LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany—For years, BASF SE one of the world’s largest chemicals companies, built its business model around cheap and plentiful Russian natural gas, which it uses to generate power and as...
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The Housing Market Just Hit a Wall. What’s Next for Prices, Brokers, and Builder Stocks.
My summer portfolio strategy is to play the old disco hit “Baby Come Back” while slow dancing with my December brokerage statements. If it works, I have a business idea involving Hall, Oates, and a tw...
Caterpillar’s Headquarters Are Moving to Texas
Caterpillar has had a presence in Texas since the 1960s, according to the firm, but Illinois remains the largest concentration of Caterpillar employees. Dreamstime Text size Caterpillar is moving head...
Caterpillar to move headquarters to Texas from Illinois in fresh blow to the Chicago area
Caterpillar Inc. said Tuesday it will move its global headquarters from Illinois to an existing divisional office in Irving, Texas, in the Dallas–Forth Worth area, in another blow to metropolitan Chic...
Some European Factories, Long Dependent on Cheap Russian Energy, Are Shutting Down
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Climate Change And Y2K, Elon Musk Calls ESG ‘A Scam’ And A Way To Beat Forever Chemicals
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. Two digit dates had the potential to caus...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reveals new stakes in Paramount, Citigroup
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company on Monday revealed all the investment moves it made in the first quarter, when it spent more than $51 billion on stocks. But Buffett had already shared the bigge...
Carvana, Robinhood and Teladoc Stock Give Way to Old-School Rivals. Here’s When It Might Be Safe to Buy.
Text size Carvana’s stock has fallen nearly 80% in the past 12 months. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images It’s new school versus old school, and the new school doesn’t stand a chance. No, we’re not talking...
Stifel and JPMorgan analysts trade blows on Scotts Miracle-Gro’s valuation
Analysts from JPMorgan and Stifel said Scotts Miracle-Gro Corp. stock is trading at a discount, but duked it out over whether the fertilizer and hydroponic equipment company deserves it. Saying it has...
The Cruise Crowd Is Back, Even if Investors Aren’t. Here’s Why It May Be Time to Take a Plunge.
Few sectors absorbed as much pain as the cruise industry during the pandemic, which shut down sailing operations in the U.S. from March 2020 through last June. Shares of the big three cruise operators...
Surging Fertilizer Costs Are Pushing Food Prices Higher
Fertilizer costs have roughly doubled from a year ago as the war in Ukraine disrupted the flow of supplies from Russia, the world’s largest exporter of the commodity. That has contributed to higher gl...
Why did the stock market fall? Dow finishes nearly 1,000 points lower in worst day since October 2020
U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday to suffer their biggest one-day drop since 2020, as investors continued to weigh hawkish comments on interest rates a day earlier by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome ...
Citi upgrades Wells Fargo, cuts view on five other banks as inflation woes mount
Citigroup analyst Keith Horowitz upgraded Wells Fargo to a buy, reiterated a bullish view on M&T Bancorp and cut ratings on five other banks on Monday. While banks looked poised for outperformance...
How Putin’s War Made These 3 Fertilizer Producers Hot Stocks
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Since Russia invaded Ukraine, shares of Saskatoon, Canada’s Nutrien , the Western Hemisphere’s top fertilizer maker, have climbed 37%. The Energy Select Sector SP...
A Food Crisis Is Looming. This Fertilizer Stock Stands to Gain.
Text size The invasion of Ukraine could be one of the most disruptive events in the food and agricultural supply chain in decades. Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its ...
Yale professor is keeping tabs on companies still operating in Russia despite Ukraine invasion — and the list includes some household names
A Yale professor and his research team are keeping tabs on companies that are still operating in Russia in the wake of its invasion of neighboring Ukraine — and the list includes many household names....
Cruise stocks don’t look at all like they’ve bottomed yet, analyst says
There’s still no compelling reason to believe that shares of cruise operators have bottomed, as a “trifecta of worries” still remain, said Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Woronka. Woronka reiterated the h...