Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos said on Wednesday he is selling about $1 billion worth of the internet retailer’s stock annually to fund his Blue Origin rocket company, which aims to launch paying passengers on 11-minute space rides starting next year.
1. — U.S. stock futures were lower Thursday following a sudden turn down in Wednesday’s trading after the Federal Reserve committed to further monetary tightening in 2017.
The International Monetary Fund will release its outlook for the global economy on April 10, and the forecasts are likely to reflect expectations for faster growth in 2017 and 2018, even though there are political risks in the European Union from the …
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday that his closely watched annual letter to investors was written with shareholders, employees and the community in mind.
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On Thursday it announced a strategy to achieve what it describes as “accelerating sustainable shareholder value creation.” This can be roughly translated as: we’ve had a wakeup call from Kraft Heinz Co.
An almost week-long commuting nightmare for NJ Transit train commuters may be over on Friday when Amtrak officials say they expect to complete repairs to track damage from Monday’s train derailment in Penn Station New York.
The chairman of a powerful House committee welcomed the nation’s top consumer financial watchdog to a hearing Wednesday by expressing surprise he showed up, and hoped he never does so again.
Seven & i Holdings on Thursday said it would buy convenience stores and petrol stations from Texas-based Sunoco for about $3.3 billion, as the Japanese retailer accelerates efforts to boost its U.S operation.
Taser International has renamed itself Axon Enterprise to reflect a shift into making body cameras for police officers. The company still plans to sell Tasers, though, as it is “one of our flagship products.
SEATTLE, April 5 (Reuters) – Boeing Co said on Wednesday it had launched a venture capital arm and invested in two tech startups, a fresh sign of the importance big companies see in keeping up with rapidly evolving technology for designing and making …
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA will launch nonstop transatlantic flights from two more U.S. airports this fall, the airline announced on Wednesday, ramping up pressure on larger carriers to compete with the emerging low-fare airline.
Michel Demare, right, chairman of the Swiss farm chemicals giant Syngenta, with Ren Jianxin, the chairman of ChemChina, during a news conference in Basel in 2016.
This post has been updated. Environmental Protection Agency officials are proposing to eliminate two programs focused on limiting children’s exposure to lead-based paint, which is known to cause damage to developing brains and nervous systems.
ZEBULON, N.C. — The manufacturer of a popular brand of inhalers is recalling almost 600,000 of its products due to a defect. The Food and Drug Administration reports that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is recalling 593,088 Ventolin HFA (albuteral sulfate …
(RTTNews.com) – Asian stock markets are in negative territory on Thursday following the overnight losses on Wall Street after the latest FOMC meeting minutes revealed that the Federal Reserve is ready to start shrinking its bloated $4.5 trillion …
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