• Dec 17, 2024

General Mills Beats On Q2 Earnings, Stock Slumps On Lackluster Outlook

General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS) shares are trading lower in the premarket session on Wednesday. The company reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.40, beating the street view of $1.22. Quarterly sales of $5.24 billion beat the analyst consensus estimate of $5.14 billion. Quarterly sales were up 2%, driven by higher pound volume, while organic net sales increased 1%. Gross margin was up 250 basis points to 36.9%, driven primarily by Holistic Margin Management cost savings and fa

  • Dec 17, 2024

Silicon Valley’s Secondary Markets Are Bigger Than Ever

(Bloomberg) -- Secondary transactions involving venture-backed startups are on track to hit a new high this year, as companies like OpenAI, SpaceX and Stripe Inc. organize tender offers to get employees paid, and investors look for ways to offload stakes outside of initial public offerings.Most Read from BloombergNYPD Car Chases Are Becoming More Frequent — and More DangerousTender offers give staffers, former employees and certain investors a way to sell their shares directly to other investors

  • Dec 17, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Penny Stock TC BioPharm Proposes Special Stock Dividend

On Wednesday, TC BioPharm (Holdings) PLC (NASDAQ:TCBP) announced that its Board of Directors approved a special dividend of 0.25 American Depositary Shares for every 1 ADS held by shareholders, pending shareholder approval. The company intends to hold a general meeting of shareholders on Monday, December 30. The dividend is expected to be declared on December 30, 2024, and payable to shareholders who own the company's stock at the close of trading on January 02, 2025. "We are extremely pleased t

  • Dec 17, 2024

Hong Kong approves four more cryptocurrency exchanges

Hong Kong's securities regulator on Wednesday approved four cryptocurrency exchanges in the city's latest effort to stay competitive in a race to become a global centre for digital asset trading. Hong Kong has been promoting itself as a hub for assets such as cryptocurrencies in a effort to maintain its attractions as a financial centre. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission said it had granted licences to Accumulus GBA Technology (Hongkong) Co., DFX Labs Company, Hong Kong Digital Asset EX, and Thousand Whales Technology (BVI).

  • Dec 17, 2024

Bitcoin Rally Pauses After Scaling $108,000 for the First Time

(Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin took a breather after topping $108,000 for the first time as traders await an expected Federal Reserve interest-rate cut and assess a wave of optimism from President-elect Donald Trump’s support for crypto.Most Read from BloombergNYPD Car Chases Are Becoming More Frequent — and More DangerousThe largest token touched $108,315 on Tuesday before falling back to $104,775 as of 7:33 a.m. Wednesday in New York. The overall value of digital assets came within a whisker of $4 tri