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Mar 27
ABB to launch new $3 billion stock repurchase program

ABB Ltd. ABLZF, -6.54% ABBN, -0.97% said Thursday it plans to kick off stock repurchase program of up to $3 billion, starting in April. The Switzerland-based electrification and automation company said the new program would follow the completion of its previous program, in which $3.1 billion worth of stock, or about 4.2% of the shares […]

Mar 27
U.S. luggage sales more than double year-over-year

Looks like everyone is ready for a vacation. NPD Group data shows that luggage sales skyrocketed 129% for the 12 months ending Feb. 2022. The average selling price for luggage was up 19% for the period. “Pent-up demand from consumers yearning for travel and experiences is moving from aspiration to reality,” said Beth Goldstein, NPD’s […]

Mar 26
Coronavirus tally: New study says first U.S. case of omicron subvariant BA.2 was detected in December

An airport-based COVID-19 surveillance program detected the first known U.S. case of the highly transmissible omicron BA.2 subvariant in December, according to a new study that was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “We enrolled arriving international air travelers in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance, using molecular testing of pooled nasal swabs, and sequencing […]

Mar 26
XPO Logistics expects $710 million in cash proceeds from sale of intermodal business

XPO Logistics Inc. XPO, +1.12% announced Friday that it expects cash proceeds of $710 million from the sale of its North American intermodal business to STG Logistics. The provider of freight transportation services said the unit had generated $1.2 billion of revenue in 2021, or 9.3% of total revenue of $12.81 billion, and had 700 […]

Mar 26
Place Communale Auderghem

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 34, § 2, PARAGRAPH 3, OF THE LAW OF 2 AUGUST 2002 Trading in Place Communale Auderghem , ISIN BE0003667780 on Euronext Brussels is suspended on the request of the company from 07/01/2014 at 3:00 PM (Single auction) until the publication of […]

Mar 26
Euronav

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 34, § 2, PARAGRAPH 3, OF THE LAW OF 2 AUGUST 2002 Trading in Euronav , ISIN BE0003816338 on Euronext Brussels will re-open on 6 January 2014 at 2:30 P.M..   Source: FSMA