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“We are concerned that the primacy of the U.S. Dollar could be in long-term jeopardy from wide adoption of digital fiat currencies.” …read more […]

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Brazilian miner Vale SA on Wednesday said it expects to finish paying for most of the expenses related to the disaster at one of its facilities that killed at least 250 people by 2021. In securities filings, Vale laid out its expectations for expenses related to the rupture of a mining dam at its facility in the town of Brumadinho in January, which released a torrent of mud burying buildings and people. Vale faces a variety of legal actions related to the disaster including lawsuits in Brazil, U.S. class actions and …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — On the same day Microsoft Corp. showed off some custom processors in its new Surface products in New York, the company was trying to hire even more chip designers to fuel its growing microprocessor-design ambitions. The company held a recruiting event Wednesday in Austin, Texas, seeking experienced “custom CPU/SoC design” engineers for jobs in Raleigh, North Carolina; Sunnyvale, California; and Fort Collins, Colorado, in addition to its headquarters in Redmond, Washington, according to a post on Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. SoC stands for system on a chip and it’s a single piece of silicon with multiple chips — widely used …read more […]

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Tesla Inc.’s quarterly deliveries announcements are not what they were, mainly because they’re so brief these days. Wednesday evening’s still managed to spark a 4% sell-off in immediate after-hours trading. On one level, that barely counts given this stock’s volatility. On the other, there were a couple of nuggets in the release that warrant watching.Most obviously, Tesla didn’t quite hit the 100,000 deliveries number CEO Elon Musk told employees was within reach in an email that leaked last week (and sparked a 6% rally, naturally). As any reporter covering the Dow will tell you, round numbers …read more […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and international health authorities are investigating the safety of Zantac heartburn medicine, also sold generically as ranitidine, after finding a probable cancer-causing impurity https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fda-heartburn/fda-says-finds-unacceptable-level-of-carcinogen-in-zantac-and-its-generics-idUSKBN1WH1LA in the drug. Ranitidine is the newest drug in which presence of cancer causing impurities have been found. Glaxo Holdings Ltd, now a part of GlaxoSmithKline PLC , receives its first U.S. FDA approval for Zantac as a short-term treatment of a common form of ulcers. …read more […]

Q4 2019 United Natural Foods Inc Earnings Call …read more […]

“Nobody wants to be in federal court in Miami — or anywhere else.” That was Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold Donald speaking at Skift Global Forum in September. But back in Miami federal court was exactly where he was on Wednesday, along with chairman Mickey Arison and other Carnival executives. They were there to detail the […] …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. The U.S. released a final list of billions of dollars of European products it will hit with new tariffs after the World Trade Organization’s landmark ruling on illegal subsidies to Airbus SE.The U.S. plans to impose a 10% tariff on large civil aircraft from France, Germany, Spain and the U.K. It will also slap 25% levies on a range of other items including Irish and Scotch whiskies; wine, olives, cheese; as well as certain pork products, butter and yogurt from …read more […]

Chris Meekins, Raymond James’ senior healthcare policy analyst, tells Yahoo Finance’s On The Move Senator Elizabeth Warren has a good chance of winning the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election. …read more […]

In the third quarter, Tesla’s deliveries hit 97,000. Yahoo Finance’s Jared Blikre joined Jen Rogers and Myles Udland on ‘The Final Round’ to discuss. …read more […]

Deliveries of all models rose 1.9% from the second quarter to 97,000 vehicles, including 79,600 Model 3 sedans and 17,400 Model S/X SUVs, below estimates of 97,477 vehicles. Elon Musk had previously said that Tesla aims to be profitable in the fourth quarter, with the third quarter to be break-even. Under pressure to meet his repeated promises to make Tesla sustainably profitable, Chief Executive Elon Musk is trying to contain costs while still spending on major initiatives from a Shanghai factory and assembly-line to upcoming models such as the Model Y SUV and a Semi commercial truck. …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Jen Rogers and Myles Udland recap the days market action on The Final Round. …read more […]

I covered Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) in this column a year ago. At the time, the automaker got a “D” for dividend safety because of falling cash flow and a payout ratio that was too high.
We’re in the same situation today, though now things appear a little worse.
Ford is going through a reorganization as it invests a lot of money into electric vehicles (EVs).
Ford plans to invest $11 billion in developing EV technology. It may ultimately pay off as EVs become more popular.
The company has also already invested $1 billion into autonomous driving car technology and is likely to …read more […]

President Trump raised a record-breaking sum in Q3, blowing away the Democrat’s fundraising totals. …read more […]

A judge has ordered PG&E to provide specifics about fires it may have caused. …read more […]