America’s Car-Mart, Inc. reported fourth-quarter results on Thursday. The company reported earnings per share of $1.26, beating the analyst consensus estimate of 86 cents. Quarterly sales of $370.17 million (+1.5% year over year) outpaced the Street view of $351.85 million. Sales volumes in the quarter under review increased 2.6% to 15,649 units, while interest income increased 4.2% to $2.4 million....

01:50 PM EDT, 06/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed Thursday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) up 0.1% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) shedding 0.3%. In corporate news, Omnicom ( OMC ) and Interpublic's (IPG) planned merger may face restrictions from the Federal Trade Commission, including a proposed consent decree...

Vertical Aerospace Ltd. ( EVTWF ) shares are trading higher on Thursday after the company deepened its partnership with Bristow Group, Inc. ( VTOL ) . The two companies aim to accelerate the commercial deployment of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft through a capital-efficient, turnkey operational model. The partnership expands on a relationship first established in 2021. It...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...