Warren Buffett plans to wait until around April 1 to decide whether the coronavirus pandemic will require changes to Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual shareholder weekend a month later, Omaha, Nebraska’s mayor Jean Stothert said.
While the spread of the coronavirus remains top of mind for investors, a trickle of corporate earnings results and new economic data releases will also receive some attention Thursday. …read more […]
The dollar weakened and the Dow Jones industrials entered bear market territory on Wednesday on mounting worries about the global economy after world health officials declared a coronavirus pandemic and Reuters reported a White House gag order on top-level U.S. meetings on the outbreak.
(Bloomberg) — Private equity titans Blackstone Group Inc. and Carlyle Group Inc. are sending a directive to portfolio companies: Do whatever it takes to stave off a credit crunch.The firms are asking some of the companies they control to draw down their bank credit lines to help prevent any liquidity shortfalls amid signs of mounting stress in markets, according to people with knowledge of the matter.At Blackstone, which has weathered a variety of crises in its 35 years, the discussions focus on sectors impacted by the spread of the coronavirus, such as the hospitality industry, as well as energy firms …read more […]
Retailer Best Buy Co Inc said on Wednesday Executive Chairman Hubert Joly would step down and will not stand for re-election at the shareholder meeting on June 11.
Bookings for flights departing the U.S. suffered another steep decline over the past week, as would-be passengers concerned about COVID-19 shied away from travel commitments. …read more […]
(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. passed Boeing Co. as the most valuable industrial company in the U.S., closing a gap that was almost $200 billion a year ago.Boeing’s biggest one-day plunge in almost 40 years dropped its market capitalization to $106.5 billion, more than $10 billion below Tesla’s value. The planemaker’s shares, already reeling since the grounding of its best-selling 737 Max jetliner, have been hammered by concerns about the coronavirus crimping global travel.Tesla continues to elbow aside manufacturing stalwarts and industry bellwethers even as the virus costs the carmaker some of its own gains. Topping Boeing is a particularly satisfying …read more […]
Wall Street stocks plunged on Wednesday, with the Dow confirming a bear market for the first time since the financial crisis after the World Health Organization called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
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– Mable Buchanan, Assistant Managing Editor
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Sporting goods retailer Modell’s Sporting Goods filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. bankruptcy court in New Jersey on Wednesday, citing a challenging retail environment.
Boeing Co is freezing new hiring and overtime except in certain critical areas to preserve cash, the U.S. planemaker’s CEO said on Wednesday, as the coronavirus outbreak compounds the fallout from a year-old grounding of its money-spinning 737 MAX.
Leading U.S. bank executives in a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House said banks are strongly capitalized and prepared to help small businesses and American consumers weather the coronavirus outbreak.
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Trump administration officials have postponed for a second time a critical meeting originally set for Wednesday to discuss potential new U.S. restrictions on sales of technology to Huawei and China, people familiar with the matter said.
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