SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday’s session are DuPont, Nike Inc., and KB Home. DuPont DD, -0.86% : The chemical company late Thursday cut its second-quarter and full year profit outlook due to worse-than-expected performance of its agriculture unit. Shares fell 1.9% in extended […]
The euro zone continues to struggle with economic data heading into the fourth quarter of 2011. This morning’s publication of Germany’s retail sales revealed even more sluggish growth in the region’s largest economy. The report was expected to show a healthy month-on-month growth of 1.1{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540}, a solid uptick from…
(Reuters) -Microsoft is asking some of its China-based employees to consider transferring outside the country, the company said on Thursday, as relations between U.S. and China grow increasingly strained over technologies like artificial intelligence and semiconductors. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news, said Microsoft is asking about 700 to 800 people who […]