Grocery giant Kroger said it was acquiring rival Albertsons in a roughly $24.6 billion tie-up that will help drive profitability and establish a larger footprint of nearly 5,000 stores. Kroger (ticker...
Tag: Corporate Actions
3M Earns Quick Appellate Review of Earplug Unit’s Bankruptcy Shield
A federal appeals court granted 3M Co. ’s request to review a bankruptcy judge’s refusal to stop mass injury lawsuits from proceeding against the conglomerate following the chapter 11 filing of its ea...
Rivian’s big recall is a ‘black eye’ for bulls, but the stock is still a buy, analyst says
Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc. took a dive Monday, in the wake of the electric-vehicle maker’s recall of nearly all of its vehicles, but Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said the news is just a “speed bump”...
Bank of America to Pay $1.84 Billion to Settle Last Major Mortgage-Crisis Suit
Bank of America closed the door on its last major litigation over mortgage bonds that were at the heart of the financial crisis of 2008. The Charlotte, N.C., bank said Friday it would pay $1.84 billio...
Opinion: Disney’s ESPN is aiming for a potential pact with DraftKings. The better bet for investors is FanDuel, which has a few aces in the hole
It can be maddening when other people don’t see the world the way we do. In the stock market, this kind of misalignment can be a source of great wealth. I was thinking about that kind of contrarian ap...
One of the world’s biggest container shipping companies is ‘too compelling to ignore,’ says analyst
With valuation at a trough and a dividend lined up for 2022, A.P. Moeller-Maersk is “too compelling to ignore” and investors should buy the shares. That’s according to analysts at Berenberg, who upgra...
AMD Cuts Revenue Forecast Amid Worst Slump in PC Shipments in Years
Listen to article (1 minute) Advanced Micro Devices cut its revenue forecast for the most recent quarter citing weaker-than-expected demand for the personal computers that use its chips. The chip make...
Verizon’s ‘attractive’ dividend and growth potential earn stock an upgrade
Verizon Communications Inc. shares are fresh off their worst quarterly performance in two decades, but one analyst thinks the name deserves a fresh look. Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan upgraded Ver...
He nailed three big S&P 500 moves this year. Here’s where this strategist sees stocks headed next, with beaten down names to buy.
A Wall Street hat trick may not be on the cards, with stocks in the red for Wednesday. A two-day rally was never a guaranteed exit out of the bear woods anyway, as some say signs of a durable bottom a...
21 dividend stocks yielding 5% or more of companies that will produce plenty of cash in 2023
When the stock market has jumped two days in a row, as it has now, it is easy to become complacent. But the Federal Reserve isn’t finished raising interest rates, and recession talk abounds. Stock inv...
Buffett’s Likely Successor Buys $68 Million of Berkshire Stock
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Greg Abel, the likely successor to CEO Warren Buffett, bought about $68 million of the company’s shares last Thursday in what appears to be his first purchases of Berk...
The Next Big Battle Between Google and Apple Is for the Soul of Your Car
A few years from now, in addition to deciding your next vehicle’s make and model, you may have another tough choice: the Google model or the Apple one? Other options may include “car maker generic” an...
Adobe Stock Crumbled. Chief Financial Officer Dan Durn Bought the Dip.
Adobe stock tumbled after the software giant announced an acquisition. Soon thereafter, Chief Financial Officer Dan Durn bought nearly $1 million of shares. Adobe (ticker: ADBE) announced on Sept. 15 ...
Brazil’s Election Is Almost Here. Get Ready to Buy Petrobras Stock.
Chocolate and peanut butter go together; falling oil prices and Brazilian political uncertainty most certainly do not. Yet Petrobras stock may still be worth buying. Yes, that sounds like a terrible i...
Ford stock is now a ‘sell’ at UBS as an oversupply problem looms
Shares of Ford Motor Co. were hit hard Monday by UBS analyst Patrick Hummel’s recommendation that investors sell, as the auto industry is facing a worrisome U-turn from undersupply to oversupply. Humm...