- TheStreet.com•6 hours ago
3 Burning Issues Facing General Electric and Its New CFO This Week
CFO Jamie Miller presented at two conferences Wednesday in the greater Miami area. At the corporate level GE has gone from a cash generator to a cash burner in the past two years, and that, more than any other factor, has destroyed value for GE shareholders.
Reuters•2 hours agoFord U.S. chief departs abruptly after behavior probe
Ford did not give any details on what that behavior entailed. A company spokesman said the review was launched in the past few weeks after Ford received a report of inappropriate behavior. Nair's departure comes after several high-profile business leaders and politicians have quit or been fired in the past year following accusations of sexual harassment, with the social media movement known as #MeToo pressing for more accountability in corporate cultures.
- St. Louis Business Journal•13 hours ago
Boeing facing criticism for hard-nose supplier approach
Airplane maker The Boeing Co. is facing heat these days for its determined stance in dealing with suppliers. Despite record orders, Boeing is getting some criticism for an initiative calling for some suppliers to cut costs, according to Bloomberg. Boeing’s Partnering for Success initiative aims to streamline the manufacturer’s supplier chain. And based on financial returns — with its shares doubling since the start of 2017 — Boeing can argue its plan is working. However, Bloomberg cites suppliers who claim Boeing is seeking 10 percent price cuts for their products. Boeing is coming off a bustling 2017. Boeing secured orders worth more than $90 billion in November alone. Among the highlights
Reuters•2 hours agoGeneral Electric affirms commitment to Baker Hughes, shares rise
Shares of General Electric Co's Baker Hughes rose on Wednesday after the parent company said it would not shed its holdings in the oilfield services business before the expiration of a two-year lockup period, reversing an earlier stance that had cast uncertainty around the stock. General Electric last November said it was considering shedding its Baker Hughes holdings to refocus its business and boost cash flows. The announcement came just months after the conglomerate had purchased a 63 percent stake in the firm under a deal that combined its oil and gas services and equipment business with Baker Hughes to create the second largest oilfield services firm by revenue.
- Investopedia•12 hours ago
Billionaire David Einhorn's Greenlight Bought 6M JC Penney Shares: 13F
Billionaire David Einhorn, the head of Greenlight Capital, disclosed last week in his company's quarterly 13F report that he established 19 new positions during the fourth quarter of 2017. One of the most significant purchases that he made was in J.C. Penney (JCP), the retail giant which has become "moderately distressed," according to a report by Guru Focus. At a time when many analysts showed interest in retail, Einhorn helped to solidify the trend. Why might he have decided to focus his efforts on JCP stock in the past quarter? Nearly 6.4 Million Shares of JCP Greenlight Capital acquired close to 6.4 million shares of J.C. Penney stock in the final three months of 2017. The average purchase
- U.S.News & World Report•13 hours ago
It's Time to Reconsider Intel Corporation (INTC) Stock
Semiconductor stocks have been on fire in recent years, but Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) has mostly lagged behind smaller, high-growth competitors. In Intel's most recent earnings report, the company reported earnings and revenue beats and reassured shareholders that the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities identified in Intel chips in January would not be a long-term concern. In fact, Intel rewarded loyal shareholders with a 10 percent dividend hike.
- Investopedia•10 hours ago
The Top 3 Boeing Shareholders
Founded in 1916, just a few years after the Wright brothers' famous Kitty Hawk flight, The Boeing Company ( BA) has grown to become one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world and the most well-known name in the aerospace sector and defense industry in the United States. Boeing Capital Corporation supports all three divisions by providing financing for Boeing customers. Boeing's chief financial officer and executive vice president of Enterprise Performance & Strategy, Gregory Smith, is the largest insider shareholder of the company.
- Bloomberg•yesterday
Kelcy Warren Says $1 Billion Energy Transfer Deal Is Fair to All
Kelcy Warren, the billionaire chairman of Energy Transfer Equity LP, dismissed complaints that he unfairly benefited from a 2016 private issuance of units in one of the pipeline company’s partnerships that was tied to the failed merger with Williams Co. Unitholders, including a Pennsylvania retirement fund, contend Warren and other Energy Transfer executives engineered the $1 billion deal involving only select investors so that Warren could reap more than $200 million. “Everybody thinks this is a bad deal,’’ Warren told a Delaware judge Tuesday. But the issuance helped stabilize the U.S.’s largest pipeline operator during a shaky time in an oil market downturn, he added. Warren’s lawyers said
- Zacks•yesterday
Tim Cook Won't Admit It, But Apple Is Losing Relevancy in China
With the iPhone X described as the biggest step forward for smartphones since the original iPhone, the release of the special-edition device was supposed to be a watershed moment for Apple AAPL. During the company’s fiscal first quarter, Apple sold about 77.32 million total iPhones, down about 1% year-over-year and well below our consensus estimates (also read: Apple's First-Quarter iPhone Sales Drop 1%, Miss Estimates). Apple’s decision to dual announce the iPhone 8 and iPhone X was considered a gamble at the time, and given its sales figures in the ever-important holiday quarter—along with the myriad of reported production issues related to the X—that gamble does not seem to have paid off.
- CNBC Videos•2 days ago
Airbus delivers first A350-1000 jet to Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al-Baker speaks about its launch of the aircraft, as well as his company's upcoming earnings report.
Yahoo Finance•yesterdayQualcomm ups offer, Amazon Prime members get another benefit, GM is making deals in South Korea, Edible Arrangements sues Google
Qualcomm (QCOM) tops our list. The chip maker is raising its bid for NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) to $44B. The Wall Street Journal reports that Qualcomm hopes the $5B increase will boost NXP shareholder support for the deal.
Reuters•14 hours agoONGC shortlists three oil service majors to lift output from two fields
The Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is set to hire international oil service giants for the first time to boost output from domestic oil fields in response to a government push to increase local supplies and cut expensive imports. ONGC, India's biggest explorer, has shortlisted U.S. oil service companies Halliburton, Schlumberger and GE subsidiary Baker Hughes to submit proposals on boosting production from two onshore fields, according to a document seen by Reuters. The three companies have until May to submit their proposals for what ONGC is calling a "production enhancement contract" for an oilfield in Assam and another in Gujarat.
- Zacks•yesterday
Invest Like Warren Buffett With These ETFs
Following investing strategies of billionaire investor Warren Buffett is everyone’s dream. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B has added more than 100% over the last five years (as of February 15, 2018), way better than the 73% gain of the broader
- Bloomberg•yesterday
Airbus No. 2 Bregier Bails Out After Handing Over Latest Model
For Airbus SE’s second-in-command Fabrice Bregier, the delivery of the first A350-1000 model came with a bitter-sweet tinge: his last day at the European manufacturing giant after being overlooked for the top job. Bregier, 56, at least had the satisfaction of seeing the A350 through to the end of its launch phase, with the stretched -1000 model representing the culmination of a program whose production problems took some of the gloss off its sales success during his final years at the company. “I could have stayed a bit longer, but I think I am one of the top managers who has spent the longest time running Airbus,” Bregier, Airbus’s chief operating officer and the head of its main jetliner arm, said at a ceremony in Toulouse, France, after handing the plane to Qatar Airways. Frenchman Bregier insisted that he had “only good memories” of 15 years at Airbus, before which he led the company’s MBDA missiles joint venture.
- Fox Business Videos•yesterday
Baby boomers more afraid about running out of money than death?
'Retire Inspired' author Chris Hogan on planning for retirement.
Bloomberg•2 days agoMorgan Stanley Says Stock Slide Was Just Appetizer for Real Deal
The U.S. stock market only had a taste of the potential damage from higher bond yields earlier this year, with the biggest test yet to come, according to Morgan Stanley. “Appetizer, not the main course,” is how the bank’s strategists led by London-basedAndrew Sheets described the correction of late January to early February. Although higher bond yields proved tough for equity investors to digest, the key metric of inflation-adjusted yields didn’t break out of their range for the past five years, they said in a note Monday.
- Yahoo Finance•yesterday
Is it time to seriously consider getting the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Card?
Customers are used to paying a little more when they visit Whole Foods, but now some shoppers will actually get cash back. On Tuesday, Amazon announced that eligible Prime members using the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Card from Chase will earn 5% back on purchases at Whole Foods. Cardholders who are not Prime members will earn 3% back on purchases at Whole Foods.
Reuters•yesterdayAlbertsons to buy Rite Aid as Amazon threat looms
At the same time, Amazon's foray is widely expected to disrupt the industry, prompting drug chains to beef up their businesses. Backed by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, Albertsons hopes the deal will help it become a formidable competitor to CVS Corp and Walgreens , and give its private equity owners a way to exit their decade-long investment in the grocer. Cerberus first took a stake in Albertsons in 2006 and scaled it through acquisitions including that of Safeway in 2014.
Reuters•8 hours agoTight supply, rising prices undercut on U.S. home sales
U.S. home sales unexpectedly fell in January, leading to the biggest year-on-year decline in more than three years, as a chronic shortage of houses lifted prices and kept first-time buyers out of the market. The supply squeeze and rising mortgage interest rates are stoking fears of a lackluster spring selling season. "There may be some headwinds ahead for home resales with rising mortgage costs affecting how much the buyer can afford and this could put a damper on existing home sales and take some of the wind out of the economy's sails," said Chris Rupkey, chief economist at MUFG in New York.
- Zacks•13 hours ago
Cracker Barrel (CBRL) Beats on Q2 Earnings, Raises EPS View
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. CBRL reported better-than-expected results in second-quarter fiscal 2018.Earnings per share (EPS) of $2.73 surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.42 by 12.8%. EPS also increased 24.7% year over year on growth
- Zacks•9 hours ago
Is Facebook (FB) Launching a Music Streaming Service?
Shares of Facebook FB gained more than 1.3% in early morning trading hours Wednesday after the company agreed to a new deal with ICE, a pan-European online rights hub. ICE described the agreement as a “landmark” deal, and it marks the social media behemoth’s first partnership with an online music licensing firm. The deal allows Mark Zuckerberg’s company to license these files on Facebook, Instagram, Oculus, and Messenger.
- Oilprice.com•7 hours ago
Toyota Finds A Way To Make Cheaper EVs
Toyota Motor Corp, Asia’s No.1 carmaker, has found a way to make electric vehicles (EVs) more affordable and less vulnerable to shortages in supply of the key elements needed to produce the rechargeable batteries that power them. The key for such new wave of EVs is a magnet for electric motors developed by the Japanese firm, which halves the use of a rare earth called neodymium and eliminates the use of others called terbium and dysprosium, the company revealed on Tuesday. In their place, Toyota will use the more abundant rare earths lanthanum and cerium, which also cost about 20 times less than neodymium.
Reuters•6 hours agoSupreme Court declines to broaden whistleblower protections
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to broaden protections for corporate insiders who call out misconduct, ruling they must take claims of wrongdoing to the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to be shielded against retaliation. The justices ruled 9-0 in favor of Digital Realty Trust Inc, throwing out a lawsuit brought against the California-based real estate trust by a fired former employee who had reported alleged wrongdoing only internally and not to the SEC. The 2010 Wall Street reform law known as the Dodd-Frank Act is unambiguous in offering no protection from retaliation such as firing or demotion to employees who report claims of securities law violations only in-house, the court ruled.
- Associated Press•yesterday
Democrats on House panel urge Equifax to extend protections
Democratic lawmakers on a House investigative panel are asking the credit-monitoring company Equifax Inc. to provide free credit monitoring and identity theft protection for at least three years. Equifax has offered up to one year of complementary protections after a massive data breach last year compromised personal information for about 145 million Americans. The Democratic members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee argue that identity thieves often wait much longer to act on stolen information.
- barrons.com•yesterday
Broadcom Slams Qualcomm for Raised NXP Bid, Shares Rise
Chip giant Broadcom (AVGO) a short while ago issued a statement slamming Qualcomm’s (QCOM) announcement this morning it would raise its bid for NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), saying Qualcomm is transferring value from its own shareholders to those of NXP. Broadcom stock has turned around from earlier losses, now up $4.19, or 1.7%, at $253.08, Qualcomm stock is down $2.60, or 4%, at $62.25, and NXP stock is up $7.35, or 6%, at $125.85. It’s been a busy morning for Broadcom and Qualcomm, who are locked in an M&A battle, with Qualcomm trying to buy NXP, and Broadcom conducting a hostile takeover effort to get Qualcomm. Qualcomm said this morning it agreed with NXP’s board to raise its bid to $127.50
