(Reuters) - A Colorado judge issued an order temporarily blocking the proposed $25 billion merger between Kroger ( KR ) and Albertsons ( ACI ), which has been challenged by the state attorney general, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. At a hearing in Denver on Thursday, Judge Andrew J. Luxen granted a preliminary injunction halting the deal and canceled a...

10:34 AM EDT, 07/25/2024 (MT Newswires) -- TriCo Bancshares ( TCBK ) shares were up nearly 5% in recent Thursday trading after the company reported Q2 earnings of $0.87 per diluted share, up from $0.75 a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected EPS of $0.81. Revenue, expressed as the sum of net interest income and noninterest income, was...

Harley-Davidson Inc ( HOG ) reported second quarter HDMC and LiveWire combined revenue of $1.355 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $1.28 billion. Consolidated revenue in the second quarter was up 12% to $1.619 billion, driven primarily by an HDMC revenue increase of 13%. HDFS revenue was up 10% in the second quarter. Global retail motorcycle sales declined 3%. North America retail performance was down 1%, with U.S. retail up slightly....

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Meta Platforms ( META ) is set to be hit in a few weeks with its first EU antitrust fine for tying classified advertisements service Marketplace with its Facebook social network, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The move by the European Commission will come more than a year and a half after it accused...