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Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP) confirmed Wednesday that it's in advanced talks with Natura Cosmeticos SA about being sold to the Brazilian company in an all-stock transaction. There is no guarantee a transaction will result from the discussions, the cosmetics maker said in a...

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is reportedly one step closer to fulfilling a February pledge to buyback a "significant" portion of its own stock, the Financial Times reported. What Happened Berkshire Hathaway bought back $1.3 billion of its own stock in 2018, and CEO...

Outgoing Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) CEO Tim Sloan should be replaced with a permanent CEO with a background that isn't from Wall Street, major shareholder Warren Buffett told the Financial Times in an interview over the weekend. What Happened Sloan resigned in March amid pressure...

Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) went full throttle on airplane deliveries in 2018.  The aircraft manufacturer said Tuesday it delivered more than 800 new planes during the year — beating its previous record for the most jet deliveries for a year while continuing to book new orders to grow its...

Last month, the European Union announced the collapse of its plans to tax internet and tech giants like Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google and Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). The alternative included specific national initiatives. Advancements within the negotiations are slated to be...

Tech stocks, which led the rally for much of the current stock market bull run, are also leading the market sell-off that's occurred since the start of October.  The crème-la-crème of the tech space — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN),...

Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB)'s year just went from bad to worse with allegations of involvement in a money laundering case. The stock hit a fresh low Tuesday morning.  What Happened In public testimony, whistleblower Howard Wilkinson, who brought to light money laundering involving...

A new Financial Times article Friday reminded investors of an ongoing investigation in Massachusetts related to a practice known as brokerage payment for order flow. The article suggests broker order routing revenue may be at risk, sending shares of online brokerage stocks tumbling. TD Ameritrade...

Gary Cohn serves at the pleasure of the president and isn't going to bow to public pressure and join the handful of other government officials who resigned from their post. Cohn, a Jewish-American, leads the national economic council and faced pressure to join part ways with the White House after...

The highlight of the economic calendar of the week is the annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium to be held on Friday and Saturday. Though the symposium as such, is not a market moving event, there is a lot of excitement generated around it, given the pedigree of the attendees and kind of...

A clear victory for the centrists in France and the stunning loss of a legislative majority by the right in Britain begs the question: Is there a backlash to the populism that put President Donald Trump in power and influences politics through much of the democratic world? In a word, maybe. It does...

Cerberus Capital Management has attempted to take Albertsons Companies Inc public for the last few years, and a Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) acquisition may now be the decided gateway. Although no formal offers have been submitted, Albertsons has begun informal talks with bankers...

President Donald Trump famously said that media publications such as New York Times Co (NYSE: NYT) are "failing," but the statistics say otherwise. In early February, NYT reported its digital subscriber base grew at its fastest pace since 2011. On Thursday, new data confirmed legacy media...

Shares of Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE: UL), the British-based conglomerate with exposure in food, home and personal care products, soared higher by more than 10 percent early Friday morning after the company was named as an acquisition target. According to the Financial Times, the American giant Kraft...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) stock woes have long been noted since its IPO in 2013, and the company has remained one of the most polarizing investments in the market among analysts to date. Last week, Twitter’s stock plunged over 10 percent following another weak earnings report and slow growth...