 | | | | The S&P 500 nabbed its fifth straight record closing high on Wednesday as investors ended the month and the quarter by largely shrugging off positive economic data and looking toward Friday's highly anticipated employment report. | | | | | | Micron Technology Inc (MU.O) on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and forecast fourth-quarter revenue above expectations, as tight supplies of memory chips and continued strong demand kept prices high. | | | | | | The S&P 500 eked out its fifth straight record closing high on Wednesday as investors ended the month and the quarter by largely shrugging off positive economic data and looking toward Friday's highly anticipated employment report. | | | | | | Smithfield Foods Inc (SFII.UL) said on Wednesday it will pay $83 million to settle litigation that accused several companies of conspiring to limit supply in the $20 billion-a-year U.S. pork market to inflate prices and their own profits. | | | | | | Britain is set to secure an exemption for financial services from a new global tax system which was agreed by the Group of Seven economies to squeeze more money out of multinationals like Google, the Financial Times said on Wednesday. | | | | | | Chevron Corp (CVX.N) is looking to sell two collections of conventional oil and gas fields in the Permian Basin valued at more than $1 billion combined, three sources told Reuters. | | | | | | Gap Inc (GPS.N) is in talks with its partners to sell its stores in Italy and France, the U.S. apparel chain said on Wednesday, as it looks to limit its presence to online in Europe and save costs. | | | | | | Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Wednesday several of its North American factories will be shut for a few weeks in July and August due to a global shortage of semiconductors. | | | | | | Saudi Aramco Oil Co's (2222.SE) Khalid al-Dabbagh is set to step down as chief financial officer of the oil giant, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. | | | | | | Wall Street was muted on Wednesday and the S&P teased its fifth straight record closing high as investors ended the month and the quarter by largely shrugging off positive economic data and looking toward Friday's highly anticipated employment report. | | | | | |
