Tag: Marketwatch

Oct 24
TPG closes real estate fund with nearly $7 billion in commitments

TPG Inc.’s TPG, -0.07% TPG Real Estate unit said Monday it drew in $6.8 billion in investor commitments for its TPG Real Estate Partners IV LP, part of a series of opportunistic real estate vehicles at the private equity firm. Kelvin Davis and Avi Banyasz, partners and co-heads of TPG Real Estate, led the effort […]

Oct 24
Tesla cuts prices for some vehicles in China: reports

Tesla Inc. TSLA, +3.45% has cut the prices of some of its vehicles in China, according to reports Monday. Reuters reported that Tesla reduced starting prices for the Model 3 and Model Y by as much as 9% in the country. Bloomberg News highlighted that the price of the basic Model 3 fell to 265,000 […]

Oct 24
Philips to cut 4,000 jobs ‘immediately’ after bigger-than-expected loss

Royal Philips NL, +3.00% PHIA, -1.01% on Monday said it will “immediately” cut 4,000 jobs after reporting a bigger-than-expected loss on Monday. Roy Jakobs, chief executive officer, announced the layoffs in a shareholder note, saying the company faces “multiple challenges and our earnings reflect this.” He said Philips plans to strengthen patient safety and quality […]

Oct 21
Costco union workers land first nationwide contract, Teamsters say

The Teamsters union on Friday said it had ratified its first-ever nationwide contract at Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, +2.92% — a master agreement the union said offered better pay and other benefits to more than 18,000 workers across the U.S. The agreement provides “significant wage improvements over the next three years and a substantial increase […]

Oct 21
Mattel agrees to pay $3.5 million fine to SEC after financial alleged misstatements

Toy company Mattel Inc. MAT, +2.96% agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle charges related to alleged misstatements in third and fourth-quarter 2017 financial statements, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday. Mattel miscalculated a tax-related valuation allowance in both quarters and did not correct the error until November of 2019, according to the SEC. […]

Oct 21
Oil prices post a weekly gain, but natural-gas futures fall more than 20% for the week

Oil futures climbed on Friday to post a gain for the week, but natural-gas futures fell sharply for the session to end the week more than 20% lower. “The Biden administration introduced an ‘SPR put’ to the oil market this week when they announced purchasing crude to replenish reserves when prices dip towards $70 a […]

Oct 21
Biden says ‘I will not yield’ if Republicans demand Medicare, Social Security cuts for debt-limit increase

President Joe Biden on Friday said “I will not yield” to Republicans in a standoff over raising the U.S. debt limit if the GOP demands cuts to Medicare and Social Security in exchange for an increase in the limit. Biden was speaking at the White House after the release of the fiscal year 2022 budget […]

Oct 21
Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress

Former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon was sentenced on Friday to four months in prison and fined $6,500 for contempt of Congress. Bannon was convicted in July on two charges after ignoring subpoenas from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Bannon will be allowed to appeal. Source: Marketwatch

Oct 21
American Bankers Association survey says two thirds of Americans support cannabis banking

A consumer survey from the American Bankers Association reports that 66% of Americans support allowing cannabis businesses to access banking services including checking accounts and business loans in states where cannabis is legal. Two-thirds of Americans support federal legislation from Congress to allow cannabis businesses to enter into banking services in the 39 U.S. states […]

Oct 21
Coronavirus tally: CDC corrects false claim it will mandate COVID vaccine for school children, saying that’s up to states

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved Thursday to address false claims that an advisory committee vote to recommend that the COVID vaccine be added to immunization schedules for school children would lead to a mandate, clarifying that states are the ones that have the authority to make that decision. The false claim spread […]