The Latest Breaking News from 3M Co

China's high-speed rail progress will take center stage at the US-China Rail Transit Industry Roundtable in Beijing, where U.S. firms like Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE:WAB), Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT), Cummins (NYSE:CMI), L B Foster Co (NASDAQ:FSTR) and 3M Co. (NYSE:MMM) will participate.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed up +2.51%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +2.66%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.63%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM25 ) are up +2.52%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Industrial conglomerate 3M Co said on Friday it will exit its Neoplast and Neobun brands in Thailand and some other Southeast Asian countries, and sell manufacturing assets at its Lat Lum Kaeo plant, as part of its strategic portfolio management.

Morgan Stanley analyst Joshua Pokrzywinski downgraded 3M Co (NYSE:MMM) to Underweight from Equal Weight and lowered the price target to $150 (a downside of 3.7%), from $185. Pokrzywinski says while 3M's fundamentals are improving, growth is still insufficient when weighed against potential liabilities around PFAS and ear protection. Based on judgments thus far, the analyst…