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2023 Ford Super Duty F-350 LimitedFordDetroit – Ford Motor Company The company will expand production of large Super Duty trucks to a Canadian factory that was previously scheduled to be converted into an all-electric vehicle hub.Ford said Thursday that the new plan includes investing about $3 billion to expand Super Duty production, including $2.3 billion at Ford’s Oakville Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada. The remaining investment will be used to expand production at support facilities in the U.S. and Canada, the company said.Ford currently produces Super Duty trucks, larger siblings to the full-size F-150 pickup truck used primarily by commercial…

(This is CNBC Pro’s live coverage of Thursday’s analyst conference call and Wall Street chatter. Refresh every 20-30 minutes to see the latest posts.) Retailers and beauty companies were among the stocks analysts were talking about on Thursday. Baird upgraded Elf Beauty to outperform and predicted upside of about 35%. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley upgraded Gap to overweight. Check out the latest conference call and chatter below. All times ET. 7:28 a.m.: VF Corp. could rise more than 20% as the Supreme sale cleans up its balance sheet. Citi Research raised its investment rating on apparel and footwear company VF Corp.…

Aurobindo Pharma on Thursday said its board of directors has approved a share buyback of 5,137,000 shares at 1,460 rupees per share, 6.4 percent higher than Tuesday’s closing price. The record date for the 7,500-crore rupee share buyback plan through an open offer has been fixed as July 30.Aurobindo’s share buyback represents 0.88% of the total shares in the company’s paid-up share capital.Following the announcement, the company’s shares in the BSE 200 index fell over 1 per cent to an intraday low of Rs 1,352 on the BSE.The company said that under Rule 5 of the Share Buyback Regulations, it…

Cruise lines are battling for a share of American tourism dollars as consumers become more selective about how and where they vacation. Royal Caribbean They believe they can attract customers by shortening the duration of trips and packing them with activities and special occasions.”I think we’re very experience-driven,” Royal Caribbean CEO Jason Liberty told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” this week. “More than half of our guests are millennials or younger, and when we survey those guests, about 42 percent say they’re planning a short vacation trip in the next 12 months.”Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas is the world’s…

Here’s a look at some companies that were making waves in after-hours trading: Discover Financial Services — Shares rose 2.7% after Discover Financial Services reported second-quarter results. The banking and payments company reported net interest income of $3.52 billion, beating the FactSet consensus estimate of $3.46 billion. Earnings per share of $6.06 beat analysts’ estimates of $3.10. Kinder Morgan — Shares fell 2.8% after Kinder Morgan reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results. The pipeline operator’s second-quarter adjusted earnings of 25 cents per share fell short of the 26 cents per share expected by analysts surveyed by FactSet. Revenue also missed expectations. United…

International buyers of U.S. residential property face the same problems as domestic buyers — rising prices and limited supply — but they also face a strong U.S. dollar, making properties even more expensive for them. As a result, international buyers are pulling away.According to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 54,300 existing homes were purchased between April and March of this year, down 36 percent from the previous year and the lowest level of international investment since the NAR began tracking the data in 2009.This translates to $42 billion, down 21% from the previous year.This comes…

Green Dot executives hid important information from shareholders about the decline of its prepaid-card business, which was core to the company’s profits, said Dino DiBlasio, a former employee and current shareholder. It was alleged in Monday’s lawsuit.. The former head of quality engineering also alleged that executives and directors knew the company’s anti-money laundering practices were inadequate but continued to do business with them anyway, ultimately winning a Green Dot. Costly consent orders from the Federal Reserve. By keeping this information secret, founders and former CEO Steven Streit and former CFO Mark Schifke inflated Green Dot’s stock price “long enough…

Investors may need to exercise some caution with leading artificial intelligence stocks this year, according to Bank of America. “History shows that the winners of new tech booms are often the entire economy, not the early investors,” Jared Woodard wrote. “Credit spreads are signaling that stock rallies are shaky, raising the biggest warning since the dot-com bubble.” The investment and ETF strategist expects profit-taking in large tech stocks in the second half of the year as investors eagerly wait for an “AI killer app” or more revenue. He notes that just four stocks have accounted for 50% of global stock…

4. Blockchain oracle protocol Pyth has officially released its latest product, Express Relay, on mainnet, according to the team: “This release introduces a new decentralized solution to MEV’s long-standing challenge in processing transactions that will increase clearing and market efficiency in DeFi, something that was once thought to be an inevitable feature of on-chain finance. The primitive connects DeFi protocols directly to a network of existing searchers through protocol-controlled auctions for events like liquidation. Searchers that are already integrated include Flow Traders, Wintermute, Auros, Flowdesk, Caladan, Tokka Labs, and Swaap Finance.”

Fintech companies continue to face increased scrutiny as regulators seek to ensure tech intermediaries don’t force consumers to pay excessive fees, monitor transactions and engage in anti-competitive practices. Speech in Washington Semaphore events Last week, Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said the activities of fintech intermediaries, especially those with database-based business models, would continue to come under increased scrutiny. “We’re looking out for people who are trying to be gatekeepers and charge tolls across the system,” he said. “We want to determine who is misusing, exploiting and abusing data. And we’re also looking for people who…