Shareholders vote on Nelson Peltz and Bob Iger

Bob Iger poses with Mickey Mouse attends Mickey’s 90th Spectacular at The Shrine Auditorium on October 6, 2018 in Los Angeles. Valerie Macon | AFP | Getty Images Disney shareholders on Wednesday reelected the media conglomerate’s full board, preliminary results show, handing a stinging defeat to activist Nelson Peltz and former Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter, … Read more

Top Wall Street analysts like these dividend stocks for portfolio income

Even as the major averages have recently hit fresh records, there are plenty of catalysts that could shake things up, including geopolitical tensions and the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Investors seeking some stability in their portfolios may want to consider high-quality dividend stocks, especially those with a track record of steady income payments. Analysts conduct … Read more

Inflation vs. deflation: Retailers fear falling prices

A man with a paper bag of groceries looks surprised and upset at a receipt from a supermarket with high prices against the background of an escalator with customers in the shopping center.  Elena Perova | Istock | Getty Images Just ahead of the holiday season, Walmart had encouraging news for inflation-weary shoppers: Prices on … Read more

Weight loss drug frenzy hits consumer giants in earnings season

A worker organizes cans of PepsiCo Inc. soda on a shelf inside a grocery store in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., on Thursday, July 6, 2017. PepsiCo Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 11. Photographer: Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images If you listen to third-quarter corporate earnings calls, … Read more

Coke and Pepsi earnings comparison as KO and PEP stocks fall

Coca-Cola Co. and Pepsi Co. soda machines stand in a shopping center parking lot in Jasper, Indiana. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coca-Cola and PepsiCo’s rivalry spans decades, but Coke usually comes out on top. This quarter was no different. The beverage leaders’ stocks have struggled this year, hurt by higher interest rates … Read more

French grocery chain provides ‘shrinkflation’ labels to merchandise

Procuring cart in a division of a Carrefour grocery store, in entrance of pastas and sauces. Andia | Common Pictures Group | Getty Pictures French grocery chain Carrefour has taken the bizarre step of including labels to its merchandise which have lately shrunk in measurement however have ramped up in worth. The transfer — each … Read more

Instacart seeks as much as $9.3 billion valuation in IPO

Instacart on Monday submitted an up to date submitting for its upcoming preliminary public providing, saying it’s trying to elevate as much as $616 million of contemporary capital alongside present shareholders at a valuation of as a lot as $9.3 billion. Within the submitting, Instacart stated it’s setting a proposal value of between $26 and $28 … Read more