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2024-10-20

Spirit AeroSystems to furlough 700 workers as Boeing strike continues

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Airplane fuselages bound for Boeing’s 737 Max production facility await shipment on rail sidings at their top supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., in Wichita, Kansas, on Dec. 17, 2019. Nick Oxford | Reuters Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems will furlough some 700 workers as a strike by machinists at the plane maker enters its sixth week, a spokesman for the…

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2024-10-20

Procter & Gamble (PG) Q1 2025 earnings

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Procter & Gamble on Friday reported weaker-than-expected revenue as lower demand in China again weighed on its sales. The company’s organic sales in Greater China, its second-largest market, fell 15% in the fiscal first quarter. As home prices drop and jobless rates rise in the country, shoppers have pulled back their spending, hurting P&G’s sales for shampoo, diapers and…

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2024-10-19

CVS replaces CEO Karen Lynch with exec David Joyner

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Longtime CVS Health executive David Joyner has succeeded Karen Lynch as CEO, as the company struggles to drive higher profits and stock performance, CVS announced Friday. The move, effective Thursday, the day before the announcement, comes as CVS shares have fallen nearly 20% this year. The stock closed around 5% lower on Friday. CVS has faced challenges as higher…

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2024-10-19

Netflix rose 11% after third-quarter earnings beat

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Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings attends a red carpet for the Netflix launch at Palazzo Del Ghiaccio on October 22, 2015 in Milan, Italy. Jacopo Raule | Getty Images Netflix shares closed up 11% on Friday after the media streaming giant reported third-quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations. The company on Thursday reported earnings per share of $5.40 for…

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2024-10-19

Intel seeks billions for minority stake in Altera business, sources say

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Pat Gelsinger, CEO, of Intel Corporation, testifies during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on semiconductors titled Developing Next Generation Technology for Innovation, in Russell Senate Office Building on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Intel is looking to sell at least a minority stake in its Altera unit in a…

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2024-10-19

Trump crypto project allows ex-president’s family to make 75% of revenue

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Donald Trump’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, published a 13-page document Thursday that described its mission and how tokens can be allocated, and that indicated that the Republican presidential nominee and his family could take home 75% of net revenue. In what it calls the “World Liberty Gold Paper,” World Liberty Financial, or WLF, said the Trump family will…

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2024-10-18

Retail sales rose 0.4% in September, better than expected; jobless claims dip

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Consumer spending held up in September, underscoring a resilient economy that is now getting a boost from the Federal Reserve, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Retail sales increased a seasonally adjusted 0.4% on the month, up from the unrevised 0.1% gain in August and better than the 0.3% Dow Jones forecast, according to the advance report. Excluding autos, sales…

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