A rapidly escalating bird-flu outbreak in the US is contributing to a surge in egg prices and threatens to raise prices on other poultry products in the coming months as deaths continue to mount. Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza so far have led to the deaths of more than 17 million birds, according to […]
Inflation is hot just like the job market, but the March jobs report showed there aren’t a lot of jobs where wage growth is standing up to heated prices. That is, with some exceptions — which may hint a lot about where consumer demand is going as pandemic concerns fade. In a healthy-looking jobs report […]
At 7 am, it can be the time for a morning coffee while 8 pm can be time to have supper, watch your favorite television shows, or even enjoy a glass of wine. If you have a Robinhood account, it’s also becoming a time to play the stock market during extended trading hours — but […]
WASHINGTON—Federal regulators proposed a bevy of new requirements for special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, and their takeover targets amid widespread concern that the vehicles skirt important investor protections. The Securities and Exchange Commission advanced a set of rules Wednesday that, if implemented, would make it harder for SPACs to raise money from investors and execute […]
At 7 am, it can be the time for a morning coffee while 8 pm can be time to have supper, watch your favorite television shows, or even enjoy a glass of wine. If you have a Robinhood account, it’s also becoming a time to play the stock market during extended trading hours — but […]
text size Shares of memory-chip maker Micron were up nearly 3% on Tuesday, in advance of the earnings report. Dreamstime Memory chip maker Micron Technology posted better-than-expected results for its latest quarter on Tuesday. The firm also provided an optimistic outlook that exceeded Wall Street’s estimates, as pricing improved across the company’s product portfolio. Micron […]
text size Shares of memory-chip maker Micron were up nearly 3% on Tuesday, in advance of the earnings report. Dreamstime Memory chip maker Micron Technology posted better-than-expected results for its latest quarter on Tuesday. The firm also provided an optimistic outlook that exceeded Wall Street’s estimates, as pricing improved across the company’s product portfolio. Micron […]
Nielsen Holdings NLSN 20.31% PLC agreed to sell itself to a group of private-equity firms in a deal that values the media-measurement company at around $10 billion, resurrecting a deal after talks fell apart last week. A consortium led by Elliott Management Corp.’s private-equity arm and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. agreed to pay $28 a […]
FedEx Corp. FDX 1.54% founder Fred Smith is stepping down as chief executive of the company he started more than 50 years ago with a few planes and built into a global delivery network that moves millions of packages a day. Mr. Smith, 77 years old, is handing the CEO role to President and Chief […]
Text size A cyclist rides past an AMC theater in San Francisco in the spring of 2020. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Even stocks are back on the menu. Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings , GameStop , and Bed Bath & Beyond leapt Monday in a resurgence of the frenzied buying that took them through the roof […]
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