling will prove futile
At last, Wall Street has something to cheer
Consumer banks, on the other hand, are starting to suffer
Americans are wrong to wish for an era of stable bipartisanship
Even though political instability is an economic threat
Why investors have fallen in love with small American firms
The Russell 2000 puts in a historic performance
YIMBY cities show how to build homes and contain rents
But to take full advantage of deregulation, Austin and Auckland need other changes
China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
China’s leaders face miserable economic-growth figures
Reality intruded at the “third plenum”, intended to discuss long-term reforms
CFPB cracks down on popular paycheck advance programs. Here’s what that means for workers
The watchdog proposed a rule that would label earned wage access programs as loans. Fees would need to be expressed in APR terms, like a credit card.
Stocks making the biggest premarket moves: CrowdStrike, American Express, SLB, Travelers and more
These are the stocks posting the largest moves in the premarket.
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: CrowdStrike, Plug Power, Comerica and more
These are the stocks posting the largest moves in midday trading.
‘Just buying, buying, buying’: What the recent small-cap boom suggests about the appetite for risk
The money flow into small caps may not be a rotation from winning growth trades.
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