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About 3,800 workers walked out at JBS’s Greeley, Colorado, beef plant over pay and safety, threatening a key slice of U.S. slaughter capacity.
BlackRock’s new Nasdaq-traded ETHB trust offers spot ether exposure plus staking rewards via Coinbase, testing a new regulatory and tax template.
Paramount’s Skydance-led company agreed to an all-cash $31-a-share acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, setting up a major antitrust fight.
A January PCE report showed sticky core inflation even before the Iran conflict sent oil past $100, complicating the Fed’s path to rate cuts.
The Fed keeps rates at 3.50%–3.75% as oil prices surge on the Iran conflict, inflation stays high, and Trump renews calls for cuts.
Tinicum-Blackstone joins Advent and Arcline in pursuing aerospace supplier Senior plc, with U.K. takeover deadlines set for late March and April.
Employers cut 92,000 jobs in February and unemployment rose to 4.4%, a sharp downside surprise clouding the Fed outlook and politics.
Salesforce sold $25B in bonds to finance a huge accelerated share repurchase, boosting leverage, drawing a downgrade and reigniting buyback debate.
A CSB report says preventable maintenance lapses and flawed relief design triggered 2023 ethylene oxide explosions near Baton Rouge.
Pakistan’s central bank held its key rate at 10.5% as a Middle East conflict disrupts shipping and lifts oil prices, reviving inflation fears.
A knife-edge Bank of England vote looked set for cautious rate cuts—until conflict in Iran sent energy prices soaring and revived inflation fears.
SOCOTEC says it will acquire American Engineers Group, a Pennsylvania transportation-focused consultancy, deepening its mid-Atlantic footprint amid U.S. infrastructure spending.
Eurozone inflation rose to 1.9% in February, above forecasts, with core and services prices accelerating—prompting markets to push back ECB cut bets.
Unionized workers at JBS’s Greeley, Colo., beef plant plan a March 16 walkout over wages, safety and alleged retaliation, testing supply chains.
Paramount Skydance agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $31 a share, creating a vast studio, streaming and news empire under heavy antitrust scrutiny.
A surprise DOJ settlement would spare Live Nation a breakup, impose new ticketing rules and divestitures, and split the state coalition as trial continues.
Consumer prices rose 0.3% in February, keeping inflation near the Fed’s target—just before a Middle East oil shock threatens to lift costs.