* MSCI's all-country world index up nearly 16% for 2024 * S&P 500 on track for best 2-year run in over 25 years * High US yields cool year-end stock rally * Dollar dominates with strong annual gain (Updates to close of U.S. markets) By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Global stocks declined on Tuesday as elevated...

04:31 PM EST, 12/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Halmont Properties (HMT.V) near the close of trade Tuesday announced that it has closed a non-brokered private placement offering for $50 million. A statement noted the offering consisted of 50 million series II convertible preferred shares of the corporation at a price of $1.00 per Series II Convertible Preferred Share. Each Series II...

Dec 31 (Reuters) - Japan's Nippon Steel ( NISTF ) has proposed giving the U.S. government veto power over any potential cuts to U.S. Steel's production capacity, as part of its efforts to secure President Joe Biden's approval for acquiring the American steelmaker, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Last week, the Committee on Foreign Investment in...

05:03 PM EST, 12/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Children's Place (PLCE) said Tuesday it has started its rights offering to buy up to $90 million in shares, representing about 9.2 million shares in total. The firm said it is offering to each stockholder of record date Dec. 13 one non-transferable subscription right for each full share owned at $9.75 per share....