Francesca Fontana
speaker
2,691 appearances
52 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2017
last heard Feb 2025
Francesca Fontana’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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At least until now.
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Darden chairs served up a gain of more than 8% Thursday and finished with a weekly gain of about 6%.
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Finally, on Friday, we had two big movers, one loser, one winner, FedEx and Nike.
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FedEx delivered an outlook cut in its latest quarterly report that traders weren't too enthused about.
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The package shipping giant also posted lower quarterly profit and revenue, as weaker-than-expected demand, particularly in the U.S.
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domestic package market, dragged down its results.
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All that dragged down its stock price, too.
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FedEx shares plummeted 15% Friday.
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On the flip side, Nike got a big boost on news that chief executive John Donahoe is stepping down, capping his rocky tenure that caused the company to lose ground to competitors.
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So during COVID, Donahoe shifted Nike's focus to selling directly to consumers and cut ties with longtime retail partners like Foot Locker and Macy's.
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The strategy backfired when the e-commerce boom faded and shopping in-person returned.
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Coming in to replace Donahoe will be former Nike exec Elliot Hill, who will take over as president and CEO starting October 14th.
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Nike shares gained nearly 7% Friday.
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And now you know what's news in markets this week.
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You can read about more stocks that moved on the week's news in The Score, my column in the Wall Street Journal's Exchange section.
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Today's show is produced by Pierre Baname and Anthony Banthe with supervising producer Michael Kosmides.
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I'm Francesca Fontana.
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Have a great weekend and see you next Saturday.
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Tell Congress, stop the Durbin Marshall money grab for corporate megastores.
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Paid for by the Electronic Payments Coalition.
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