Arkhouse Macy’s take-private financing is in place, Kahane says

Arkhouse Macy’s take-private financing is in place, Kahane says

Arkhouse has the financing in place to take Macy’s private at a bid of $5.8 billion, managing partner Gavriel Kahane told CNBC Thursday, but the activist investor has run into roadblocks without the department store retailer’s cooperation on due diligence. “At this stage, based on public information, there isn’t a bank in the world that … Read more

Humana reports grim 2024 forecast due to soaring medical costs

Humana reports grim 2024 forecast due to soaring medical costs

Signage is displayed on a Humana Inc. office building in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. Humana is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 6. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Humana plummeted on Thursday after the health insurer issued dismal full-year earnings guidance, … Read more

The U.S. economy grew at a 3.3% pace in the fourth quarter

The U.S. economy grew at a 3.3% pace in the fourth quarter

The economy grew at a much more rapid pace than expected in the final three months of 2023, as the U.S. easily skirted a recession that many forecasters had thought was inevitable, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services produced, increased at a 3.3% annualized rate … Read more

Johnson & Johnson to settle talc baby powder probe

Johnson & Johnson to settle talc baby powder probe

Containers of Johnson and Johnson baby powder are displayed on a Walgreens shelf on April 05, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson has reached a tentative settlement to resolve an investigation by more than 40 states into whether the company misled patients about the safety of its talc … Read more

Alibaba stock up after Jack Ma and Joe Tsai buy shares

Alibaba stock up after Jack Ma and Joe Tsai buy shares

Alibaba co-founders Jack Ma and chairman Joe Tsai, in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. Scott Eels | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alibaba co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai have acquired shares worth hundreds of millions of dollars on the open market, according to … Read more

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) earnings Q4 2023

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) earnings Q4 2023

The stock trading graph of Johnson & Johnson is seen on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that narrowly edged out Wall Street’s expectations as sales in the company’s pharmaceutical and medical devices businesses surged. J&J also provided full-year … Read more

Watchdog report is critical of former Fed officials in stock trading controversy

Watchdog report is critical of former Fed officials in stock trading controversy

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building during a renovation in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty Images A watchdog review into market trading from two former high-ranking Federal Reserve officials criticizes the actions but does not accuse either of doing anything illegal. The report released Monday … Read more

Gilead stock falls after disappointing lung cancer study results

Gilead stock falls after disappointing lung cancer study results

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Gilead fell more than 9% on Monday after a key drug from the company did not significantly extend the lives of patients with a certain lung cancer in a late-stage trial. The results are a blow to Gilead, which is working to become a power player … Read more

Consumer sentiment surges while inflation outlook dips, University of Michigan survey shows

Consumer sentiment surges while inflation outlook dips, University of Michigan survey shows

An employer representative at a Veteran Employment and Resource Fair in Long Beach, California, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The Department of Labor is scheduled to release initial jobless claims figures on January 11.  Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Consumers have grown more confident about the direction of the economy and inflation … Read more

Biden to forgive $4.9 billion in student debt for 73,600 borrowers

Biden to forgive .9 billion in student debt for 73,600 borrowers

US President Joe Biden speaks at Abbotts Creek Community Center during an event to promote his economic agenda in Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 18, 2024.  Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The Biden administration announced on Friday that it would forgive $4.9 billion in student debt for 73,600 borrowers. The relief is a … Read more