Unilever Plans Overhaul After Bids for GSK Consumer Unit

(Bloomberg) — Unilever Plc is promising to revamp its structure and plans to sell off slow-growth brands as it weighs making a higher offer for GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s consumer unit. Most Read fro...

Big Investor Tripled Its AMC Stake and Bought Apple, NIO, and Nikola Stock

Text size DNB Asset Management materially raised investments in some of the most volatile stocks, including AMC Entertainment, Apple, NIO, and Nikola. Ethan Miller/Getty Images A large European asset ...

China integrates Blockchain Tech with agriculture to regain Consumer trust

China has been in the spotlight for producing fake products which have a worldwide distribution. Guiyang is promoting big data integration in rural revitalization, says Ma NIngyu  The edible fungus in...

Value Gets Its Moment. Consider These Stocks and ETFs.

Buy the dip, wrote J.P. Morgan’s strategists early this past week. As calls to courage go, it wasn’t exactly Churchill during the Blitz. The dip in this case was a 2% decline, year to date, in the S&a...

Apple’s Path to a $4 Trillion Market Cap

Analysts continue to crank out bullish notes about Apple‘s outlook ahead of the tech giant’s December-quarter earnings report, due just two weeks from now. Apple (ticker: AAPL) had a big run in late 2...

Singapore Tycoon Wee Cho Yaw’s UOB To Buy Citi’s Southeast Asia Consumer Business For $3.6 Billion

Wee Ee Cheong, chief executive officer of United Overseas Bank Ltd. (UOB), holds a news conference … [+] in Singapore, on February 22, 2019. Ore Huiying/Bloomberg United Overseas Bank—controlled...

Citi to sell consumer banking operations to UOB in Malaysia, Indonesia

A Citibank branch in New York, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Citigroup will sell its consumer banking businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam...

China uses Blockchain Tech to Regain Consumer Trust

Fake food: Rebuilding trust in food products in China will take a lot of work. The industry is rife with counterfeits, mislabeled products and dangerous fakes. But now, with blockchain tech, there cou...

GrowGeneration Stock Tumbles. The Hydroponics Market Is Slowing.

Text size CNW Group/GrowGeneration Corp. Shares of GrowGeneration fell sharply Thursday after the gardening products retailer lowered guidance due to a general slowdown in the hydroponics market. The ...

AMC CEO Says He’s Done Selling Stock After Unloading Another $7 Million

Text size AMC CEO Adam Aron. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for CinemaCon AMC Entertainment Chief Executive Adam Aron sold another $7.1 million shares of the movie theater giant this week, and said...

Warren Buffett says these are the best stocks to own when inflation spikes — with consumer prices at a 40-year high, it’s time to follow his lead

Warren Buffett says these are the best stocks to own when inflation spikes — with consumer prices at a 40-year high, it’s time to follow his lead Price levels continue to rise at a rate we haven...

Shopify Stock Has Dropped a Ton. Is It Time to Buy?

Dreamstime Text size Shopify stock has gotten hit hard during the recent tech selloff. William Blair analyst Matthew Pfau says it’s a buying opportunity In a note Wednesday, Pfau upgraded Shopify (tic...

Apple’s Tim Cook Made $100 Million. He’s Not Close to Being the Wealthiest CEO.

Text size Apple CEO Tim Cook Photograph by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple , has received almost $100 million in compensation for 2021, according to documents filed to ...

Coca-Cola Just Got Sweeter. The Stock Looks Like a Buy.

Text size One analyst sees Coke’s earnings per share growing at a 12% annualized clip through 2023, hitting $2.71 that year. George Frey/Bloomberg Coca-Cola stock finally has its fizz back after recla...

The biggest consumer brands that engaged with crypto in 2021

2021 was an exciting year for crypto, with several well-known — some unexpected — brands entering the crypto sector. Here’s looking at you, Charmin, and your toilet paper nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Th...

Costco’s December Sales Were Stellar. What It Means for Investors.

Text size Consumers shop in a Costco store Joe Raedle/Getty Images Shares of Costco Wholesale were flat on Thursday, even after the company said its December sales rose 16.2%, a hopeful sign for inves...

Bed Bath & Beyond Had Big Earnings Miss. The Stock Is Jumping.

Text size Comparable-store sales at Bed Bath & Beyond fell by 7%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond is up about 13% even after the company’s financial results fell short...

Rivian Stock Is Dropping Like a Stone. Blame Amazon.

Text size Amazon has ordered 100,000 delivery vans from Rivian. Courtesy Amazon Stock in Rivian Automotive is falling fast because it seems the start-up has competition in supplying electric trucks to...

Blockchain and the metaverse to find their way into Consumer Electronics Show

Towards the end of last year, the concept of the metaverse flared up. Facebook’s rebranding into Meta was the first major step of a leading tech firm into the metaverse, and this has been followed by ...

Beyond Meat Stock Is Climbing Because ‘Beyond Fried Chicken’ Is Coming to KFC

Text size KFC Beyond Bucket Courtesy of Beyond Meat Beyond Meat said its plant-based fried chicken product is coming to KFC locations in the U.S. next week. Shares of the meat substitute firm jumped i...

Blockchain and the Metaverse make inroads at Consumer Electronics Show

Blockchain, metaverse and NFT technology are set to make a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) event in Las Vegas this week. The CES is an annual event that features exhibitions of the lates...

Visa, Juggernaut of the Payments Business, Is a Barron’s Stock Pick for 2022

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images This article is an excerpt from Barron’s 10 favorite stocks for 2022. To see the full list, click here. Visa is the juggernaut of the payments business, processi...

Stock Pick: Nordstrom Looks Like a Cheap Play on High-End Retailing

Text size Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for Nordstrom This article is an excerpt from Barron’s 10 favorite stocks for 2022. To see the full list, click here. Nordstrom looks like a cheap play on high-end ret...

India’s Central Bank RBI Says Crypto Is Prone to Fraud and Poses Immediate Risks to Consumer Protection – Regulation Bitcoin News

India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has warned about multiple risks cryptocurrency poses to the country’s financial stability. “They are also prone to frauds and to extreme price vo...

Home Depot Was the Dow’s Best Performer. Why the Gains Are Set to Continue.

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Home construction and improvement stocks are poised to continue their gains in 2022, as the work-from-home trend continues, mortgage rates remain low, and proper...