By Shristi Achar A and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes advanced on Friday as most megacap growth stocks rose after robust quarterly results from Alphabet pushed its market value over $2 trillion, while an in-line inflation reading calmed interest rate jitters. Alphabet jumped 10.8% to a record high after the Google-parent announced […]

(Reuters) -Private equity firm KKR has agreed to buy a portfolio of 19 student housing properties from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust for about $1.64 billion, the companies said on Thursday. The over 10,000-bed portfolio comprises 19 student housing assets located in 14 four-year public universities across 10 states. “This transaction is an excellent outcome […]

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest business lobby, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to strike down a federal agency’s near-total ban on employers requiring workers to sign agreements not to join rivals or launch competing businesses. The Chamber’s lawsuit in federal court in Tyler, Texas, alleges that the […]

(Reuters) – U.S. business activity cooled in April to a four-month low due to weaker demand, while rates of inflation eased slightly even as input prices rose sharply, suggesting some possible relief ahead as the Federal Reserve looks for signs that the economy is ebbing enough to bring inflation down further. S&P Global said on […]

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin’s so-called halving event has had little impact on its price so far, with industry insiders on Monday saying the cryptocurrency’s fortunes were more closely tied to broader financial market sentiment and geopolitics. Bitcoin enthusiasts had eagerly waited for the “halving” – a change to the cryptocurrency’s underlying technology […]

By Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Jessica DiNapoli (Reuters) – Procter & Gamble raised its annual profit forecast on lower commodity costs and as consumers, particularly in the United States and Europe, kept buying its pricey Tide detergent and Dawn dish soap. Even though P&G’s third-quarter net sales fell short of analysts’ expectations, the company has […]

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks closed near the unchanged mark on Thursday, as investors sifted through the latest corporate earnings, while economic data and comments from Federal Reserve officials suggested the central bank was unlikely to cut interest rates in the near future. Economic data showed that the labor market remained resilient, […]

By Allison Lampert and Abhijith Ganapavaram (Reuters) -Boeing’s safety culture and manufacturing quality, both at the center of a corporate crisis following a January mid-air panel blowout on a near-new 737 MAX 9, were scrutinized on Wednesday in two U.S. Senate hearings. Testimony at the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations raised questions about Boeing’s […]