Bloomberg Kroger Co shares jumped the most in almost 30 years after the company unveiled a profit forecast that signaled new gains on top of a two-year surge in demand for groceries sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Adjusted earnings in the current fiscal year will range between $3.75 and $3.85 a share, Kroger said. That handily exceeded the $3.44 average ...

Bloomberg The US should immediately move towards recognizing Taiwan as a country, former US Secretary of State and potential presidential candidate Mike Pompeo said in Taipei, comments that garnered a testy response from Beijing. “It is imperative to change 50 years of ambiguity,” said Pompeo, the top diplomat in the Trump administration who is visiting Taipei in an unofficial capacity ...

Bloomberg Swedes and Finns are increasingly in favor of joining the Nato defense bloc after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, adding pressure on the countries’ leaders to change long-standing policies of military non-alignment. Polls released in the two Nordic countries on Friday showed 51% of Swedes and 48% of Finns now back joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It’s the first ...