08:06 AM EDT, 08/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Cemex (CX) said on Monday it would sell its operations in the Dominican Republic to Cementos Progreso Holdings and its partners for about $950 million. The transaction includes export businesses to Haiti, the company added. The company said the sale includes a major cement plant with production lines, as well as cement, concrete,...

08:07 AM EDT, 08/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Viet D Dinh, Director, on August 02, 2024, executed a purchase for 5,000 shares in Strategic Education ( STRA ) for $477,950. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Dinh has control over a total of 20,020 shares of the company, with 20,020 shares held directly. SEC Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013934/000141588924020702/xslF345X03/form4-08052024_110811.xml ...

SAO PAULO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Brazilian lender Bradesco reported higher than expected second-quarter net profit on Monday, driven by lower loan-loss provisions and stronger margins. Bradesco's recurring net profit - which excludes one-off impacts in income - in the April-June period rose 4.4% on a yearly basis to 4.7 billion reais ($820.55 million), it said in a securities filing,...

08:09 AM EDT, 08/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- AST SpaceMobile ( ASTS ) said Monday that the Federal Communications Commission has granted an initial license for space-based cellular broadband operations in the US. AST said it can now roll out and operate V, S, and UHF frequencies to support gateway, feeder link and telemetry, tracking, and control operations for the first...