• Dec 04, 2024

Jack Daniel's And Old Forester Parent Brown-Forman Stock Soars Thursday - Here's Why

Brown Forman Inc. (NYSE: BF-B) (NYSE: BF-A) shares are trading higher on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected second-quarter financial results. The company reported second-quarter earnings per share of 55 cents, beating the street view of 51 cents. Quarterly sales of $1.095 billion (down 1% year-over-year) beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.076 billion. Sales rose 3% on an organic basis. Net sales declines in the year’s first half were primarily due to the Finlandia an

  • Dec 04, 2024

Bitcoin True Believers Bask in I-Told-You-So Glow at $100,000

(Bloomberg) -- Anthony Scaramucci, the hedge-fund manager hired and fired by Donald Trump in his first term as president, jokes that he owes his ex-boss a token of thanks.Most Read from BloombergKansas City Looks Back on its Long, Costly Ride With MicrotransitNYC’s Run-Down Bus Terminal Gets Approval for $10 Billion RevampAs Wars Rage, Cities Face a Dark New Era of Urban DestructionRiyadh Metro Partially Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic Jams“I probably have to buy Donald Trump a Christmas gif

  • Dec 04, 2024

Southwest Airlines Lifts Q4 Guidance, Launches $750 Million Stock Buyback

On Thursday, Southwest Airlines Company (NYSE:LUV) shares traded higher after the company announced it will launch a $750 million stock buyback program in the first quarter of 2025. The move follows the $250 million accelerated share repurchase launched in October 2024. After this, $1.5 billion will remain under its $2.5 billion repurchase program, authorized in September 2024. Outlook: The company revised its fourth-quarter guidance, now expecting RASM to increase by 5.5% to 7.0% (vs. 3.5%- 5.5

  • Dec 04, 2024

OPEC+ delays oil output hike until April, extends cuts into 2026

LONDON/MOSCOW/DUBAI (Reuters) -OPEC+ on Thursday pushed back the start of oil output rises by three months until April and extended the full unwinding of cuts by a year until the end of 2026 due to weak demand and booming production outside the group. OPEC+, which pumps about half the world's oil, had been planning to start unwinding cuts from October 2024 but a slowdown in global demand and rising output elsewhere forced it to postpone the plans on several occasions. OPEC+ groups the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies such as Russia.