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Oct 20
Union Pacific stock sinks after earnings beat, but carload and share repurchase outlooks lowered

Shares of Union Pacific Corp. UNP, -4.05% dropped 5.0% toward a near two-year low in premarket trading Thursday, after the railroad operator reported third-quarter profit and revenue that beat expectations, due to increased pricing and fuel surcharges, but cut its outlook for carload growth and stock repurchases. Net income rose to $1.90 billion, or $3.05 […]

Oct 20
ManpowerGroup stock jumps after profit beat, as labor demand remains ‘solid’

Shares of ManpowerGroup Inc. MAN, +4.54% jumped 3.8% in premarket trading Thursday, after the staffing services company reported third-quarter profit that beat expectations even as revenue fell a bit short, as demand for labor remained “solid.” Net income rose to $111.3 million, or $2.13 a share, from $97.7 million, or $1.77 a share, in the […]

Oct 20
Dick’s Sporting Goods stock rallies after analyst upgrades, citing ‘overly pessimistic’ sentiment

Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. DKS, +0.77% hiked up 2.4% in premarket trading Thursday, after Oppenheimer analyst Brian Nagel turned bullish on the sporting goods and athleisure apparel retailer, saying he believes the company will keep capitalizing on “positive, post-pandemic shifts in consumer demand.” Nagel raised his rating to outperform, after being at perform […]

Oct 20
Will museums of the future just be giant NFT galleries?

NFTs have transformed the art world to make masterpieces more accessible to admirers. However, with the tokenization of entire collections comes questions about the future of ownership in museums. 708 Total views 11 Total shares Museums, individuals and metaverse initiatives have used nonfungible tokens (NFTs) as a new means for reinventing themselves before their fans. The family […]

Oct 20
Coronavirus tally: Global case tally down 6% in latest week and XBB subvariant found in 26 countries

The global tally of COVID cases fell 6% in the week through Oct. 16 from the previous week, while the number of fatalities fell 17%, the World Health Organization said in its weekly epidemiological update. The omicron BA.5 descendent lineages remained dominant, accounting for 78.9% of sequences submitted to a central database. But XBB, a […]

Oct 20
Dow adjusted profit falls 60% but tops expectations, stock slips

Shares of Dow Inc. DOW, -2.70% slipped 0.6% in premarket trading Thursday, after the specialty chemicals company reported third-quarter profit and sales that fell from a year ago, as higher energy costs hurt margins, but still beat expectations. The company said it has outlined plans to cut costs by $1 billion in 2023 as the […]