Wendy’s buyout offer suggests the burger chain’s overhaul could be very expensive

Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management has made a $1.4 billion offer for Wendy’s and says the company “requires significant ...

Get ready for a ‘relatively hawkish tone,’ one prominent economist says

Everyone "should expect a relatively hawkish tone" in the remarks that come after the Fed's interest-rate decision today, ...

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Microsoft's infrastructure spending may have topped $50 billion for the quarter

Look for Microsoft to have put more than $50 billion toward capital expenditures in the September quarter, assuming the ...

WPP falls Wednesday, underperforms market

WPP PLC closed 8.52% short of its 52-week high of £4.20, which the company reached on October 16th. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones and FactSet, and partnering with Automated ...

NatWest Group rises Wednesday, outperforms market

NatWest Group PLC closed 17.94% below its 52-week high of £7.88, which the company reached on October 15th. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones and FactSet, and partnering with ...

Rolls-Royce Holdings climbs Wednesday, outperforms market

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC closed 20.37% short of its 52-week high of £15.86, which the company reached on August 6th. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones and FactSet, and partnering ...

J Sainsbury slips Wednesday, underperforms market

J Sainsbury PLC closed 11.02% short of its 52-week high of £3.80, which the company achieved on July 31st. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones and FactSet, and partnering with ...

RELX slides Wednesday, underperforms market

RELX PLC closed 17.33% short of its 52-week high of £34.97, which the company achieved on October 29th. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones and FactSet, and partnering with Automated ...

Berkeley Group Holdings falls Wednesday, underperforms market

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC closed 23.01% short of its 52-week high of £44.42, which the company achieved on February 12th. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones and FactSet, and ...

IMI advances Wednesday, outperforms market

IMI PLC closed 9.31% below its 52-week high of £32.02, which the company reached on October 7th. Supported by world-class markets data from Dow Jones and FactSet, and partnering with Automated ...

Rightmove falls Wednesday, underperforms market

Rightmove PLC RMV shares dropped 4.65% to £5.09 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.07% to 10,694.50.