It’s Nike vs Adidas at the World Cup
In the battle of World Cup jersey sponsorships, Nike is poised to beat out soccer juggernaut and arch rival Adidas.
Wall Street ends up slightly higher
U.S. stocks ended slightly higher as gains in Apple and other tech shares helped offset a slump in energy as well as trade war concerns. Fred Katayama reports.
Week ahead: factories to sound alert on trade war damage?
Global PMIs for manufacturing head up a busy data diary this week, with analysts on watch for signs of damage incurred amid the recent escalation in trade tensions. Ciara Lee reports.
Wall St ends up on Nike
A surge in Nike shares and a rally in bank stocks lifted Wall Street's major stock indexes, but all three still posted weekly declines. Elly Park reports.
Global M&A hits historic high with media deal wave
Deals involving media companies, including the bidding war for Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox, helped drive worldwide merger and acquisition activity to new highs in the first half of 2018. ...
Walgreens profit soars but shares drop
Walgreens Boots' quarterly profit rose soared, and the drug retailer said it would buy back $10 billion of its shares. But as Fred Katayama reports, its shares dropped after Amazon said it's getting i ...