Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merger clears Justice Department hurdle, now faces DOT

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines merger clears Justice Department hurdle, now faces DOT

Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes takeoff at the same time from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 21, 2023. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Alaska Airlines said that its plan to acquire Hawaiian Airlines has cleared the U.S. Justice Department after the period for antitrust … Read more

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) gets back on track, delivering solid earnings, outlook

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) gets back on track, delivering solid earnings, outlook

After two rough quarters, Palo Alto Networks on Monday evening delivered the type of earnings report we expect from one of the best cybersecurity companies in the world. The stock rose another 2% in after-hours trading. Revenue during Palo Alto’s fiscal 2024 fourth quarter increased 12% year over year to $2.19 billion, beating the consensus … Read more

China loan prime rates and RBA minutes in focus

China loan prime rates and RBA minutes in focus

Melbourne city centre skyline alongside the Yarra River. Loop Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets climbed across the region on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street’s rally and as China released key economic data. China’s loan prime rates were held at 3.35% for the one-year LPR and 3.85% for the five-year LPR, in … Read more

Boeing pauses tests of 777X aircraft after finding damage to one of the jets structures

Boeing pauses tests of 777X aircraft after finding damage to one of the jets structures

A Boeing 777x aircraft during an aerial display on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, UK, on Monday, July 18, 2022. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing said Monday that it has paused flight tests of its 777X after it found damage in a structure of one of the … Read more

Egg prices are rising once again as bird flu limits supply

Egg prices are rising once again as bird flu limits supply

Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Egg prices are climbing, placing the household staple back in the spotlight as consumers stay concerned not only about inflation but the absolute level of prices. July marked a third straight month that egg prices rose on an annual basis, a reversal from a year of relative decreases. The culprit … Read more

Trump Media shares hit post-merger low as DJT slump continues

Trump Media shares hit post-merger low as DJT slump continues

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of former President Donald Trump’s social media company on Monday touched their lowest price since they began public trading on the Nasdaq nearly five months ago after a merger. Trump Media, the company that owns the Republican presidential nominee’s preferred social messaging platform Truth Social, was trading … Read more

WTI lower as demand weighs on market

WTI lower as demand weighs on market

Crude oil futures fell for the fourth day in five Monday, as the U.S. pushed to secure a cease-fire deal to the end the fighting in Gaza and worries about softening demand weighed on the market. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel, where he warned this may be the “last opportunity” to … Read more

SEC charges Carl Icahn with hiding billions worth of stock pledges

SEC charges Carl Icahn with hiding billions worth of stock pledges

Carl Icahn, billionaire activist investor, waits for Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, not pictured, to speak at an election night event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday … Read more

Goldman Sachs cuts odds of U.S. recession to 20% on fresh data

Goldman Sachs cuts odds of U.S. recession to 20% on fresh data

Goldman Sachs has cut its probability forecast for a U.S. recession to 20% shortly after raising it, as fresh labor market data sparked a reassessment of market views on the economy. Economists at Goldman earlier this month raised their 12-month U.S. recession probability from 15% to 25% after the U.S. July jobs report of Aug. … Read more

Starbucks’ CEO switch shows an old investing rule is still alive

Starbucks’ CEO switch shows an old investing rule is still alive

One thing you hate is when a shibboleth that’s meant to exert and exact discipline actually loses you money. That’s how I have been feeling about the idea that giving up on value is a sin. Since the late ’80s, I have held that if you think that a company, or its brand, is valuable, … Read more