Month: October 2019

Q2 2019 Sierra Wireless Inc Earnings Call …read more […]

Measuring Centene Corporation’s (NYSE:CNC) track record of past performance is a useful exercise for investors. It… …read more […]

Shares of the company rose 5.2% in premarket trading as it reported the first rise in international sales in a year and a dip of just 3.6% in U.S. retail motorcycle sales, its smallest quarterly decline in nearly three years. Harley, which has been criticized by President Donald Trump for its plan to shift some U.S. production overseas, has been battling the effects of global trade wars on its business while sales at home dwindle as its core customers age. Earlier this year, Harley said retaliatory import duties imposed by the European Union on its bikes would cost …read more […]

At the world’s biggest industry show in Las Vegas luxury jets are luring buyers with their sleek silhouettes, plush cabins – and increasingly, their use of alternative fuels. Fuel producers and jetmakers are keen to showcase novel forms of aviation fuel deemed less harmful to the climate, from used cooking oil to the distinctly less glamorous meat waste. Business jet operators, like airlines, have bowed to environmental pressure on aviation and committed to halving carbon emissions by 2050 compared with 2005. …read more […]

Despite record low unemployment in the U.S., wage growth is mild, according to PayScale. …read more […]

U.S. homebuilder PulteGroup Inc reported better-than-expected third-quarter profit and revenue on Tuesday, as lower mortgage rates boosted demand. The housing market, the most sensitive sector to interest rates, has perked up in recent months as the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy easing has pushed down mortgage rates from last year’s multi-year highs. “Improving demand dynamics continued throughout the quarter, as lower interest rates and improved affordability had a positive impact on buyer interest,” Chief Executive Officer Ryan Marshall said in a statement. …read more […]

FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF, Germany, Oct 22 (Reuters) – At least ten strategic and private equity firms have been invited to submit indicative bids for Thyssenkrupp’s prized elevator division, two people familiar with the matter said. Information memorandums (IM), which include a more detailed account of the unit’s finances, were sent to potential bidders last week, the people said. Bids are usually due about four weeks after information packages have been distributed. …read more […]

Statistically speaking, long term investing is a profitable endeavour. But along the way some stocks are going to… …read more […]

Centene Corp on Tuesday reported a quarterly profit that edged past Wall Street estimates, helped by higher sales in its Medicaid business which sells health plans for low-income Americans. The company, which is buying smaller rival WellCare Health Plans Inc for $15.27 billion, hopes the deal will scale up its government-backed Medicare and Medicaid businesses, and limit its exposure to the Obamacare exchanges. …read more […]

For beginners, it can seem like a good idea (and an exciting prospect) to buy a company that tells a good story to… …read more […]

Switzerland has pressed charges against a person in a corruption probe of Brazilian state oil company Petrobras and construction firm Odebrecht, the attorney general’s office said, adding it was seeking to conclude the case quickly. It has become one of the biggest corruption affairs in Latin America and resulted in the prosecution and imprisonment of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, among others. The unnamed suspect is a person of Swiss-Brazilian origin who already faces criminal proceedings in Brazil and Portugal. …read more […]