Gap same-store sales disappoint as Old Navy struggles
Gap Inc posted quarterly same-store sales that fell short of analysts' estimates on Thursday, as Old Navy suffered its worse comparable sales figures in three years...
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Hasbro to buy studio Entertainment One for $4 billion
U.S. toy maker Hasbro Inc will buy Entertainment One Ltd for about $4 billion in cash, adding the independent studio with preschool brands such as Peppa...
Exclusive: KKR explores $5 billion sale of Epicor Software - sources
Buyout firm KKR & Co Inc is exploring a sale of Epicor Software Corp that could value the U.S. enterprise resource planning software provider at close...
Pompeo tells Trudeau U.S. focused on release of two Canadians in China
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday assured Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that American officials were working to free two Canadian men who have...
News Corp developing 'Knewz.com' service to take on Google News: WSJ
News Corp is developing a news-aggregation service to compete with Alphabet Inc's Google News and could be launched later this year, the Wall Street Journal reported...
S&P 500 stalls as U.S. employment, manufacturing data offset
The benchmark S&P 500 struggled for direction on Thursday as strong results from Nordstrom Inc and a fall in U.S. jobless claims offset data showing a...
Exclusive: Boeing, grappling with uneven 737 supply chain, targets 52 per month in February - sources
Boeing Co has told suppliers it will resume production of its best-selling 737 jets at a rate of 52 aircraft per month in February 2020, then...
FAA plans to test Boeing MAX software on less-experienced pilots: sources
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration plans to test next month how pilots with around one year of experience flying Boeing 737 jets handle new software on...
Stocks weak as investors eye Fed's Jackson Hole meeting
An index of stock markets worldwide edged lower on Thursday on uncertainty over the outlook for U.S. interest rate cuts and weak U.S. manufacturing data that...
Analyst who turned heads by predicting a 'Lehman-like' plunge says we're not out of the woods yet
The market rebound this week hasn't convinced the strategist predicting a "Lehman-like" sell-off that the risk is completely off the table.
Markets doubt Fed's ability to defend economy, spur inflation
The U.S. Federal Reserve wanted to do two things when it cut rates for the first time in a decade last month: Support the economy and...
Thyssenkrupp in talks to buy steel trader Kloeckner: Handelsblatt
German industrial group Thyssenkrupp is in talks to buy metals distributor Kloeckner & Co in a move to strengthen its steel business, Handelsblatt reported on Thursday...
S&P 500, Nasdaq fall after gloomy data; Fed officials dampen rate cut hopes
The benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell on Thursday after weak U.S. manufacturing data raised concerns about the health of the economy, with comments from...
U.S. transport chief names aviation safety advisory panel
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Thursday named 22 people to a new panel that will advise the department on aviation safety oversight and certification programs...
Fed's Powell, under pressure, likely to stick to 'mid-cycle' message
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell comes to this year's meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, caught between discord within the U.S. central bank over...