Futures look for direction after four-day selloff
U.S. stock index futures were mixed on Wednesday after the Dow and the S&P 500 indexes suffered their sharpest four-day percentage fall in more than a...
Market wire
Latest news on private equity markets
Headlines on the small cap U.S. and Canadian companies we follow, pulled from the wires as they publish. Every story opens at its original source.
Virgin Galactic Chairman Palihapitiya says stock isn't a bubble, points to $2.4 billion 'pipeline'
Virgin Galactic Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya thinks the recent rally by Wall Street's favorite speculative stock is not the sign of a bubble.
World shares slump for fifth day, bets grow on interest rate cuts to counter damage
World stocks tumbled for the fifth straight day on Wednesday, while safe-haven gold rose back towards seven-year highs and U.S. bond yields held near record lows...
Panasonic to exit solar production at Tesla's New York plant as partnership frays
Panasonic Corp said it would exit solar cell production at Tesla Inc's New York plant, the latest sign of strain in a partnership where Panasonic's status...
U.S. crude drops below $50 as Washington warns of a global pandemic
U.S. crude dropped below $50 on Wednesday, the lowest level since January 2019, as Asia, Europe and oil producing countries in the Middle East reported hundreds...
Bayer chairman quits as Roundup settlement talks progress
Bayer Chairman Werner Wenning, one of the architects of a $63 billion takeover deal that has left the German crop protection company fighting costly lawsuits, will...
Apple faces shareholder vote over Chinese app removal policies
Apple Inc's shareholders on Wednesday will vote on a proposal critical of its moves to remove apps at the request of the Chinese government and calling...
Bayer chairman quits after making progress to settle litigation
Bayer , which is fighting claims its weedkiller Roundup causes cancer, said its Chairman Werner Wenning was stepping down because the drugs and crop protection company...
European Commission says too early to assess coronavirus impact on EU economy
It is still too early to assess the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the European Union economy, the bloc's economics commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on...
Britain's Lloyds to cut 780 jobs: union
Britain's biggest domestic bank Lloyds is planning to axe 780 jobs as part of ongoing cost-cutting at the lender, union Unite said on Wednesday.
Nokia explores strategic options: Bloomberg News
Finnish telecom network equipment maker Nokia Oyj is exploring strategic options and is working with advisers to consider potential asset sales and mergers, Bloomberg News reported...
Oil down 3% as virus spreads in Europe, Mideast; new U.S. cases suspected
Oil prices fell 3% on Wednesday after hundreds of new coronavirus cases reported in Europe and the Middle East stoked fears that energy demand would decline,...
Blackstone's Joe Zidle says now is not the time to buy stocks, predicts 'more downside volatility'
Joseph Zidle said on "Fast Money" that the coronavirus outbreak will lead to "mini rolling recessions" around the world.
U.S. Supreme Court allows retirement plan lawsuit against Intel
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to back stricter deadlines for workers to sue retirement plans over alleged mismanagement, ruling Intel Corp cannot avoid a...
Debt among oldest Americans skyrockets 543% in two decades
Debt among older Americans has increased dramatically since 1999, due partly to the erosion of the country's social safety net.