Former Dollar General CEO Vasos is back and Wall Street cheers. Shares of discount chain up sharply
Shares of Dollar General are up more than 7% before the opening bell after the discount chain said Todd Vasos will be returning as CEO after a streak of disappointing quarterly profits
2023-10-13 20:54
JPMorgan profit jumps 35%, but CEO says geopolitics and gov't inaction have led to 'dangerous time'
JPMorgan Chase’s third-quarter profit soared 35% from last year, fueled by a rapid rise in interest rates, but the bank’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, issued a sobering statement about the current state of world affairs and economic instability
2023-10-13 20:53
London’s Free Newspapers Battle to Survive After Covid
Dylan Jones had one condition when he came out of retirement to edit the London Evening Standard: don’t
2023-10-13 20:48
China's inflation data show economy in doldrums despite a slight improvement in trade
China's economy remains in the doldrums, with prices falling due to slack demand from consumers and businesses
2023-10-13 18:21
Stock market today: Asian markets slip as rising yields in the bond market pressure stocks
Shares have fallen in Asia after a retreat on Wall Street as the vise tightened from rising yields in the bond market
2023-10-13 15:59
Microsoft’s bid for Activision gets UK approval. It removes the last hurdle to the gaming deal
Microsoft’s purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard has won final approval from Britain’s competition watchdog
2023-10-13 14:57
China's exports, imports fell 6.2% in September as global demand faltered
China has reported its exports and imports both fell in September from a year earlier as global demand remained muted
2023-10-13 12:49
Japan's government asks a court to revoke the legal religious status of the Unification Church
Japan’s government has asked a court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after an Education Ministry investigation concluded the group systematically manipulated its followers into donating money, sowing fear and harming their families
2023-10-13 12:20
Thai and Filipino workers filling labor gap in Israel get caught up in war between Israel and Hamas
The first group of Thai workers evacuated from Israel after the past few days’ bloody events in southern Israel and Gaza have arrived in Bangkok, greeted by anxious relatives and senior officials
2023-10-13 09:28
Mexico takes mining company to court seeking new remediation effort for Sonora river pollution
Mexico is pursuing a criminal complaint against the country’s largest copper producer seeking to force a new remediation program for river pollution in the northern state of Sonora
2023-10-13 08:17
California considers stepping in to manage groundwater basin in farm country
California officials are faulting communities in a stretch of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley for failing to develop a plan to adequately protect groundwater
2023-10-13 06:59
Ex-IRS contractor pleads guilty in leak of tax return information of Trump, wealthy people
A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people pleaded guilty Thursday in an agreement with prosecutors
2023-10-13 06:24