Activision Blizzard’s Earnings Miss. Investors Care More About Microsoft Merger.

Text size Microsoft announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for about $69 billion, or $95 a share, in January. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg Activision Blizzard stock was dipping on Monday after...

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Slide, Oil Prices Fall With Earnings Ahead

Stocks were falling on Monday, extending declines from Friday as investor attention remained on Federal Reserve policy and U.S. corporate earnings. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreat...

Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Boeing, GM, Chipotle, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

It’s the busiest week of first-quarter earnings season. A whopping 165 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report their results for the first three months of 2022. Big Tech giants will be among the...

Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Boeing, GM, Chipotle, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It’s the busiest week of first-quarter earnings season. A whopping 165 S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report their results for the first three months of 2022. Big Tech giants will be among the...

Warren Buffett’s firm took big stake in Activision Blizzard ahead of Microsoft deal

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company placed a rare bet on a technology company late last year and it has already paid off in a big way. Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B, -1.52% revealed in documents filed w...

U.S. Stock Futures Poised for Lower Open on Monday

Stocks are poised to open lower on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Text size Here’s what you need to know to navigate the markets today. • U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly down. On Sunday n...

Stocks Are on a Wild Ride. 20 Bargains to Buy Now, According to Barron’s Roundtable Experts.

Fed be nimble, Fed be quick. The quicker, the better, in fact. Hike interest rates, shrink your balance sheet, and let’s be done with it all before the stock market sinks even further. The market’s re...

Can Microsoft acquisition cure Activision Blizzard’s toxic workplace?

Besides concerns about antitrust scrutiny and a record $68.7 billion price tag, Microsoft Corp.’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. also raises a key question: How will it deal with the ...

Microsoft could have just kicked off a Big Tech gold rush, which helps videogame stocks but maybe not gamers

Microsoft Corp.’s agreement to buy Activision Blizzard Inc. would be the largest tech acquisition ever, and the chance it could prompt other Big Tech names to make their own acquisitions sent videogam...

Microsoft Buys Activision. What to Know About the Acquisition and Stocks.

Text size Troy Harvey/Bloomberg Activision Blizzard shares were surging following Microsoft ‘s announcement that it would acquire the gaming company in a nearly $70 billion deal. Microsoft (ticker: MS...

These tech stocks have fallen 20% to 51% from their 52-week highs. Should you consider buying now?

Technology stocks have been retreating as the Federal Reserve’s change in policy has set up expectations for a significant rise in interest rates. Some investors will panic at a time like this and sel...