U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the issuance of the Federal Open Market Committee's statement on interest rate policy, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 17, 2025.Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday noted that asset prices, a category that typically includes stocks and other risk instruments, are at elevated levels.During a speech in Providence, Rhode Island, the central bank leader was asked how much emphasis he and his colleagues place on market ...

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PresentationCourtney BreenSanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC., Research Division Thank you all so much for being here. And Lynelle, thank you so much for being here with us today. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Courtney Breen. I am the large-cap analyst here at Bernstein covering all of our U.S. names, Bristol included. And I am very, very proud and happy to share the stage today with Lynelle here from Bristol. She is the Head of the cell therapy business. And we're going to have a bit of a con ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday the central bank is in a “challenging situation” with an ongoing risk of faster-than-expected inflation at the same time that weak job growth has raised concern about the health of the labor market.In comments prepared for delivery to Rhode Island’s Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, Powell offered little indication of when he thinks the Fed might next cut interest rates, noting that there was danger to both cutting too fast and risking a new surge of in ...

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TotalEnergies' sale of a minority stake in a Nigerian onshore oil producer has fallen through, Nigerian regulators said on Tuesday, in a setback to the French oil major's strategy to sell mature, polluting assets and pay down debt. ...

Dutch brewer Heineken (HEIN.AS) announced that it will pay $3.2 billion in cash to acquire Costa Rica's Florida Ice and Farm Company (FIFCOa.CJ) beverage and retail companies, expanding its footprint ... ...

Key Takeaways CRISPR Therapeutics and Sirius start a phase II study of SRSD107 in thromboembolic disorders.SRSD107 targets Factor XI to prevent venous thromboembolism in knee arthroplasty patients.The collaboration expands CRISPR Therapeutics' pipeline into RNA therapeutics beyond gene therapies.CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP) , along with privately held biotech, Sirius Therapeutics, announced the dosing of the first patient in a phase II study evaluating SRSD107, a next-generation, long-acting siRNA therapy for ...

Key Takeaways Berkshire raised its Mitsui stake to more than 10%, marking further expansion in Japan.Its total Japan stake cost $13.8B and was valued at $23.5B at 2024 end, showing strong growth.Berkshire expects $812M in 2025 dividends versus $135M in interest costs from yen-denominated bonds.Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) increased its stake in the Japanese company Mitsui Corp. to more than 10%. This recent move marks Berkshire's continued expansion in Japan. Mitsui stated that Berkshire has currently become ...

Have you been searching for a stock that might be well-positioned to maintain its earnings-beat streak in its upcoming report? It is worth considering MSC Industrial (MSM) , which belongs to the Zacks Industrial Services industry.This distributor of industrial tools and supplies has seen a nice streak of beating earnings estimates, especially when looking at the previous two reports. The average surprise for the last two quarters was 5.37%.For the most recent quarter, MSC Industrial was expected to post ear ...