Euro zone lending growth picks up, ECB says 

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is up by +0.86% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up by +0.36%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +1.47%.  E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.85%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) are up +1.43%. Stock indexes are moving higher today as falling oil prices ease…

A condominium community in Dania Beach, Fla., has traded for $27.3 million in a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, which is nearly $10 million less than its previous sale price, buyer Prestige Companies said Thursday. Prestige Companies and MV Real Estate Holdings are the new owners of Atlantica at Dania Beach at 624 Northeast Second Street. The…

(RTTNews) – The North West Company Inc. (NWC.TO) revealed a profit for its second quarter that Increased, from the same period last year The company’s earnings came in at C$36.77 million, or C$0.76 per share. This compares with C$36.09 million, or C$0.74 per share, last year. The company’s revenue for the period rose 5.4% to…

Sam Altman says now is not a good time. In a Fortune interview that aired on Saturday, OpenAI’s CEO said that “given everything that’s happening with safety,” he doesn’t expect to take his company public this year. “Right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public,” he said. When Fortune’s editor in chief, Alyson…

Wall Street goes through cycles. One that recurs with some regularity is the shift between conglomeration and corporate separations. Right now, conglomerates are separating, creating multiple businesses from one. Honeywell is a good example of this trend, with the conglomerate breaking into Honeywell Technologies (HON +0.95%), Solstice Advanced Materials (SOLS +3.85%), and Honeywell Aerospace (HONA…