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Campbell Soup Co. said late Thursday that it had shaken up its senior executives and restructured the company, including creating an accelerator unit to assist in building a "agile and dynamic operating model." Campbell stock is flat in after-hours trading and closed up nearly 1% to $43.48. The new structure includes placing Chief Operating Officer Luca Mignini in command of the company's core operations, which includes its soups and simple meals. Mignini was president of global biscuits and snacks and joined the company in 2013. Читать дальше...

The U.S.’s gold-plated credit rating could be called into question if policy makers entertain further deficit-widening measures in the roughly ninth year of this economic expansion, warn analysts at Fitch Ratings.

Steve Bannon has choice words for stock-market investors fretting about the protectionist tactics employed by the White House on trade, according to Reuters.

Health-care companies like CVS are branching out into new sub-sectors, for better or worse, betting that it will help them contain rising costs.

Over the past several weeks, policy uncertainty has been the biggest driver of moves in the U.S. stock market, with investors fretting that protectionist measures pushed by President Donald Trump could escalate into a trade war, or that recent issues surrounding internet companies could herald a more aggressive regulatory environment against some of the economy’s biggest names.

Shares of WD-40 Co. slid nearly 1% late Thursday after the company reported fiscal second-quarter 2018 earnings above expectations but quarterly sales that fell short. WD-40 earned $14.8 million, or $1.05 a share, in the quarter, compared with $12.3 million, or 87 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. Sales rose 5% to $101.3 million, from $96.6 million a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected the company to report earnings of 95 cents a share on sales of $102.5 million in the quarter. Читать дальше...

Micron Technology Inc. shares fall, leading chip-maker stocks lower after one investment bank initiates coverage on more than a dozen chip makers and rates the Boise, Idaho-based company the worst of the bunch.

Salesforce.com Inc. confirmed Thursday it is issuing $2.5 billion in bonds to help finance the cash portion of its acquisition of Mulesoft Inc. . Before the close of markets Thursday, Salesforce announced the bond issue following reports earlier in the session. The offering consists of $1 billion in 3.25% bonds due in 2023, and $1.5 billion in 3.7% notes due in 2028. Salesforce agreed to acquire Mulesoft for $6.5 billion in late March. Shares of Salesforce rose 0.4% after hours, following a 0.4%... Читать дальше...

Tesla investors shouldn’t let the stock’s surge into bull-market territory blind them from seeing the massive zone of resistance that could limit further price gains.

Some key emerging market currency pairs have held up better than expected in the turmoil surrounding trade tariffs and rising volatility. But there lies the worry for State Street Global Markets macro strategist John Velis, because the unwind could be painful.

The U.S. dollar rebounds against its rivals, including currencies perceived as haven assets on Thursday, as worries about a potential trade war eased.

NetApp Inc. authorized the buyback of an additional $4 billion in shares of its common stock, the company said in a filing late Thursday. The authorization does not have an expiration date and does not require the company to purchase any shares, NetApp said. The company also approved an increase in its regular quarterly cash dividend, from 20 cents to 40 cents a share. The increase is expected to be effective for the dividend paid in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the company said. NetApp... Читать дальше...

Crude futures claw back some ground a day after falling to two-week lows, finding support as trade tensions between the U.S. and China appeared to cool off somewhat.

Vanguard founder Jack Bogle has been around the block. The 88-year-old investing titan who is basically the father of passive investing says this renewed regime of volatility in stocks is uncanny.

U.S. stock benchmarks on Thursday finished firmly higher, with the Dow booking a 1% gain, ahead of a closely watched reading of employment due on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 1%, or about 240 points, at 24,500, buoyed by gains in the shares of Boeing Co. and Caterpillar Inc. , which rallied by at least 2% on the back of expectations that China and the U.S. will ease long-simmering trade tensions by negotiating a bilateral pact. The blue-chip gauge marked its longest win streak... Читать дальше...

New York is the latest to create a state-run retirement savings plan.

U.S. stocks end higher, extending rebound as trade fears ease

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. could collect the largest damage award ever against a global public accounting firm when a federal judge decides what to award the agency after a verdict against PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Donald Trump’s confusion about trade is dangerous, outdated and, frankly, a bit silly, writes Joseph Stiglitz.

The “If you don’t love me at my...” meme offers an important lesson about the stock market, inspired by investors like Warren Buffett: “Our favorite holding period is forever.”

These people can look the part, seem nice and sound well-informed — but they are dangerous for your money, warns the author of “The Madoffs Among Us.”

Why our natural, imperfect noses are all of a sudden more OK (but breast implants and tummy tucks are more popular than ever).