By Herbert Lash and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global equity markets rebounded on Thursday on expectations that interest cuts by the Federal Reserve and other central banks were coming, tho[...]
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February 1, 2024
Wall Street ends higher; earnings, jobs report in focus
By Stephen Culp (Reuters) -U.S. stocks rebounded on Thursday as investors looked to a spate of high-profile earnings and the Friday’s employment report a day after the Federal Reserve quashed li[...]
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Battle for Disney’s Future Heats up, Company Sets Meeting Date
By Dawn Chmielewski and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) -Walt Disney’s battle with activist investor Nelson Peltz heated up on Thursday when the hedge fund manager said his candidates to the enter[...]
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Amazon and Meta surge after results, while Apple drops
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Meta Platforms and Amazon.com added a combined $280 billion in stock market value late on Thursday after the Big Tech duo reported quarterly results that impressed[...]
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US regional banks tumble for second straight day on NYCB woes
By Niket Nishant and Saeed Azhar WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. regional banks sold off again on Thursday, adding to losses from a day earlier when New York Community Bancorp reported increased stress in[...]
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Marketmind: Rocky week to end on tech-led bounce
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asian markets on Friday will look to take heart from Wall Street’s bounce on Thursday, ending a rocky week on a stea[...]
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Corteva shares jump on upbeat Q4 profit, demand improvement in 2024
By Sourasis Bose (Reuters) -Corteva’s shares jumped more than 18% on Thursday, after the U.S. agricultural chemical firm topped Wall Street expectations for fourth-quarter profit backed by stron[...]
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Oil prices drop 2% on unsubstantiated ceasefire reports, refinery shutdown
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell over 2% on Thursday after unsubstantiated reports of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and after a power outage forced a large U.S. refinery t[...]
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Musk seeks Tesla shareholder vote on moving incorporation to Texas
By Shubham Kalia, Maria Ponnezhath and Samrhitha A (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday the company will hold a shareholder vote to transfer its state of incorporation to Texas from Delawar[...]
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