Revlon Inc. shares will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange after a surge of market interest in the beauty-products supplier following its chapter 11 filing in June. Shares fell 5% on Thursda...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
TSMC Reports Record Profit, Gains Exemption From U.S. Chip Curbs on China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said that its third-quarter net profit rose 80% to a new record, and that it had been granted a one-year exemption from new U.S. restrictions on China’s chip sec...
U.S. Suppliers Halt Operations at Top Chinese Memory Chip Maker
BEIJING–U.S. chip-equipment suppliers are pulling out staff based at China’s leading memory-chip maker and pausing business activities there, according to people familiar with the matter, as they grap...
How the Fed Might Slow Down
“Move fast and break things,” hasn’t been such a great corporate slogan lately. It might not be a very good slogan for Federal Reserve policy, either. Minutes to the Fed’s September rate-setting meeti...
That Sky-High I Bond Interest Rate Will Be Coming Down to Earth
Inflation-adjusted Series I savings bonds have been the most enticing place to park your cash this year—nearly 10% interest, backed by the U.S. government, the safest investment around. In a few weeks...
Saudi Arabia Lures Executives to Neom With Million-Dollar Salaries, Zero Taxes
Saudi Arabia’s megadevelopment Neom is paying senior executives roughly $1.1 million each annually, according to an internal Neom document, showing how the kingdom is using large pay packages to lure ...
Two Fed Officials Make Case for Caution With Future Interest Rate Raises
Two Federal Reserve officials began laying out a case for exercising caution in raising interest rates after policy makers last month telegraphed plans to continue lifting rates at their fastest pace ...
Venezuela’s U.S. Creditors Take Small Comfort From Sanctions Relief
Venezuela’s creditors welcomed its potential rapprochement with the U.S. but still face risks and uncertainties in collecting from the South American country’s bankrupt government as its relations wit...
Not Ready to Go Full EV? Some Car Companies Bet Bigger on Hybrids
Demand for hybrid vehicles is hot, reinforcing the view from Toyota Motor Corp. and other auto makers that the gas-electric approach will play an important role even as the industry races toward fully...
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...
Memory Chip Makers Struggle With Declines in Demand, Price
Listen to article (2 minutes) The pandemic boom in memory chips is on pause. A decline in prices in recent months has led the biggest memory players—including Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology...
How to Make Peace With Your Stock Market Losses
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In Hurricane Ian’s Wake, Insurers and Homeowners Gear Up for Coverage Fights
Litigation is looming for home insurers in Florida as cash-strapped, underinsured homeowners—paired with an aggressive plaintiffs’ bar—are expected to turn to the court system to try to force payments...
Why Are My Inflation-Protected Bonds Falling When Inflation Is So High?
Listen to article (1 minute) You would think this would be TIPS’ time to shine. Instead, the prices of Treasury inflation-protected securities—government bonds that are adjusted to keep up with inflat...
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...