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BNY Mellon shares close higher on Wednesday, BofA upgrades stock to ”Buy” on favorable rates, strategic initiatives and capital management outlooks

Bank of America Securities analyst Michael Carrier raised his rating on Bank of New York Mellon (BK) from ”Underperform” to ”Buy”, while citing favorable revenue and earnings outlook. The firm also raised its 12-month price target on the stock from $43 to $50, which compares with a median price target of $49.00. According to Carrier, […] Read more

Lockheed Martin shares close lower on Tuesday, company ties up with Omnispace over space-based 5G network development

Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT) on Tuesday announced a collaboration with communications provider Omnispace LLC, aimed to develop a space-based 5G network to be used by both commercial entities and government agencies. A 5G global network based in space is expected to allow users to switch between satellite and terrestrial networks, which would remove the need […] Read more

Apollo shares close lower on Tuesday, company appoints Jay Clayton as non-executive chairman

Apollo Global Management Inc said earlier this week that Jay Clayton, former US Securities and Exchange Commission chief, had been appointed as non-executive chairman after company’s founder Leon Black revealed plans to step down from his executive roles. In January, Black, aged 69, agreed to step down from the post of Chief Executive Officer. Back […] Read more

Facebook shares close higher on Friday, company resolves issue that led to global outage of its services

Facebook Inc (FB) has resolved a technical issue, which led to a global outage of its services, including Instagram. Reports in the media stated that the issue had affected Facebook’s online messaging services Whatsapp and Messenger as well. According to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, more than 1 million users had complained about having issues with […] Read more

Alphabet shares close lower on Thursday, over $7 billion to be invested in Google offices and data centers in US this year

Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Thursday plans to invest more than $7 billion in offices and data centers across the United States at a time when Internet traffic rises, as COVID-19-related restrictive measures prompted more users and advertisers to go online. The latest investment aims to expand Google’s data centers in Nebraska, South Carolina and […] Read more

Microsoft shares close higher on Tuesday, company rolls back update, fixing users’ access issues to some services

Microsoft Corp (MSFT) said on Tuesday that glitches causing problematic access to some services, including Teams and Outlook.com, had been fixed after an update roll back. In a tweet, the tech giant had said that the access issues were associated with a “recent change to an authentication system.” Microsoft shares closed higher for the fourth […] Read more

Food delivery firm Deliveroo aims to generate $1.4 billion in upcoming IPO

Deliveroo said earlier this week that it aimed to sell nearly GBP 1 billion ($1.4 billion) of new shares in its upcoming initial public offering (IPO). The British company also said that the listing would include the sale of shares by some existing shareholders as well, which could potentially push the size of the deal […] Read more

Boeing shares close lower on Monday, Ed Clark appointed as head of 737 MAX program, memo shows

According to a report by Reuters, citing an internal memo sent to Boeing Co’s (BA) employees, the plane maker has appointed veteran engineer Ed Clark to head its 737 MAX jetliner program. Clark, who served as chief mechanic and engineer for the company’s cash cow narrowbody program, will head Boeing’s manufacturing hub at Renton, Washington. […] Read more

General Electric shares fall for a third straight session on Thursday, company reiterates free cash flow forecast for 2021

General Electric Co (GE) said earlier this week that it forecast full-year free cash flow of between $2.5 billion to $4.5 billion and full-year adjusted earnings within the range of $0.15 to $0.25 per share. GE actually reiterated the guidance it had provided in January. The company expects to generate higher cash flow in 2021 […] Read more