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Rite Aid is chopping its annual profit forecast three days before its shareholders vote on whether to approve the sale of the company.

Lower prices for pork and beef were also reducing demand for Tyson's chicken, according to the company.

Asian stocks were mostly higher Monday, despite a new Chinese threat of tariff hikes on U.S. goods, after Washington reported solid employment numbers.

The FTC is asking for more assets to be sold than previously anticipated.

Second quarter earnings season continues this week but at a slower pace.

PPI and CPI reports will also give the latest read on inflation.

Pretax profit of $10.7 billion through June, up from $10.2 billion a year earlier.

In just three weeks, it could become the longest bull run ever 

Earnings were boosted by insurance underwriting and an accounting change.

___ US businesses cast wider net as jobless rate hits 3.9 pct.

U.S. stocks rose Friday after the Labor Department said hiring remained solid in July and strong quarterly earnings continued to boost the market.

U.S. stocks are mostly higher Friday morning after the Labor Department said hiring remained solid in July.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Investors came into this earnings season with high expectations.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced a fall in second-quarter profit after being hit by a big charge from U.S. authorities over past misdeeds.

Asian shares were mixed Friday ahead of the U.S. jobs report later in the day, with scant carry-over from overnight gains on Wall Street as Apple reached $1 trillion in value.

Although the U.S. economy added fewer-than-expected jobs in July, the country’s job market remains healthy.

Toyota maintained its forecast for full-year profit to slip 4.2 percent.

___ Financial fruit: Apple becomes 1st trillion-dollar company SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Apple has become the world's first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion.

World stocks indexes are falling Thursday after the Trump administration said it will consider an even higher tax rate of 25 percent on $200 billion in imports from China, raising the stakes in the trade war between the two largest economies.