Text size Defense sales stood out in the quarter. Mario Tama / Getty Images Defense and aerospace giant Raytheon Technologies crushed Wall Street’s profit expectations, but the stock fell anyway on Tuesday morning. The commercial aerospace sector is not improving fast enough for investors. Raytheon (ticker: RTX) earned 40 cents …
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A weaker day for stocks is brewing on Tuesday, as optimism about the US stimulus progress. The asset that stole the show on Monday, of course, was GCQ20 gold, -0.34%, which rose to $ 1,931 an ounce, the highest settlement in history. That prompted the crowd to expect $ 2,000 …
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Text size Digital candles increased 276% in the quarter, while sales in the same store rose 26.5%. Matthew Staver / Bloomberg News Albertsons Cos. He released an optimistic first-quarter fiscal report on Monday, but his shares were falling because investors may have been waiting for more from the supermarket operator, …
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Text size It is the busiest week of the second quarter earnings season, with 171 S&P 500 companies slated to report. Things start slowly on Monday, before 3M, Advanced Micro Devices, eBay, McDonald’s, Pfizer, Starbucks and Visa reported on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Boeing, Facebook, General Electric, PayPal Holdings, Qualcomm and …
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Text size JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images Centrica’s shares soared more than 17% after it agreed to sell Direct Energy, its North American energy business, to NRG Energy for $ 3.6 billion in cash. Houston-based Direct Energy provides electricity, natural gas, and home services to consumers and businesses …
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