Yahoo Finance Morning Brief: Levi's returns to the public market
Thursday, March 21, 2019
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WHAT TO WATCH
There are two big consumer names to pay attention to: Nike (NKE) and Levi’s.
Shoe giant Nike is gearing up to report fiscal third-quarter results after the market close on Thursday. Analysts are anticipating Nike to report earnings of 65 cents per share on $9.65 billion in revenue.
And, after 34 years as a private company, the world’s biggest denim company, Levi’s, will go back on the public market. Expected to list nearly 37 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange, Levi’s will trade under the ticker LEVI. Shares are expected to price between $14 and $16 a share and will trade under a dual-class structure.
TOP NEWS
Fed's Powell: We won't 'overreact' to fiscal policy: Responding to a question from Yahoo Finance about the appropriate balance of monetary and fiscal policy at the moment, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday he thinks of fiscal policy as “exogenous,” or independent of its own decision making. [Yahoo Finance]
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China says top U.S. trade officials to visit Beijing: A U.S. trade delegation headed by Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will visit China on March 28-29 for the next round of negotiations, China's commerce ministry said on Thursday. [Reuters]
Walmart just lost its top tech executive: Walmart (WMT) confirmed to Yahoo Finance Wednesday that Chief Technology Officer Jeremy King — a well-regarded tech executive who has played a key role in shaping Walmart’s online turnaround in recent years — will depart the company on March 29. [Yahoo Finance]
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