07:03 AM EST, 12/13/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Canadian households Thursday saw an improvement in key debt metrics for Q3, said Bank of Montreal (BMO). Growth in disposable incomes outpaced borrowing, which brought the seasonally adjusted debt-to-income ratio down for the sixth straight quarter, noted the bank. Similarly, debt service costs have taken a sizeable step down in recent quarters, as...

06:56 AM EST, 12/13/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Reddit ( RDDT ) and Meta's (META) Instagram are among fifteen companies being investigated in Texas over privacy and safety practices concerning minors, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement Thursday. The probe was launched pursuant to the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment, or SCOPE Act, and the Texas Data...

07:04 AM EST, 12/13/2024 (MT Newswires) -- STEP Energy Services ( SNVVF ) on Friday said that following the announcement of an agreement to take the company private in an all-cash transaction at $5 per common share, about 40 million STEP shares have traded and over 60% of the trades occurred at prices exceeding $5 per share. STEP on Nov....

07:01 AM EST, 12/13/2024 (MT Newswires) -- T-Mobile US ( TMUS ) said in a regulatory filing Friday that its board has approved a new $14 billion shareholder return program running through Dec. 31, 2025. The program will include share repurchases and cash dividends and will be funded with cash on hand and potential debt issuances or other borrowings. T-Mobile...