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Investing.com — Analysts at BMO covering GFL Environmental Holdings' (TSX: GFL) (NYSE: GFL) possible takeover—as published on Investing.com last Wednesday—have good reason to believe that a consortium of sovereign wealth funds and private equity (PE) firms has the upper hand on the deal at this point.

According to the financial institution, which has been in contact with GFL's management, among the possible outcomes for the current situation, the path of the least... (continue reading...)

By Alexandra Ulmer

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump presented himself as a champion for cryptocurrency and slammed Democrats' attempts to regulate the sector during a San Francisco fundraiser on Thursday, three sources present told Reuters.

Trump raised $12 million from the fundraiser hosted by tech venture capitalists David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya at Sacks' home in the swanky Pacific Heights... (continue reading...)

By David Randall

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors will closely watch next week’s inflation numbers and Federal Reserve meeting for clues on whether the soft landing hopes that drove stocks to record highs are still justified.

This year's rally has lifted the S&P 500 up more than 12% year-to-date, on expectations the Fed can cool inflation without hurting growth. Yet recent economic data have sent conflicting signals: U.S. employment... (continue reading...)

Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures were choppy Friday after data from the Labor Department showed stronger than expected job growth in May, reducing the likelihood the Fed will begin lowering interest rates in September.

Here are some of the biggest U.S. stock movers today:

• GameStop (NYSE: GME) slumped 20% after the video game retailer reported a sharp drop in net sales in the first quarter and said it may sell 75 million shares of... (continue reading...)

Citi made an adjustment to its forecast for the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy, moving its expectation for the initial rate cut from July to September.

This change comes in response to the May jobs report, which revealed an addition of 272,000 new jobs, which crushed consensus estimates.

The brokerage and research firm now anticipates a total of 75 basis points in rate reductions to occur in September, November, and December.

"But the jobs report does not change... (continue reading...)