Tag: Corporate/Industrial News

This may surprise you: Wall Street analysts expect earnings for the S&P 500 to increase 8% during 2023, despite all the buzz about a possible recession as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary pol...

Can AT&T earnings help stop the stock’s ‘bleeding’?

Telecommunications names are usually seen as defensive in periods of economic stress, but that hasn’t played out recently. Can AT&T Inc.’s upcoming earnings report help change the tone? AT&T’s...

New England Risks Winter Blackouts as Gas Supplies Tighten

Listen to article (2 minutes) New England power producers are preparing for potential strain on the grid this winter as a surge in natural-gas demand abroad threatens to reduce supplies they need to g...

Verizon has hit a speed bump, but earnings could show a better road ahead

For Verizon Communications Inc., the pain likely isn’t over yet. After posting net losses of wireless retail postpaid phone subscribers in its consumer business during each of the past two quarters, V...

BP Buys Renewable Natural-Gas Company in $4.1 Billion Deal

By Chris Wack Oct. 17, 2022 8:17 am ET Listen to article (1 minute) Archaea Energy said Monday it is being bought by BP PLC for $26 a share in cash, or a total enterprise value of $4.1 billion, includ...

Stock market’s wild gyrations put earnings in focus as inflation crushes Fed ‘pivot’ hopes

Unrelenting inflation has dashed hopes for a quick pivot away from aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, which in turn is undermining the U.S. corporate earnings outlook for 2023 and ...

McDonald’s and A.O. Smith Declare Dividend Increases

Text size Chernetskaya/Dreamstime.com McDonald’s and A.O. Smith declared dividend increases this week in an otherwise quiet stretch on that front for large U.S. companies. McDonald’s (ticker: MCD) pla...

The top 25 market events of the last 25 years

On an October morning 25 years ago, MarketWatch started providing real-time news and market data to the general public on the internet. Individuals were fleeing their stockbrokers for new online platf...

SPAC Sponsors Were Winners Even on Losers

Since AEye went public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company in August 2021, shareholders have had a rough go. The laser-technology company’s stock is down over 90% in the midst of mis...

Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Create a Big Player in Retail Advertising

The proposed merger of Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. would reshape the U.S. supermarket industry by combining its two largest operators. It also would create a big player in so-called retail media, o...

Shortages Have Turned to Gluts. These Stocks Could Benefit.

Shortages have turned into surpluses—and that’s bad news for goods producers and sellers everywhere. Still, there are some companies that could buck the trend. Companies like Nike (ticker: NKE) and Mi...

Tesla, Netflix Set to Report Earnings as Recession Talk Mounts

Procter & Gamble Netflix and Tesla highlight a busy coming week of earnings as persistent inflation and climbing interest rates stoke talk of a recession. Consumer healthcare giant Johnson & J...

Higher Heating Bills Poised to Hit U.S. Households This Winter

High fuel prices have been a big driver of inflation, pumping up the cost of summer travel and air conditioning, and federal energy forecasters say that staying warm this winter will be more expensive...

Kroger Pauses Buybacks to Prioritize Debt Reduction After Albertsons Deal Closes

Grocery giant Kroger Co. is pausing share buybacks ahead of its planned acquisition of rival Albertsons Cos. Inc., aiming to use the additional cash to reduce its debt as it closes one of the biggest ...

Tesla, Goldman Sachs, Netflix, AT&T, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

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Senior KFC Executives Opt for Retirement as Interest Rates Hit Pension Payouts

Rising interest rates are adding to companies’ borrowing costs and triggering higher credit-card bills for consumers. At KFC, they are driving a turnover in senior management. The Louisville, Ky.-base...

Why Zelle moves twice as much money as Venmo and the Cash App combined

Zelle may not have its own clothing line or suggest emojis when you pay your friend, but the peer-to-peer payment service is moving serious money, and that seems to be raising eyebrows these days. Sen...

Netflix and Tesla stocks are not having a good year, but here comes a chance to turn it around

Two stocks that have defined Wall Street’s boom in the past decade — streaming giant Netflix Inc. and electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc. — will hope to turn around some poor recent trajectories as earn...

What bank earnings tell us about how consumers are doing with high inflation, recession worries — ‘It’s not a crack in current numbers’

For all the worries about inflation’s pinch and the chance of a recession, just-released earnings reports from big banks indicate the wallets of many regular Americans are generally holding up as they...

Mystery Stock Surge Is Probably Just Another Bear Market Rally

Listen to article (2 minutes) With volatility comes opportunity. And what volatility! Thursday saw the biggest intraday gain in the S&P 500 since the wild swings as stocks were approaching their l...

American Executives in Limbo at Chinese Chip Companies After U.S. Ban

SINGAPORE—American workers hold key positions throughout China’s domestic chip industry, helping manufacturers develop new chips to catch up with foreign rivals. Now, those workers are in limbo under ...

Nio shorts may have covered too soon, as EV maker’s stock sinks to more than 2-year low

Shares of Nio Inc. sank to the lowest prices seen in more than two years, disappointing not only bulls, but also likely the many bears who have just covered their short positions. While short selling,...

Plug Power Stock Drops On Revenue Shortfall

Plug Power stock fell on Friday after the fuel-cell company said its annual revenue would be lower than expected because of supply-chain problems. Revenue for 2022 will be 5% to 10% lower than the $90...

Kroger unveils $24.6 bln deal to buy smaller grocery chain Albertsons

Kroger has inked a deal with Albertsons to purchase the smaller grocery retailer for $24.6 billion. The acquisition will establish a national footprint “to serve America with fresh, affordable food,” ...

It turns out that bonds may be a riskier investment now than stocks

Stocks are riskier than bonds — everyone knows that. At least until this year. So far in 2022, long-term U.S. Treasurys have significantly underperformed U.S. stocks. The Vanguard Long-Term Treasury E...

Airline Stocks Have Struggled. Here Are a Few Highfliers.

Some airline stocks trade at five times projected earnings. Why so expensive, you might be wondering. The group’s reputation on capital preservation at the moment ranks somewhere between damaged and U...

Boeing May Score a Big Order. The Stock Needs Good News.

Longtime readers will remember the erstwhile heyday of CatBo, when Boeing and Caterpillar ruled the Dow Jones Industrial Average Yet over the past five years, it is Caterpillar that has taken off, out...

Why It’s Time to Buy This Uranium Miner’s Stock

Heading into this past week, uranium miner Cameco was that rare stock in the market: It had posted a double-digit gain in 2022. One deal made those gains disappear—and created a buying opportunity. At...

‘We’re seeing buyers backing out’: This dramatic chart reveals U-turn in the housing market as sellers slash home prices

Here’s a chart that speaks a thousand words about the state of the real-estate market right now. The chart above, part of a new report by real-estate brokerage Redfin RDFN, -7.03% on the property mark...

China Evergrande’s Debt-Crisis Fallout: Losses, Layoffs and More Defaults

Listen to article (2 minutes) When China Evergrande Group began struggling under a mountain of debt last year, it quietly set off a chain reaction across the country. Chinese authorities prevented a ...

‘This is not QE or QT. This is none of those.’ Why the U.S. Treasury is exploring debt buybacks

10/14/2022

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday said it plans to start talking with primary dealers in late October about the potential for it to begin buying back some of its older debt to help stave off mark...

Kroger and Albertsons Say the Merger Will Cut Prices. Their Shares Are Tumbling.

10/14/2022