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Xerox Holdings Corp. on Wednesday announced the death of Chief Executive John Visentin “due to complications from an ongoing illness.” Steve Bandrowczak, Xerox’s president and chief operations officer, will serve as interim CEO. Source: Marketwatch
Pfizer Inc. PFE, +0.55% and BioNTech SE BNTX, +1.54% said late Wednesday they have inked a new agreement with the U.S. government to supply 105 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccines, including a formulation adapted to target omicron variants, pending approval from the FDA. The two pharma companies said the doses are expected to be […]
Oil futures ended lower on Wednesday, pulling back after posting three consecutive gains, ahead of a meeting of key oil producers Thursday. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies, together known as OPEC+, are expected to confirm an existing agreement to boost production in August. The loss in oil prices came despite […]
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. PEG, +0.06%, also known as PSE&G, said the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved its Infrastructure Advancement Program (IAP), which allows it to invest $511 million over four years to update its distribution systems and improve reliability, “including during extreme weather.” The company said its program will create […]
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, +2.11% rose 1.6% after Bank of America analyst Ebrahim H. Poonawala upgraded the company to buy from neutral on his view that the bank offers a relatively better value than its peers in a looming economic downturn. Poonawala raised his price target on Goldman to $380 a share from $360 […]
Performance Food Group Co. PFGC, -1.35% on Wednesday reiterated its 2022 sales forecast of $50.5 billion to $51 billion, including the impact of 10 months its Core-Mark acquisition. Analysts surveyed by FactSet currently expect the company to generate sales of $50.94 billion. By fiscal 2025, Performance Food Group forecasts sales of $62 billion to $64 […]
Gold futures fell on Tuesday, posting back-to-back losses to mark their lowest settlement in nearly two weeks. “It’s not surprising that gold continues to struggle on upticks,” said Peter Grant, vice president and senior metals strategist at Zaner Metals and Tornado Precious Metals Solutions. He points out that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell last week […]
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -5.14% slumped 4.8% in afternoon trading Tuesday, adding to Monday’s 2.8% drop, after UBS analyst Lloyd Walmsley cut his stock price target to $167 from $209, citing “some risks” to the ecommerce and cloud giant’s financial outlook depending no the macroeconomic environment. Walmsley lowered his revenue estimate for 2022 to […]
Oil futures finished higher for a third consecutive session on Tuesday, with the U.S. crude benchmark settling at its highest price since mid-June. “The easing of China’s zero-COVID policy helped oil to the third day of gains following a decent correction in recent weeks,” said Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at OANDA. Also supporting oil […]
U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Tuesday, falling for a second straight day, as a fresh reading on consumer confidence slumped more than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.56% dropped around 490 points to close about 1.6% lower, while the S&P 500 SPX, -2.01% slid about 2% and the Nasdaq tumbled COMP, -2.98% around […]