Day: October 14, 2022
Kroger Co. KR, -5.69% has announced a $24.6 billion deal to buy Albertsons Cos. Inc. ACI, -7.72%. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Kroger will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Albertsons’ common and preferred stock for an estimated $34.10 per share. Bloomberg News reported, earlier this week that Kroger was in merger […]
Shares of Howard Hughes Corp. HHC, +4.01% jumped 2.8% in premarket trading Friday, after investor Pershing Square Capital Management said it has launched a cash tender offer to buy up to 6.34 million of the real estate development and management company’s stock. That represents up to 12.7% of the shares outstanding as of July 28. […]
A community member started a discussion on r/cryptocurrency on why inflation isn’t pushing more people into the crypto space. 1511 Total views 36 Total shares While some anticipate that more people will naturally get into crypto due to inflation, the reality is far from some community members’ expectations. A discussion in the r/cryptocurrency subreddit highlighted […]
Baker Hughes [s: bkr] on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil rose by eight to 610 this week. That followed a decline of two in the previous week. The total active U.S. rig count, which includes those drilling for natural gas, climbed by seven to 769, according to Baker […]
EURUSD, “Euro vs US Dollar” EURUSD has fixed above the resistance level. The instrument is currently moving inside Ichimoku Cloud, thus indicating a sideways tendency. The markets could indicate that the price may test the cloud’s upside border at 0.9815 and then resume moving downwards to reach 0.9475. Another signal in favour of a further […]
EURUSD, “Euro vs US Dollar” As we can see in the H4 chart, after forming a Shooting Star reversal pattern close to the resistance area during the pullback, EURUSD may reverse in the form of a new descending wave. In this case, the downside target may be at 0.9595. However, an alternative scenario implies that […]
First Republic Bank FRC, -14.21% stock fell 10% Friday in the weakest share price reaction among four regional banks that reported earnings. While First Republic’s third-quarter earnings of $2.21 beat the target of $2.18 a share, its net interest income looking ahead is running about 4 basis points behind the forecast for growth of 2.75%, […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s DJIA, -0.50% top-two gaining stocks Friday are those of the companies that reported third-quarter earnings, with the gains enough to keep the blue chip barometer positive despite weakness in the broader stock market. UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s stock UNH, +1.79% ran up $15.31, or 3.0%, in morning trading and JPMorgan Chase […]
Businesses increased inventories, or products waiting to be sold, by 0.8% in August. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast a 0.9% increase. Rising inventories add to gross domestic product and usually reflect an expanding economy. The government said sales rose a smaller 0.3% in the month, however. As a result, the ratio of inventories […]
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss reversed the mini budget plan on corporate taxes in a decision she framed as one that will promote economic stability. Truss said that will raise £18 billion each year and act as a down payment on its fiscal plan, and said that spending will grow less rapidly than previously planned. […]
