Starbucks Corp. is launching a new store format, Starbucks Pickup, that will be exclusively for Rewards members who use the mobile-order-and-pay option. New York City members can…… Read more “Starbucks launching a location just for mobile orders”

Phillips 66 (PSX) executive management will host a conference call webcast at noon EDT on Friday, Oct. 25, to discuss the company’s third-quarter 2019 financial results, which…… Read more “Phillips 66 to Announce Third-Quarter Financial Results”

(Bloomberg) — It’s time to stop crediting corporate sustainability efforts as acts of altruism. For big business, protecting the environment often means padding the bottom line.Nike Inc.…… Read more “Corporate America Has Found a Way to Turn a Profit Off Being Green”

(Bloomberg) — Ever since Amazon.com Inc. bought Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion, shoppers and investors alike have wondered how the e-commerce giant would integrate the upscale grocer into its…… Read more “Amazon Expands Two-Hour Whole Foods Delivery to Catch Walmart”

FedEx is partnering with a subsidiary of Alphabet to test out drone deliveries. source https://finance.yahoo.com/m/578a2304-42f9-3aeb-8ae5-8dfceaf15e9a/midday-wrap%3A-fedex-tests.html?.tsrc=rss

DOW UPDATE The Dow Jones Industrial Average is declining Friday afternoon with shares of Microsoft and Boeing seeing the biggest drops for the price-weighted average. The Dow…… Read more “Dow falls 100 points on losses in shares of Microsoft, Boeing”

The Wall Street’s main indexes dropped on Friday, after the Montana Farm Bureau said Chinese agriculture officials who were due to visit U.S. farm states next week…… Read more “US STOCKS-Wall Street drops as trade tensions spike”

Walmart Inc told its staff on Friday the retailer was discontinuing the sale of e-cigarettes and electronic nicotine delivery products at its U.S. stores. In an internal…… Read more “Walmart to stop sales of electronic cigarettes in its U.S. stores: company memo”

(Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. has suspended “tens of thousands” of third-party apps that were using the company’s developer tools as part of a review Facebook started following…… Read more “Facebook Suspended Thousands of Apps for Violating Policies”

Announcement of Periodic Review: Moody’s announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of New Residential Investment Corp. New York, September 20, 2019 — Moody’s Investors Service…… Read more “New Residential Investment Corp. — Moody’s announces completion of a periodic review of ratings of New Residential Investment Corp.”