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Nasdaq Composite advances 198 points, to finish 1.5% higher, near record territory 19 January 2021

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S&P 500 gains 30 points, to close up 0.8% 19 January 2021

Dow adds 116 points, to end 0.4% higher 19 January 2021

The Street

Hershey Rejects $23 Billion Acquisition Offer From Mondelez 20 January 2021

Updated with additional details. Hershey's business may be looking too sweet to for one fellow food giant to ignore. Shares of the iconic chocolate maker were up 15% to $111.87 inafternoontrading Thursday following a report by The Wall Street Journal that fellow candy giantMondelez has made a $23 bi ...

Tiger Woods Is Falling Apart and so Is Nike Golf 20 January 2021

With a surgically repaired back keeping golf's biggest spectacle Tiger Woods off the links, the Nike golf business he once put on that back is struggling. Nikereported this week that sales at its golf business plunged 8% to $706 million for the fiscal year ended May 31. Excluding the impact of the s ...

'Mad Money' Lightning Round: You Should Own General Electric 20 January 2021

Search Jim Cramer's "Mad Money" trading recommendations using our exclusive "Mad Money" Stock Screener. Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks during the Mad Money Lightning RoundWednesday evening: Dominion Resources : "I think you're fine. You're in good ...

Financial Times

Hong Kong’s central bank criticises State Street over US blacklist flip-flop 20 January 2021

Fund manager said it would continue investing in Chinese companies on sanctions list after all ...

Dear Joe Biden, deficits still matter 20 January 2021

New president’s plans for more stimulus risk exacerbating inequality and low productivity growth ...

US finance chiefs weigh how to spend vast corporate cash piles 20 January 2021

Companies need to decide how to allocate the $2.5tn they borrowed on bond markets in 2020 ...

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Harmoney beats loan forecasts as volumes return to pre-Covid levels 20 January 2021

Auckland-based non-bank lender Harmoney issued 2 per cent more loans in the six months to December than forecast in its prospectus, the company said in a market update.Strong second quarter demand saw New Zealand loans increase ...

Analysis: Water becomes a commodity 18 January 2021

ANALYSIS: Will 2021 be the year the world really values water?If Wall Street sets the tone, it will be.For almost 230 years, agricultural commodities have been bought and sold in New York's finance district.And now the Nasdaq ...

Rakon shares rise after positive earnings upgrade 18 January 2021

Rakon's share price has jumped higher after the company upgraded its earnings guidance for its 2021 financial year.The company, which makes components for the telecommunications sector, said it expected to achieve underlying earnings ...