Cruise line bonds have taken a fresh hit after Carnival’s weaker-than-expected financial update for its latest quarter, and yields on many debt issues now are in teens. Carnival (ticker: CCL) shares ...
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GSBN Adopts Blockchain to Share Shipping Data with Financial Insitutiotns
Within 20 minutes, Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) is able to undertake a pilot transaction of unifying the consent collection and sharing of shipping data using a blockchain-powered applicati...
Weaker Demand for Chinese Goods Spells End of Shipping Boom
(Bloomberg) — The cost of shipping goods from China has slumped to the lowest level in more than two years as the world economy stumbles, dimming prospects for container carriers that turned in ...
Layoffs loom on the horizon, some economists say
From rising inflation to a red-hot job market and the negative gross domestic product in between, economists are divided on the health of the U.S. economy. “There has been a lot of talk recently...
There’s only one ‘perfect asset’ to fight all the bad news that could be coming, says this strategist
Ahead of that, stocks are falling after Ford warned on high supply costs, on the heels of FedEx’s FDX, -1.99% profit caution last week. The dollar and cash have been among the most popular havens for ...
Why FedEx’s stock plunge is so bad for the whole stock market
FedEx Corp.’s profit warning has cast a pall on the broader stock market, as a record plunge in the package delivery giant’s stock has helped trigger one half of a Dow Theory “sell” signal. FedEx shar...
‘Simply staggering.’ FedEx hit with downgrades, price target cuts as warning shocks Wall Street.
A profit warning from FedEx was ringing alarm bells for Wall Street and beyond on Friday, with shares of the economic bellwether slumping as analysts piled on downgrades and price target cuts. FedEx F...
Global shipping companies now want to fly their goods too
French company CMA CGM launched its air cargo division in March 2021. Urbanandsport | Nurphoto | Getty Images Ocean freight companies are adding air cargo to their businesses as shippers look for a &#...
This superbull at JPMorgan who called the summer rally sees a soft landing ahead. Here’s his advice on stocks and oil.
A fifth-straight win was taken off the table after August CPI numbers surprised on the upside. And it looks like there’s nothing to sway the Fed from a 75-basis-point hike this month. Still, when it d...
UiPath Stock Sinks on Cut to Fiscal-Year Revenue Forecast
Text size UiPath, the robotic-process automation software company, cut its revenue outlook for the fiscal year. Courtesy UiPath UiPath stock was sinking Wednesday after the robotic-process automation ...
Inside Google’s Plan To Deliver Almost Everything To Almost Everyone Via Drone
Your next fridge won’t come via drone. Your next mattress won’t arrive from the sky. And your next TV won’t be airlifted from a central warehouse to your 45th floor condo or your suburban McMansion. B...
ChargePoint Earnings Are Today. What to Expect.
Text size ChargePoint has grown sales faster than it expected. Bing Guan/Bloomberg ChargePoint has had a flurry of good news. That raises the bar for the electric-vehicle charging company’s quarterly ...
Brink’s driver was asleep during California jewelry heist, lawsuit claims
LOS ANGELES — One of the drivers of a Brink’s tractor-trailer was asleep inside the big rig, parked near a remote Southern California rest stop earlier this summer, when thieves broke a lock and stole...
U.S. freight rates have peaked, another signal inflation is easing
Trucks at the entrance to the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California, US, on Thursday, July 14, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. freight rates increased 28% year over year, but ...
Tesla 500 mile range Semi truck to start shipping this year, followed by the Cybertruck next year, Elon Musk tweets
An earlier version of thisreport had an errant million in the headline. It has been corrected. Tesla Inc. TSLA, +3.76% CEO Elon Musk tweeted Wednesday that a Tesla 500 mile range Semi truck will start...
Grain Is Starting To Ship From Ukrainian Ports But It Might Be Too Late For Starving Millions
For six months, ships filled with grain have been sitting idle in ports along the Black Sea, victims of Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine. Now some of those ships are moving, navigating the perils...
Japanese shipping giant to take part in tidal power project
Buildings in Singapore at dusk. Asia is already home to a number of tidal power projects. Guvendemir | E+ | Getty Images Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha is to take part in a tidal power pr...
Norwegian Stock Sinks as It Predicts Losses to Continue
Text size The cruise company predicted it would continue to be unprofitable in the third quarter. Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters/Alamy Shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings fell sharply Tuesday after ...
Disney, Coinbase, BioNTech, Rivian, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size Second-quarter earnings season continues this week, while a pair of July inflation figures and consumer sentiment surveys will be the highlights on the economic-data calendar. On Monday, Tys...
Disney, Coinbase, BioNTech, Rivian, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size Second-quarter earnings season continues this week, while a pair of July inflation figures and consumer sentiment surveys will be the highlights on the economic-data calendar. On Monday, Tys...
Shipping firm Maersk warns of weak demand and warehouses filling up
A.P. Moller-Maersk, is one of the world’s biggest container shippers with a market share of around 17%, and is widely seen as a barometer of global trade. Andia | UIG via Getty Images AP Moller-...
Shipping Stocks: Matson Says This Has Peaked, Danaos Sees These Hiccups Ahead
Seaborne freight carrier Matson (MATX) and ship lessor Danaos (DAC) on Monday called out signs of some loosening in the container-shipping market, as demand for imported goods wobbles following a pand...
Royal Caribbean Stock Tumbles on $900 Million Notes Offering
Text size Cruise lines had to to take out significant debt during the pandemic to stay afloat. Pau Barrena/AFP via Getty Images Royal Caribbean Group stock tumbled after the company said it had starte...
13 Investment Moves to Pump Out Income as Interest Rates Rise
Text size The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg Interest rates have further to rise amid persistent inflation, while the labor market remains too strong for its own good. ...