The UAW has expanded the strike against the Detroit automakers it kicked off on September 15th, with a major escalation that affected the largest factory of Ford Motor (NYSE: F).
Although it is quite a quiet week earnings-wise with big lenders yet to kick off bank earnings and the third quarter earnings season on Friday, things are never dull in the tech universe.
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Macroeconomic headwinds did not slim down the third quarter results of PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ: PEP) who today smashed Wall Street estimates along with raising its full-year guidance for a third consecutive quarter, sending shares more than 2% up during pre-market trading.
This week began with UAW workers at Volvo Group (OTC: VLVLY)-owned Mack Trucks also going on strike, joining the UAW’s targeted strike against the Detroit Three automakers.
On Thursday, Constellation Brands Inc (NYSE: STZ) touted the strong performance of its beer portfolio as the Corona beer maker raised its annual guidance upon delivering a fiscal second quarter sales and profit beat. Like its peer, Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:
Levi Strauss & Co (NYSE: LEVI) reported muted third quarter earnings while slashing its annual outlook again after already cutting its full year profit guidance three months ago.
On September 26th, the Federal Trade Commission went into action to stop the monopoly power of Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) by filing a long-awaited antitrust suit. The case was filed in conjunction with seventeen states, accusing the e-commerce titan of using its online retail dominance to suppress competition.