(Reuters) -Industrial giant Honeywell said on Wednesday it would buy Air Products' liquefied natural-gas process technology and equipment business for $1.81 billion in cash. The deal would help Honeywell add LNG technologies such as heat exchangers and cryogenic equipment to its portfolio and marks the industrial conglomerate's fourth acquisition this year. Since taking charge as chief executive in June 2023,...

(Reuters) - Futures for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq gained on Wednesday as the most heavily weighted stocks rose in premarket trading, while markets awaited comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and key events later in the week for more direction. Both the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq notched record high closes in the previous session -...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures up: Dow 0.03%, S&P 0.14%, Nasdaq 0.23% July 10 (Reuters) - Futures for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq gained on Wednesday as the most heavily weighted stocks rose in premarket trading, while markets awaited comments from Federal...

(Reuters) - Futures for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq gained on Wednesday as the most heavily weighted stocks rose in premarket trading, while markets awaited comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and key events later in the week for more direction. Both the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq notched record high closes in the previous session -...