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<body><p>STORY: :: Kroger</p><p>Shares of U.S. grocer Kroger fell about 2% Wednesday morning after the company said it would buy regional supermarket chain Giant Eagle in a nearly $1.7 billion deal.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>The move strengthens Kroger's presence in the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic region amid intensifying competition.</p><p>The transaction is the first under CEO Greg Foran, and is also Kroger's first major acquisition since its $25 billion merger with Albertsons fell apart in 2024.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Family-owned Giant Eagle generates about $9 billion in annual sales. It operates nearly 200 supermarkets and about a dozen standalone pharmacies across parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana.</p><p>:: Kroger</p><p>Foran said the chain was a good strategic fit for Kroger, which has been battling intense competition from Walmart, Amazon and other grocers as still-elevated inflation has many consumers seeking cheaper essentials.</p><p>Kroger has previously said it plans to cut prices on thousands of items, funded partly by direct imports and better use of technology.</p><p>The Giant Eagle acquisition is expected to close in 2027.</p></body>
Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of FedEx Freight Holding with a Buy rating and a $186 price target, implying roughly 23% upside from current levels, citing the newly independent less-than-truckload carrier’s potential to improve profitability, pricing power and cash generation following its spin-off from FedEx.
FedEx (FDX) has agreed to sell its supply chain subsidiary to French shipping and logistics firm CMA
Nike's fiscal Q4 2026 beat was bolstered by tariff refunds masking core weakness, as revenue fell 1% YOY and analysts cut price targets despite the earnings surprise.
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The Senate Banking Committee’s top Democrat wants the Fed’s inspector general to examine whether a top Fed regulator broke protocol by participating in the closed-door client event.
President Donald Trump bought a sizable stake in Axon Enterprise this year, the maker of the taser and a growing lineup of policing technology. Two weeks later, Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked vendors for thousands of new tasers built to specifications that experts say match only ...
Alcoa shares are on track for their worst day since President Trump announced sweeping tariffs in April 2025, trading as much as 12% lower after the Pittsburgh company said it would pay up to $5.6 billion for bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets in South Africa, Australia and Brazil. The BHP spinoff will receive $3.1 billion in cash, newly issued Alcoa stock worth roughly $1 billion that it plans to distribute to shareholders and future payments that could reach $750 million. The deal comes amid a decline in aluminum prices from near record highs reached when fighting in the Persian Gulf blocked the region's aluminum smelters from global markets.
French container shipping company CMA CGM Group said Wednesday it will buy FedEx Supply Chain, the third-party logistics subsidiary of FedEx for $1.4 billion, as it works to expand in the U.S. CMA CGM Group said the acquisition will triple the size of its own logistics arm, CEVA Logistics and help build its presence as a contract logistics provider in North America. In 2025, CMA CGM pledged to invest $20 billion in its U.S. warehousing, air cargo and logistics over four years.
Investing.com -- French shipping giant CMA CGM has agreed to acquire FedEx's third-party logistics business for an enterprise value of $1.4 billion in cash, the company confirmed Wednesday, July 1, stripping FedEx of its largest warehousing and contract logistics operation in a deal that extends a sweeping restructuring of the U.S. package delivery giant.
The deal would nearly triple the size of CEVA Logistics' North American contract logistics operations and includes multiyear air and ocean freight agreements
Parents are planning to spend almost $500 per child this back-to-school season, but most won't be shopping at Macy's or Kohl's. Retail giant Walmart is the overwhelming first choice as consumers prioritize value and convenience. Despite rising prices driven by inflation and the high cost of ...
OUST shares closed at $62.52 on June 30, 2026, extending a 189% year-to-date gain driven by Rev8 lidar compliance with federal infrastructure funding rules and a string of new partnership agreements.
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says a recession is not coming despite his firm predicting three Federal Reserve rate hikes and inflation through 2028.
Three months ago, Goldman Sachs was warning clients that the U.S. economy had a one-in-four chance of tipping into recession. The bank just cut that number by 10 percentage points, and the reason has nothing to do with anything the Federal Reserve did. Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius ...
FedEx is selling off its supply chain services division to CMA CGM, which will fold the business into its Ceva Logistics subsidiary. The post FedEx sells supply chain unit to CMA CGM for $1.4B appeared first on FreightWaves.
CMA CGM will offer ocean transport and carrier services under a nonexclusive agreement with FedEx and the companies will also work together on select air-cargo capacity solutions.
Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup all passed the Fed's 2026 stress tests and plan dividend increases of up to 12%, with yields ranging from roughly 1.9% to 2.4%.
A one-time $986 million tariff recovery drove most of the EPS and margin beat
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures pointed lower on Wednesday as investors awaited fresh remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh and monitored uncertain peace talks between the United States and Iran.
The main US stock measures were pointing lower in Wednesday's premarket activity as traders await ke
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Once the deal for FedEx Supply Chain is complete, the two companies also plan to solidify multiyear ocean and air freight agreements.
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Excluding a one-time tariff recovery benefit, Nike earned 20 cents a share in its fiscal fourth quarter, beating estimates of 13 cents