News Highlights: Top Company News of the Day
March 30 2017 - 5:15AM
Dow Jones News
ConocoPhillips to Sell Chunk of Canadian Oil-Sands Assets
ConocoPhillips is selling a large portion of its Canadian
oil-sands assets to Cenovus Energy to pay down debt and
significantly increase stock buybacks, marking the latest exit from
the oil sands by non-Canadian player.
Merrill Lynch Restructures Leadership
Bank of America Corp.'s brokerage arm is thinning some of its
executive ranks and shuffling others in an effort to get brokers
collecting more assets and producing more revenue, according to a
memorandum viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Legg Mason to Cut 3% of Corporate Staff
Legg Mason is laying off 3% of its corporate staff because of
"disruption" in the money management industry.
Westinghouse Seeks to Reassure Chinese Customer
Westinghouse Electric raced to reassure its biggest Chinese
customer that the company was stable and that its projects in China
wouldn't be affected by its chapter 11 filing in the U.S.
Uber Self-Driving Car Crash Detailed in Police Report
The Tempe, Ariz., police report revealed Uber's sport-utility
vehicle was hit after entering an intersection on a yellow light
and that turning traffic blocked both parties' views before the
collision.
India's Mahindra Considers Electric Vehicles for U.S. and China
Mahindra plans to enter the world's two biggest auto markets
with high-end electric vehicles to be made by its Italian
auto-design affiliate Pininfarina.
Lululemon Promises Bolder Clothes to Revive Sales
Lululemon Athletica Inc. issued a weak outlook for the current
quarter, blaming spring clothing that wasn't colorful enough to
entice shoppers to its website or stores.
SunEdison Files Plan to Repay Billions in Debt
SunEdison filed a debt-repayment plan after nearly a year in
chapter 11, propelled by major settlements with its two former
TerraForm subsidiaries worth more than $800 million.
Synovus Financial in Talks to Buy Cabela's Financial Arm
Cabela's is in talks to sell its banking operations to Synovus
Financial Corp.
Amazon to Shut Down Unprofitable Quidsi Division
Quidsi, manager of Diapers.com and Soap.com, spent 7 years with
Amazon after rising to prominence shipping diapers and other
household staples largely for free.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 30, 2017 05:00 ET (09:00 GMT)
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