Warner Bros. Discovery sues Paramount over $500 million ‘South Park’ deal

NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. WBD, -1.14% is suing Paramount Global PARA, -4.86%, saying its competitor aired new episodes of the popular animated comedy series “South Park” after Warner paid...

Stellantis Stock Rises After Earnings Top GM, Ford, and Even Tesla

Stellantis finished up 2022 stronger than expected. By some measures, the company had a better year than even Tesla Stellantis stock climbed in early Wednesday trading. Stellantis (ticker: STLA) repor...

Tesla Stock Is Down Again. It’s Not From EV Competition.

Tesla stock is down again, dropping for a second consecutive day. Are investors fretting about more electric-vehicle competition? Probably not. The stock chart is a better explanation for Monday’s dip...

Jamie Dimon Is Changing His Tune About an Economic Hurricane. He’s Not Alone.

After a difficult 2022 for investors, there may be rays of light peeking through at the start of the new year. Take heart from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. He clarified Tuesday that maybe he should...

Mercedes and Other European Car Markers Are Aiming for Tesla

Mercedes-Benz Group more than doubled sales of battery electric vehicles this past year. That’s just a start. The company, and its European peers, want to sell a lot more. Tesla had better pay attenti...

Tesla’s Already Bringing Its Gloom Into 2023. Elon Musk Needs to Act Now.

Tesla terrible start to 2023 only seems to be getting worse. The stock is already down more than 10% this year after just three full trading days and Friday looks to be another tough one. The EV maker...

‘Auto makers are building more expensive vehicles’: Why you should not buy a new car in 2023

There are always good reasons for most people not to buy a new car. Such a purchase can set you back for years, as high monthly payments delay the buildup of savings and investments that will be neede...

Horizon Therapeutics, Coupa Software, Rivian, and More Stock Market Movers

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FuboTV stock rallies after outlook hiked, sports-betting business dropped

FuboTV Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Monday after the streaming TV platform hiked its sales forecast for the third quarter, said it was dropping its sports-betting businesses and reaffir...

Tesla Could Be a ‘Zombie Stock’ as Interest Rates Rise

A longtime pessimist about Tesla says the shares could be headed for what he calls “zombie stock” territory. David Trainer, CEO of stock research firm New Constructs, who wrote in August 2013 that Tes...

U.S. auto sales fall slightly in Q3, but GM is a bright spot

DETROIT — U.S. new vehicle sales fell slightly in the third quarter, even though some automakers reported improvement in September. But there are warning signs consumers’ appetite for expensive new ca...

Porsche Stock Pops in First Day of Trading and Volkswagen Drops. Here’s Why.

Sometimes markets can be funny. Porsche stock was rising while Volkswagen which owns most of Porsche stock, was falling. That reaction is likely to confuse some investors. The IPO of Dr Ing HC F Porsc...

Defamation lawsuit against Fox News, Lou Dobbs can proceed to trial

NEW YORK — A defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp. FOX, +1.58%, Fox News Network and Lou Dobbs can proceed toward trial, a judge ruled Monday after concluding that a Venezuelan businessman had made suf...

Paramount Sues Company Behind McDowell’s Pop-Up, Citing ‘Coming to America’ Infringement

A pop-up restaurant that paid homage to the 1980s classic comedy “Coming to America” now faces a lawsuit from Paramount Pictures over copyright infringement.  JMC Pop Ups LLC created a temporary versi...

Ford Stock Falls on $1.7 Billion Verdict in Fatal Truck Rollover. Ford to Appeal.

Text size A large jury award against Ford has investors nervous Monday. Scott Olson/Getty Images Ford Motor stock was falling in premarket trading Monday because of a potentially large legal bill. A j...

This contrarian investor gave a timely warning for the last big tech top. He now sees the biggest drop of this bear market dead ahead.

When can we truly say goodbye to this bear market? While Bank of America’s global fund managers are no longer “apocalyptically bearish,” some on Wall Street remain wary. Add our call of the day to tha...

Auto makers warn most electric vehicles won’t qualify for federal tax credit

But the auto industry is warning that the vast majority of EV purchases won’t qualify for a tax credit that large. That’s mainly because of the bill’s requirement that, to qualify for the credit, an e...

FuboTV shares rally 23% after company shows double-digit revenue growth

Shares of streaming platform FuboTV Inc. FUBO, +1.71% were trading higher in Thursday’s after-hours market, following the release of second-quarter financial results which showed the company’s North A...

Auto Makers Expect Car Sales to Defy Economic Gloom

Listen to article (2 minutes) Even as consumer spending cools, one place buyers continue to splurge is at the car dealership. Auto executives reporting earnings earlier this week displayed confidence ...

CATL Might Bring Battery Capacity to America With Mexico Plant, Report Says.

Text size Contemporary Amperex Technology is the largest and most valuable battery maker. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg The electric-vehicle battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology might be readying its ...

Tesla, Ford, and GM’s Plan to Unlock EV Battery Capacity

Text size Panasonic will put up an EV battery plant in Kansas. It’s the latest of a long list of planned battery plants coming to North America. David Becker/Getty Images Lithium batteries are t...

China’s Auto Sales Are Booming. Can the Rebound Last?

Text size China’s auto market is showing a robust rebound. Here: a BYD Tang vehicle at the company’s showroom in Beijing. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg While the recent recovery in much of China’s ...

GM, NIO, and 3 More of the Best Car Stocks for the Second Half of 2022

Text size The average automotive stock dived about 25% in the second quarter. Drew Angerer/Getty Images The first half of 2022 was painful for the automotive sector, with most car stocks dropping fart...

Why Warren Buffett Bought Paramount, Not Netflix, Stock

Text size Paramount+ has about 62 million subscribers. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images Older viewers love CBS, but I’m guessing that Warren Buffett didn’t just drop $2.6 billion on shares of networ...

Buy GM Shares, But Not Ford or Tesla. Here’s What One Analyst Says.

Text size GM looks to be the preferred U.S. auto maker pick among Wall Street analysts, with about 85% of analysts covering the stock rating it a Buy. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Investors are bearis...

Why consider the Dow transports when they point to a slowing economy? Because these 7 stocks are cheap

The Dow Jones Transportation Average has long been considered a good forward indicator of the direction of the U.S. economy. With early signs that an economic slowdown is coming, this might be an obvi...

Rivian Predicts a Shortage for EVs Far Bigger Than Chips—Batteries

Text size A battery pack heads to the chassis line at the Rivian plant in Illinois. Courtesy Rivian The menu of shortages is expanding for car makers. First, the appetizer: the chip shortage. The main...

Opinion: Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter spells trouble for Tesla investors — here’s why

For years, Elon Musk has used hype to prop up Tesla’s stock. It’s worked so well that other companies have followed his lead. But now we think the world has seen that the emperor has no clothes. The a...

Inflation is raging, but these 16 companies have pricing power

Decades of deflationary forces that helped feed booming prices for U.S. stocks are over, at least for now. But some companies are countering the trend, by a combination of holding down expenses and ra...

How the AT&T Spinoff Has Complicated Trading in Its Stock

Text size Photograph by Mike Mozart Trading in AT&T stock on Monday may confuse some investors, because the base share price has been adjusted to reflect the closing on Friday of the merger of AT&...

Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Is Now Trading. Why It’s a Buy.

Warner Bros. Discovery is the new kid on the media block, with the assets to be a winner in the streaming wars and a cheap stock to get investors interested. Merger-related cost savings and content li...