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July 27 2021 - 9:16AM
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GE's Turnaround Rides a Pandemic Rebound
The company reported another quarterly net loss, but said it had
an adjusted profit that topped Wall Street's expectations and
raised its goal for cash flows this year.
Bloomingdale's Joins Smaller-Store Trend With Bloomie's Launch
The 22,000-square-foot store in a suburban shopping district in
Fairfax, Va., will carry far fewer products than traditional
Bloomingdale's stores, but will update its selection multiple times
a week.
Inflation, Slowing Lysol Sales Are a Double Hit for Reckitt
The maker of Lysol has ridden a wave demand for its cleaning
products since Covid-19 hit. Now it is grappling with a
pandemic-recovery double whammy: slowing sales of disinfectants and
rising cost inflation.
Jeff Bezos Offers to Waive $2 Billion for NASA Contract
The Amazon.com founder offered to waive $2 billion in fees over
the next two years to win his space company, Blue Origin, a joint
contract for the lunar-lander program that was awarded solely to
Elon Musk's SpaceX.
CBRE to Buy 60% Stake in Turner & Townsend in $1.3 Billion Deal
The world's largest commercial-real-estate-services firm is
buying a controlling stake in the London-based company ahead of an
expected wave of investment in alternative energy and
infrastructure.
Valo Health Acquires Biotech Startup, Gaining Protein Technology
Drugmaker Valo Health, which has agreed to go public by merging
with a blank-check company, is diversifying its product pipeline
with the acquisition of Courier Therapeutics.
Cloudflare Lays Out Plan to Reduce Internet's Carbon Footprint
The provider of cybersecurity tools and other cloud services
said it would cancel out all its carbon dioxide emissions and
introduced tools to help its customers cut their own emissions.
Apple Expected to Post Record Profit, as Demand Remains Strong
Investors are eager for signs the company's success will
continue into 2022, as customers switch to new 5G phones.
Google Primed to Benefit From Surge in Online Advertising
Alphabet is expected to report its largest second-quarter sales
growth in 14 years as businesses pour marketing dollars into ads
across Google's products.
Microsoft Expected to Post Record Sales Amid Strong Gaming, Cloud Demand
Wall Street analysts predict that quarterly revenue for the
software giant will grow 16% from a year earlier.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 27, 2021 09:15 ET (13:15 GMT)
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