A Home Depot store in San Carlos, California, US, on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home Depot said Monday that it is buying GMS, a building products distributor, for about $4.3 billion as the retailer moves to draw more sales from contractors and other home professionals. Shares of…
A person enters a voting booth at a polling station at Colebrook Academy and Elementary School in Colebrook, New Hampshire, on Election Day, November 5, 2024. Joseph Prezioso | Afp | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday took up a new challenge to campaign finance restrictions in a case brought by Republicans…
Google on Monday announced a partnership with Commonwealth Fusion Systems, or CFS, a private company spun off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which marks the tech giant‘s first commercial commitment to fusion. The company unveiled plans to buy 200 megawatts of clean fusion power from what CFS describes as the world’s first grid-scale fusion…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Moderna — Shares rose 2% after the biotech company’s experimental flu vaccine showed a positive response in a late-stage trial, opening the way for the standalone shot and a combination Covid shot. Hewlett Packard Enterprise , Juniper Networks — Shares rallied 14% and 8%, respectively, after…
Some analysts can’t get enough of crypto darling Circle Internet Group . Circle is the issuer of USDC, a popular stablecoin, and may be the latest stock to benefit from both a more favorable IPO environment and crypto-friendly regulation. Shares of Circle have popped an eye-watering 482% since the company went public earlier in June….
With a simple menu and company-owned restaurants, Raising Cane’s has quietly surpassed KFC in annual U.S. sales, becoming the third-largest chicken chain in the country. The accomplishment follows a recent winning streak for the 28-year-old company, which has spent the last decade expanding outside its home bases in Louisiana and Texas. Its restaurant footprint has…
The Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 26, 2024. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Moderna on Monday said its experimental mRNA-based flu vaccine produced a stronger immune response than a currently available shot in a late-stage trial, clearing a path forward for the product and the company’s separate combination flu and…
A tractor plows a field as seen through heat shimmers during a heat wave in Woodland, California, U.S. May 30, 2025. Fred Greaves | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said in an interview on Fox News that the administration is working to develop a temporary pass for immigrants who work in certain industries, which…
The logo of British oil major BP. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images For weeks, market tongues have been wagging about a potential merger between Britain’s oil giants — until, ending weeks of speculation, Shell on Thursday denied reports that it’s in talks to acquire BP. But how did we get to the point…
Aerial view of Seoul downtown city skyline with vehicle on expressway and bridge cross over Han river in Seoul city, South Korea. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Monday as investors parsed a slew of data points, including South Korea and Japan’s industrial output figures for May and China’s purchasing managers’…
