Stock futures trim losses after weak retail sales
Stock-index futures trimmed losses after February retail sales figures came in weaker than expected Monday morning. Overall sales rose 0.2%, while economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal had ...
MetroCity Bankshares to Acquire First IC, Subsidiary in Cash-and-Stock Deal
MetroCity Bankshares will acquire First IC Corp. and its subsidiary First IC Bank after the two sides agreed to a cash-and-stock merger.
Retail sales in the U.S. barely rise. Is the economy slowing?
Sales at U.S. retailers rose a scant 0.2% in last month, the government said Monday, Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had forecast a 0.6% increase. Most of the increase in spending last ...
This sector may be the 'accidental beneficiary' of a U.S. growth scare, says JPMorgan
They say that EM will benefit as the U.S. growth scare pushes bond yields lower, encourages the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates - and unlike the historical behavior, where the dollar tended to ...