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Micron Technology Inc. shares MU, -1.94% perked up in premarket trade Friday, after news that Japan will give the company a subsidy of up to 46.5 billion yen ($320 million) to make advanced memory chips at its Hiroshima plant. The news was announced by Japan’s industry ministry, Reuters reported. It comes after a visit to […]
Blue Apron Holdings Inc. APRN, -10.47% announced Thursday afternoon that Chief Financial Officer Randy Greben would be stepping down to take on a position with another company. He plans to leave the Blue Apron role Oct. 17. Mitchell Cohen will take on the position of interim chief financial officer at the meal-kit company when Greben […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Barclays PLC for the sale of $17.7 billion in unregistered securities, the regulator said Thursday. “This case highlights why it is essential for firms like Barclays BCS, -2.70% to have robust internal controls over their offers and sales of securities,” said Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the SEC’s Division […]
William Watts is MarketWatch’s senior markets writer. Based in New York, Watts writes about stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities, including oil. He also writes about global macro issues and trading strategies. Before moving to New York, he reported for MarketWatch from Frankfurt, London and Washington, D.C. Source: Marketwatch
Canadian cannabis company High Tide Inc. HITI, -4.26% HITI, -3.66% said Thursday it agreed to pay C$5.3 million ($3.88 million) to acquire two retail stores in British Columbia from seller 1171882 B.C. Ltd., operating as Jimmy’s Cannabis Shop BC. The stores, one in Cranbrook and the other in Prince George, generated C$5.4 million in annualized […]
Berkshire Hathaway’s BRK.A, -1.02% General Re, Lloyds of London, Munich Re, Swiss Re AG, and Allianz Group ALV, -0.90% lead the list of top reinsurers of Florida-only property insurers in assumed premiums, Moody’s said Thursday in a research note. Property and casualty insurers such as Universal P&C, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., First Protective and American […]
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. DKS, -0.26% announced Thursday a partnership Peloton Interactive Inc. PTON, -8.01%, in which the sporting goods retailer will roll out Peloton-branded fitness shops inside more than 100 of its U.S. stores. The rollout is scheduled to begin early in the holiday season. Peloton’s stock rose 0.7% in premarket trading while Dick’s […]
The global tally of COVID cases fell 11% in the week through Sept. 25 from the week earlier, while the number of fatalities fell 18% to just over 8,900, the World Health Organization said in its latest weekly update. The BA.5 omicron subvariant continued its dominance, accounting for 81.2% of cases sequenced and entered into […]
XPO Logistics Inc. XPO, +5.12% said Wednesday it has filed a Form 10 registration statement with U.S. securities regulators related to the planned spinoff of its RXO transportation brokerage. The spinoff was announced earlier this year and on Wednesday XPO reiterated its expectation that it would be completed by year-end. “Our Form 10 public filing […]
U.S. stock indexes traded higher in the final hour of trading on Wednesday with Dow DJIA, +1.88% climbing over 550 points and S&P 500 SPX, +1.97% attempting to snap its longest losing streak since February 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced by 2% and the S&P 500 gained 2.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite COMP, […]