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Upstart stock drops after earnings, but CEO says he’s ‘confident’ in value of AI lending
Upstart Holdings Inc. delivered a lower-than-expected revenue forecast for the current quarter, but its chief executive expressed confidence in the performance and value of artificial-intelligence-dri...
CVS Plans to Bid for Signify Health
CVS Health is seeking to buy Signify Health according to people familiar with the matter, as the drugstore and insurance giant looks to expand in home-health services. Signify Health is exploring stra...
Gates Foundation Bought More of This Medical Diagnostics Stock
Text size These disclosures are from 13Ds filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 13Ds are filed within 10 days of an entity’s attaining more than 5% in any class of a company’s securities....
Beyond Meat Plans to Lay Off 4% of Global Workforce
Beyond Meat is cutting 4% of its global workforce, saying the layoffs are part of its plan to reduce costs as inflation prompts consumers to buy less-expensive protein. The California-based company, w...
Berkshire Buys Buffett Successor’s Stake in Prized Utility Unit
Text size Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway bought a 1% stake held by Vice Chairman Greg Abel in the company’s big electric utility business for $870 million in cash, hig...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reports $44 billion loss as portfolio value falls
Warren Buffett’s company reported a $43.76 billion loss in the second quarter as the paper value of its investments plummeted and he bought significantly fewer stocks, but Berkshire Hathaway’s many op...
SoftBank Is Ready to Slash Its Massive Stake in Alibaba. Here’s Why.
Text size SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son was a major early investor in Alibaba. Koki Nagahama/Getty Images SoftBank is positioned to sharply sell down its stake in Chinese tech giant Alibaba through a...
Pfizer in Advanced Talks to Buy Global Blood Therapeutics for About $5 Billion
Pfizer is in advanced talks to buy Global Blood Therapeutics the maker of a recently approved drug for sickle-cell disease, for about $5 billion, in the latest move by the drug giant to bolster its po...
Nikola to Buy Battery Maker Romeo Power for $144 Million
Listen to article (2 minutes) Electric-truck startup Nikola said it has agreed to buy battery-technology company Romeo Power in an all-stock deal that values Romeo at roughly $144 million. Nikola said...
Did Buffett Buy More Apple Stock? Berkshire’s Earnings Should Make It Clear.
Text size Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Warren Buffett went on a buying spree in the stock market during the first quarter, when Berkshire Hath...
Buy or Sell Apple Stock After Its Strong Earnings? 5 Reasons to Pick It Up.
Text size Apple has had to grapple with supply chain challenges and rising interest rates. Photo by DANIEL SLIM Apple ’s better-than-expected earnings report helped shake off investor concerns about h...
A Spirit Deal Is Finally Here. Why J.P. Morgan Says Sell the Stock.
Text size Spirit stock is up more than 17% in 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images JetBlue reached a deal to purchase Spirit on Thursday, but while that company prepares to buy Spirit for $33.50 a share, J.P...
Paramount stock drops after bearish call by Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs weighed in with a skeptical view of Paramount Global Inc. Tuesday, writing that the current economic backdrop could complicate the media company’s streaming objectives. “We have not chan...
Nancy Pelosi’s husband sells $4 million worth of Nvidia stock at a major loss
The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sold more than $4 million worth of shares in software and computer-chip company Nvidia NVDA, +7.60% this week, publicly available financial disclosures show. ...
Opinion: Why the Inflation Reduction Act is a very big deal for Americans
NEW YORK—Senate Democrats’ compromise bill, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, addresses not just inflation but also several key longstanding problems facing our economy and society. There is ...