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Is Tractor Supply Company a Buy?
Here’s a closer look at the rural lifestyle retailer as a long-term stock investment. …read more […]
Month: September 2018
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Bayer cuts forecasts on Monsanto delay as lawsuits pile up
Bayer (BAYGn.DE) cut its earnings forecast on Wednesday due to delays to its $63 billion (49.2 billion pounds) takeover of Monsanto, and said sales of its consumer care products fell, hitting its shares, already reeling from a legal battle over the weed killer Roundup. The weaker earnings forecast adds to a number of challenges facing the German drugmaker as it braces for years of legal wrangling over the alleged cancer risks of glyphosate-based weedkillers. Bayer said the number of plaintiffs seeking damages over Monsanto’s Roundup and Ranger Pro herbicides had risen to 8,700 from 8,000 from last month, …read more […]
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5 Top Dividend Kings to Buy and Hold Forever
50-plus years of dividend hikes is an astounding feat. Here are five stocks that have achieved this that you should be buying or watching. …read more […]
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Unilever confronts the ‘chairdrobe’ as consumers rethink laundry
On any given day, the chair in Raven Rose’s Ewing, New Jersey, bedroom might be draped with shirts, pants or pyjamas.
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Steinhoff’s former CEO rues joint venture with Austrian businessman Seifert
Steinhoff’s former chief executive Markus Jooste told a parliamentary inquiry his main mistake during his tenure as the retailer battled an accounting scandal was agreeing to a joint venture with Austrian businessman Andreas Seifert.
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Exclusive – Lithium producer Albemarle eyes buying FMC if its IPO stumbles: source
The comments, which have not previously been publicly disclosed, come at a time of rapid growth and cutthroat competition across the lithium sector as Albemarle seeks to tap into surging demand for high-tech batteries like those used in Tesla Inc’s Model X and other electric vehicles. Philadelphia-based FMC, primarily a pesticides maker, said in February it would launch a $500 million (390.7 million pounds) initial public offering in October of a stake in its lithium business. Livent’s stock multiple, which will reflect how the stock trades compared to its expected earnings, will be closely watched by Wall Street …read more […]
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EU, U.S. trade chiefs to mend ties after Trump tariff detente
U.S. and EU trade chiefs will hold a first meeting in Brussels on Monday to pursue closer transatlantic ties after U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to drop his threat of tariffs on EU cars.
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Steinhoff’s former CEO says not aware of accounting irregularities
Steinhoff’s former chief executive Markus Jooste was not aware of any accounting irregularities when he left the retailer in December, he told a South African parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday which is examining an accounting scandal that rocked the retailer.
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Facebook, Twitter face U.S. Congress over foreign bids to tilt politics
Top executives from Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc will defend their companies in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday over what lawmakers see as a failure to combat continuing foreign efforts to influence U.S. politics.
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3 Top Stocks Under $10
These low-priced stocks could generate high returns. …read more […]
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Steinhoff’s former CEO Jooste faces parliament over accounting scandal
Former Steinhoff Chief Executive Markus Jooste on Wednesday appeared before a South African parliamentary panel investigating an accounting scandal that rocked the retailer, a Reuters witness said.
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Steinhoff’s former CEO says not aware of accounting irregularities at company
Steinhoff’s former chief executive, Markus Jooste, told a parliamentary inquiry investigating an accounting scandal at the retailer that he was not aware of any accounting irregularities when he left the firm in December.
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Why I Keep More Than 6 Months’ Salary in My Emergency Fund
Learn how this mom protected herself after a run of bad luck. …read more […]
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Emerging markets and equities reel as dollar flexes muscles
A looming deadline in the U.S.-China trade conflict kept the dollar near two-week highs on Wednesday, inflicting fresh losses on emerging markets and sending world stocks lower for the fourth day in a row.
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JD.com’s CEO was arrested on allegation of rape: police
The CEO of Chinese online retail giant JD.com Inc, Richard Liu, was arrested in Minneapolis last week following an allegation of rape, according to a public information report released by police on Tuesday.