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FedEx slides on skepticism over new CEO’s cost-cutting plan

  Bloomberg FedEx Corp. declined after the new CEO’s plan to cut costs and raise shipping rates fell flat with Wall Street, leaving investors concerned about deep challenges including slowing demand and elevated expenses. The courier said it will cut flights, defer projects and close offices as it seeks as much as $2.7 billion in savings this fiscal year. The ...

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Bonds, stocks decline as global economic growth fears spread

  Bloomberg Global bond yields surged and stocks extended declines at the end of a week that underscored expectations for tighter monetary policy and a slowing economy. A dollar gauge rose to yet another record and 10-year Treasury yields to the highest in more than a decade, while UK bonds plunged and the pound fell as markets priced in a ...

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Crypto outperforms stocks for a change as correlation breaks

Bloomberg Cryptocurrencies outperformed US equities for a change, with Bitcoin and Ether gaining for the first time in five days. Bitcoin, the largest virtual currency by market value, rose about 2% to $19,2912 in New York. Earlier, it slid as much as 4% toward a three-month low. Ether rose about 1.5%. It had dropped as much as 20% since a ...

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