Wall Street's main indexes were set for a muted open on Wednesday, looking to wrap up their fifth straight quarter of gains as data showed U.S. private payrolls increased solidly in June even as hiring slowed.
Italian state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) is considering an alliance with Telecom Italia and defence group Leonardo in the race to create a national cloud hub, three sources familiar with the matter said.
The U.S. private equity firm trying to buy Morrisons should increase its offer to around 6.5 billion pounds ($9 billion) to merit engagement from the British supermarket's board, according to a top ten shareholder in the retailer.
U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Wednesday, a day after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed at record levels, as investors awaited private payrolls data for clues on the health of the labor market and subsequent policy support.
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Turntide Technologies, a U.S. startup that makes energy-efficient electric motors without rare earth metals, has raised $225 million, underlining growing investor appetite for climate technology startups.
What happened
Shares of The Original BARK Company (NYSE: BARK), a dog-centric omni-channel retailer, popped 9.8% on Tuesday, likely at least in part driven by a Wall Street analyst initiating coverage with a "buy" rating.
When many people think about the stock market, they inevitably turn to Wall Street. Indeed, every day in this column, the only three benchmarks we talk about are the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:
Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it had signed an exclusive rights deal with "SmartLess", a podcast hosted by Hollywood actors Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes in which they talk to other celebrity guests.
Suppliers to Walmart, Target, Amazon.com and other major retailers told Reuters they are placing holiday orders for Chinese-made merchandise weeks earlier this year, as a global shipping backlog threatens to leave many gift buyers empty-handed this Christmas shopping season.
The S&P 500 hit a record high for the fourth straight session on Tuesday, helped by shares of heavyweight technology firms and banks, while an upbeat consumer confidence report set a positive tone for key jobs data at the end of the week.
Don Joyce, a Nokia manager working from home at a remote lake cottage in Canada, recently abandoned his painfully slow phone-line internet in favor of satellite broadband service Starlink, offered by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
The S&P 500 hit a record high for the fourth straight session on Tuesday, helped by shares of heavyweight technology firms and banks, while an upbeat consumer confidence report set a positive tone for the key jobs report at the end of the week.
The blue-chip Dow index was set to open higher on Tuesday, as shares of big U.S. banks rose, while investors looked to consumer confidence data against the backdrop of rising inflation and a spike in COVID-19 cases across Asia.
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) was struggling to keep pace with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) when Doug McMillon became the retail giant's CEO in 2014. Its superstores were becoming showrooms for Amazon's online purchases, and its own e-commerce initiatives were weak.
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Futures tracking the blue-chip Dow edged higher on Tuesday as shares of big U.S. banks rose, while investors looked to consumer confidence data against the backdrop of rising inflation and a spike in new COVID-19 cases across Asia.