08:21 AM EDT, 08/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- ATS (ATS) said Thursday it has upsized its private placement offering of 6.5% senior unsecured notes due 2032 to 400 million Canadian dollars ($292 million) from the initial offering of CA$300 million. The company said the notes will be issued at a price of CA$1,000 per CA$1,000 principal amount of notes. ATS said...

Walmart Inc ( WMT ) shares are trading higher on Thursday after the company announced strong second-quarter 2025 results and raised full-year guidance. The retailer reported adjusted EPS of $0.67 (+9.8% Y/Y), beating the consensus of $0.64. Sales were $169.34 billion, up 4.8% year over year or 5.0% (at constant currency), beating the consensus of $168.57 billion. The gross margin rate was up 43 bps, aided by improvements across Walmart U.S. and...

Deere & Co ( DE ) shares are trading higher after the company reported third-quarter results and reaffirmed its net income 2024 outlook. The company’s net sales and revenue declined 17% year-over-year to $13.152 billion, beating the consensus of $10.944 billion. Production & Precision Agriculture net sales declined 25% Y/Y to $5.099 billion, Small Agriculture & Turf net sales fell...

08:15 AM EDT, 08/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Japan's Prime Minister (PM) Fumio Kishida Wednesday announced he won't run in the LDP's leadership (governer) election, which will be held at the end of September, meaning he will step down as premier, which he became in October 2021, said UBS. The approval rate of his administration and the LDP has been depressed...