The biggest U.S. dairy farming cooperative struck a $425 million deal to buy dozens of plants from bankrupt milk processor Dean Foods Co., in a deal executives said would preserve jobs and markets for farmers’ milk. The deal, which was proposed by Dairy Farmers of America, requires approval of the bankruptcy court and the U.S. […]
Bombs, bats, ants and now trees. Elon Musk’s dream of opening his first Tesla TSLA, -0.49% gigafactory in Europe has been plagued by a series of obstacles — involving all of the above. Production at the site in Grünheide in the eastern state of Brandenburg near Berlin, was scheduled to start in July 2021, with […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE You would have a hard time convincing someone looking at the major U.S. stock-market benchmarks that it is looking like the end of the cycle. Yet Andrew Sheets, chief cross-asset strategist at Morgan Stanley, says there are late-cycle indicators in current markets. See full story. ‘I’m sick to death of him’: My […]
European stocks advanced on Monday, edging higher as China moved to limit the fallout from the coronavirus halting activity in the world’s second-biggest economy. The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, +0.34% increased 0.33% to 431.96. U.S. markets are closed in observance of Presidents Day, though U.S. stock futures ES00, +0.22% traded higher in electronic trade. China […]
Website of B.R. Shetty Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty meeting the U.K. ambassador to the U.A.E., Patrick Moody The crisis unfolding at NMC Health, the Middle East’s largest hospital operator, has reignited the debate about the governance of overseas companies listing in London. The mystery of NMC’s ownership structure deepened on Monday after founder and co-chairman Bavaguthu […]
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Gunmen killed twenty-four people, including a pastor, in an attack on a church during Sunday mass in northwestern Burkina Faso, four security sources told Reuters on Monday. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack, which comes as jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State seek […]
US presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (R) and his husband Chasten Buttigieg (AFP Photo/Joseph Prezioso) Washington (AFP) – The gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg insisted his sexuality would not damage his electoral prospects Sunday, saying the United States had “moved on” as a country, after homophobic jibes by allies of Donald Trump. The 38-year-old Democrat, who […]
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Dear Moneyist, For most of his life, my father has lived a life of crime and drugs. He threw away every opportunity we gave him, financial or otherwise. He was never really around besides the odd note written on yellow legal paper that I would get from time to time, asking how my life was […]