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Microsoft earnings: It’s the forecast that matters, so be patient
The most important financial news Microsoft Corp. executives will provide Tuesday requires a bit of a wait. Microsoft MSFT, -0.59% is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter financial results after ...
Microsoft’s Activision Deal Is Likely to Win Approval, Analyst Says
Text size Microsoft has said it plans to release Activision’s Call of Duty videogames on Sony’s PlayStation. Rich Polk/Getty Images for Activision Activision Blizzard stock continues to tr...
Google Parts With Engineer Who Claimed Its AI System Is Sentient
Google fired an engineer who contended that an artificial-intelligence chatbot the company developed had become sentient, telling him that he had violated the company’s data security policies after it...
Apple and Microsoft Report Earnings Next Week. Can a Fed Rate Hike Top Them?
Text size Earnings from Big Tech are next week. But so is the Federal Reserve’s announcement on interest rates. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Big Tech earnings season will shift into fifth gear next...
The Best Tech CEOs: What Matters Most
Text size Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke spent years programming before he co-founded the e-commerce software firm. He has said he knows how long projects will take—and which initiatives to choose—because of ...
Palantir stock’s ‘strength will prove unsustainable,’ analyst says in downgrade
Palantir Technologies Inc. shares are up nearly 50% from their May lows, but one analyst worries that “this strength will prove unsustainable.” Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co. analyst Brian White dow...
It’s the end of ‘fantasyland’ for Big Tech and its workers
After Big Tech grew in unprecedented and unchecked fashion for a decade, building ostentatious palaces to house growing workforces while plying them luxuriant freebies to keep them from defecting to r...
Verizon Stock Falls Sharply on Cut to Earnings Guidance
Text size Verizon said wireless revenue growth for the year will be between 8.5% to 9.5%, lower than previous guidance. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Verizon Communications posted second-quarter earning...
Opinion: The cloud boom is coming back to earth, and that could be scary for tech stocks
Cloud computing is widely viewed as a recession-resistant business, but the theory has not really been tested since cloud-service providers have not experienced a major economic downturn since becomin...
Seagate’s Earnings Miss Estimates as Demand for Disk Drives Worsens
Text size A Seagate hard drive from an Apple laptop computer. Demand is weakening in consumer-related markets. Brent Lwein/Bloomberg The disk-drive company Seagate Technology posted sales and profits ...
Nokia Boosts Sales as Turnaround Gains Steam
Nokia said it was on track to hit the higher end of its 2022 sales forecast, as sales of its telecommunications equipment rose in North America and its efforts to rebound from the missteps of recent y...
Chip stocks rally despite an ominous forecast, as U.S. semiconductor funding bill advances in Senate
Chip stocks rallied to finish higher Wednesday after the Senate moved closer to greenlighting more than $50 billion in funds for U.S.-based chip manufacturing, even as one chip-equipment maker gave an...
Apple Earnings Could Miss Estimates, Morgan Stanley Warns
Text size The new Apple retail store in Istanbul. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Apple earnings estimates and price targets continue to slip lower as the Street turns wary ahead of the company’s June-quar...
ASML Stock Drops. The Chip Supplier Slashes Sales Outlook Amid Delays.
Text size ASML’s machines are key to the global chipmaking industry. Courtesy Bart van Overbeeke/ASML ASML beat expectations for second-quarter earnings, but shares in the critical supplier of m...
Microsoft Stock Is a ‘Good Place to Hide.’ This Analyst CutsPrice Target Anyway.
Text size Microsoft updated its guidance to reflect higher foreign exchange headwinds ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings report. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images Microsoft won’t be immune to an economic slo...
‘Hot inflation is over.’ Here’s where what that means for investors, says this portfolio manager.
A firmer start is ahead for stocks. Investors seem to be perking up after Apple spoiled the mood some on Monday via a report it plans to slow its hiring roll. If true, Apple AAPL, +2.39% has good comp...
IBM Earnings Beat Estimates. The CEO Says Tech Demand Remains Strong.
IBM has restructured to focus on software and services tied to hybrid cloud computing and artificial intelligence. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size IBM kicked off tech earnings season with better...
Nancy Pelosi’s husband buys millions in Nvidia stock before semiconductor vote
The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just bought as much $5 million worth of stock in software and computer-chip company Nvidia, publicly available financial disclosures show. According to the di...
Dow books biggest drop in more than two weeks after report about Apple’s plans to slow hiring, spending
U.S. stocks gave up early gains to finish lower on Monday, after Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc. plans to slow hiring and spending growth in some divisions next year in anticipation of a potential ...
Chip Stock Earnings Estimates Still Look Way Too High, Goldman Analyst Warns
Text size Goldman Sachs’ cuts to earnings forecasts for chip manufacturers were both broad and deep. Dreamstime Chip stocks are gaining ground on Friday following better-than-expected financial ...
Opinion: The SPACsplosion is about to become a liquidation frenzy — and that may be for the best
As the SPAC boom was beginning to rage two years ago, this column asked why in the world any company would want to be acquired by a former chief executive best known for executing one of the worst acq...
Opinion: We’re probably in the early stages of a new bull market. Nervous? Start with these 5 ‘moat’ stocks
The odds are good that June 16 marked the stock market’s low, and we are in the early stages of a new bull market. Inflation is rolling over. Supply chains are repairing. There is enough terror in the...