News Highlights: Top Company News of the Day
March 22 2018 - 11:30AM
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Steve Wynn Cashes Out, Sells Roughly Third of His Stake in Company He Co-Founded
Steve Wynn sold just over a third of his shares in Wynn Resorts,
making his ex-wife, co-founder Elaine Wynn, the company's new
largest shareholder, securities filings show.
Blackwells Launches Proxy Fight at Supervalu
A proxy fight is under way at Supervalu Inc. as an activist
investor seeks to overhaul the board of directors at one of the
nation's largest grocery companies.
Whole Foods Losing Executives Under New Owner Amazon
More than a dozen executives and senior managers have left Whole
Foods in the seven months since its acquisition by
Amazon.com-leaving some suppliers and shoppers worried the chain's
retailing mojo won't endure.
Best Buy to Stop Selling Huawei Phones
Best Buy plans to stop selling phones in the U.S. made by Huawei
Technologies, the latest blow for the Chinese cellular-electronics
giant in the U.S.
Conagra Sees Higher Profit Despite Rising Costs
Conagra Brands the maker of Hunt's ketchup and Slim Jim meat
snacks, said it expects a higher annual profit this year despite
rising costs for ingredients and shipping.
Biggest Three Banks Gobble Up $2.4 Trillion in New Deposits Since Crisis
Americans are parking more money with the biggest banks than
ever before, cementing the firms' dominance of the financial
industry less than a decade after the crisis.
The Savviest Tech Investor You've Never Heard of Is Selling Down Tencent
One of the oldest and largest investors in Tencent Holdings
plans to sell more than $10 billion worth of shares in the Chinese
internet giant, partially cashing out of one of the world's most
lucrative tech bets at a time of turbulence for the sector.
Memories of '07 Haunt Buyout Firms Sitting on Trillion-Dollar Cash Pile
It has been more than a decade since private-equity firms went
on a buyout binge on the eve of the financial crisis, but as the
recent bankruptcies of Toys "R" Us and iHeartMedia show, many of
the deals continue to haunt their owners and are forcing them to
find new ways to spend an epic pile of cash.
Next Worry for Facebook: Disenchanted Users
Facebook's handling of user data has upset lawmakers and
regulators in multiple countries, but the biggest risk to its
business could come from angry users.
Trump Policy Change Is a Win for Drugmakers
The Trump administration has issued a policy change that could
drive up prices of certain biologic drugs, implementing a new
industry-backed measure that overturns existing regulation that
promoted lower prices.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 22, 2018 11:15 ET (15:15 GMT)
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