News Highlights: Top Company News of the Day
May 21 2019 - 1:15PM
Dow Jones News
Terrible Tuesday for Department Stores
Kohl's and J.C. Penney reported disappointing quarterly results,
setting off a tumble in the department-store sector.
Huawei Accuses U.S. of Bullying as It Seeks Support From Europe
Huawei denounced U.S. actions against the company as "bullying"
and implored European governments to resist American pressure to
follow suit in a bid to safeguard one of its most lucrative
markets.
Wall Street Is Losing Faith in Tesla
As Tesla's shares drop, once-bullish analysts and investors are
souring on Elon Musk's company, potentially cutting it off from the
capital it needs to survive.
Home Depot's Sales Lifted by Larger Customer Transactions
Home Depot's sales rose in the fiscal first quarter, lifted by a
rise in the number of customer transactions and stronger spending
per visit.
New Coke Is Back. Sort of.
Coca-Cola is using one of its biggest failures as a marketing
tool, bringing back New Coke for a limited time in a
cross-promotion with Netflix's retro science-fiction horror series
"Stranger Things."
PPG Says It Won't Break Up, Despite Pressure From Activist Investor
PPG Industries won't split its units making building paints and
industrial coatings, choosing to forge ahead as a unified company
after facing pressure from an activist investor to maximize value
in its disparate operations.
Merck to Buy Cancer Drug Maker Peloton Therapeutics
Merck agreed to acquire cancer drug developer Peloton
Therapeutics for $1.05 billion in cash, adding to a list of deals
in 2019 by pharmaceutical companies looking to bolster their cancer
treatment portfolios.
Boeing Official Played Down Scenario That May Have Doomed Ethiopian Jet
Four weeks after faulty sensor data led a 737 MAX jet to crash
in Indonesia last year, a Boeing executive raised and dismissed the
possibility of a bird collision triggering a second disaster.
Females 'Ship' Match's New Dating App
Friends can now play cupid via a Match Group online-dating app
that allows users to vet potential relationship matches for
friends.
Urban Outfitters to Start Renting Clothes
Urban Outfitters is jumping into clothing rental, trying to tap
one of the fastest-growing areas of fashion without discouraging
people from shopping at its stores.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 21, 2019 13:00 ET (17:00 GMT)
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