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Sticky inflation just showed up in a place we’d rather not put in a spreadsheet. That inflation setup fits Bank of America’s latest report shared with me, which shows the pressure building in categories couples actually buy into. The note shows consumers are still spending a ton on ...
Patrick Moebel, who spent years running FedEx Logistics and Geodis’s North American business, was named CEO of Ceva Logistics on Wednesday. The post CMA CGM hires FedEx executive Moebel to lead Ceva Logistics appeared first on FreightWaves.
Stocks fell as Meta buzz hit SpaceX, Micron and many AI stocks. Tesla is near a buy point with deliveries due. The June jobs report also is on tap.
July 1 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Colorado from capping the price of Amgen's blockbuster arthritis drug Enbrel, a first-of-its-kind move by a U. In granting a preliminary injunction, Chief Judge Daniel Domenico of the Denver federal court said Amgen would likely face significant and irreparable harm from charging lower prices, adding that it could affect the drugmaker's negotiations for future contracts with wholesalers and distributors.
U.S. stocks ended modestly lower after investors parsed comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh for clues about the path of interest rates.
US equity indexes fell Wednesday as the technology sector paced declines and traders assessed Federa
The Chinese tech giant Alibaba will pay $600 million to resolve a dispute with the U.S. government over allegations that the Hangzhou-based firm sold and imported illegal pharmaceuticals, controlled substances, regulated chemicals, and pill-making equipment into the U.S. Alibaba operates some of the world's largest e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba.com and AliExpress.com. The U.S. alleges that Alibaba’s U.S.-based payment processor, AUS Merchant Services, violated federal law by failing to prevent merchants from selling and importing illegal products into the U.S. through Alibaba.com and AliExpress.com.
Kroger said it would acquire privately held Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion. Kroger’s potential merger with Albertsons was blocked by a federal judge halted the deal in late 2024.
A Hollywood director who took $11 million from Netflix for a science fiction series but quietly moved the money into crypto markets instead, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. According to the court filing, Carl Erik Rinsch, best known for directing Keanu Reeves in the 2013 film "47 ...
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) posted a fortress quarter as passive flows shovel capital into the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM). JPM printed record markets revenue while the Russell reconstitution funneled $334 billion of mechanical buying into 2,000 small-cap names. Stacking the bank’s pristine balance sheet against a basket of floating-rate borrowers shows where defensive power sits ... Passive Indexers Are Shuffling Billions Into the Russell 2000 Just in Time for a Brutal Fed Reality Che
Nike stock hit a 12-year low as a one-time tariff refund masked weak sales and analysts cut targets. Here are the key levels to watch.
The sale of FedEx Supply Chain nearly triples Ceva Logistics' North American contract logistics footprint while sharpening FedEx's focus on parcel delivery.
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Bullion climbed 0.6% as investors weighed possible Fed rate hikes and advancing US-Iran technical talks.
Bitcoin fell below its 200-week moving average as Fed rate concerns and Strategy uncertainty weighed on sentiment.
<body><p>STORY: :: Kroger</p><p>Shares of U.S. grocer Kroger fell about 2% Wednesday morning after the company said it would buy regional supermarket chain Giant Eagle in a nearly $1.7 billion deal.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>The move strengthens Kroger's presence in the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic region amid intensifying competition.</p><p>The transaction is the first under CEO Greg Foran, and is also Kroger's first major acquisition since its $25 billion merger with Albertsons fell apart in 2024.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Family-owned Giant Eagle generates about $9 billion in annual sales. It operates nearly 200 supermarkets and about a dozen standalone pharmacies across parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana.</p><p>:: Kroger</p><p>Foran said the chain was a good strategic fit for Kroger, which has been battling intense competition from Walmart, Amazon and other grocers as still-elevated inflation has many consumers seeking cheaper essentials.</p><p>Kroger has previously said it plans to cut prices on thousands of items, funded partly by direct imports and better use of technology.</p><p>The Giant Eagle acquisition is expected to close in 2027.</p></body>
Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of FedEx Freight Holding with a Buy rating and a $186 price target, implying roughly 23% upside from current levels, citing the newly independent less-than-truckload carrier’s potential to improve profitability, pricing power and cash generation following its spin-off from FedEx.
FedEx (FDX) has agreed to sell its supply chain subsidiary to French shipping and logistics firm CMA
Nike's fiscal Q4 2026 beat was bolstered by tariff refunds masking core weakness, as revenue fell 1% YOY and analysts cut price targets despite the earnings surprise.
Altria has become a magnet for income-focused capital this year, with the stock climbing 32.55% year-to-date as retirees hunt for inflation hedges while the Fed has cut its target rate to 3.75%. Altria (NYSE:MO) sells Marlboro, Copenhagen, Skoal, on! nicotine pouches and NJOY e-vapor, and its smokeable engine just posted a 65.1% operating margin. The ... 1 Masterclass in Pricing Power Makes Altria an Absolute Sanctuary for Retirees
The Senate Banking Committee’s top Democrat wants the Fed’s inspector general to examine whether a top Fed regulator broke protocol by participating in the closed-door client event.
President Donald Trump bought a sizable stake in Axon Enterprise this year, the maker of the taser and a growing lineup of policing technology. Two weeks later, Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked vendors for thousands of new tasers built to specifications that experts say match only ...
Alcoa shares are on track for their worst day since President Trump announced sweeping tariffs in April 2025, trading as much as 12% lower after the Pittsburgh company said it would pay up to $5.6 billion for bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets in South Africa, Australia and Brazil. The BHP spinoff will receive $3.1 billion in cash, newly issued Alcoa stock worth roughly $1 billion that it plans to distribute to shareholders and future payments that could reach $750 million. The deal comes amid a decline in aluminum prices from near record highs reached when fighting in the Persian Gulf blocked the region's aluminum smelters from global markets.
French container shipping company CMA CGM Group said Wednesday it will buy FedEx Supply Chain, the third-party logistics subsidiary of FedEx for $1.4 billion, as it works to expand in the U.S. CMA CGM Group said the acquisition will triple the size of its own logistics arm, CEVA Logistics and help build its presence as a contract logistics provider in North America. In 2025, CMA CGM pledged to invest $20 billion in its U.S. warehousing, air cargo and logistics over four years.
Investing.com -- French shipping giant CMA CGM has agreed to acquire FedEx's third-party logistics business for an enterprise value of $1.4 billion in cash, the company confirmed Wednesday, July 1, stripping FedEx of its largest warehousing and contract logistics operation in a deal that extends a sweeping restructuring of the U.S. package delivery giant.
The deal would nearly triple the size of CEVA Logistics' North American contract logistics operations and includes multiyear air and ocean freight agreements