Unity Software Stock Rises as 2022 Revenue Forecast Tops Estimates

Text size Dreamstime Unity Software stock traded higher Friday after the fourth-quarter adjusted loss at the videogame developer tools maker was narrower than Wall Street expected and the company issu...

Snap shares soar 59% on first profitable quarter

Whipsawed by Meta’s poor results a day earlier, Snap Inc. reported its first quarterly profit as well as top- and bottom-line numbers that beat Street expectations on Thursday. The results turned arou...

Opinion: Amid a global chip shortage, Intel is making less money — how did that happen?

Intel INTC, -2.48% was the world’s largest chipmaker until 2021, when it was dethroned by Samsung. Though Samsung’s main business is memory chips, which is a different segment of the market to Intel’s...

Facebook wasn’t Thursday’s only big loser — these 16 other Nasdaq-100 stocks dropped at least 5%

Thursday was brutal for technology stock investors, as the carnage spread far beyond the parent company of Facebook. Below is a list of the worst 20 performers among the Nasdaq-100 on Feb. 3., led by ...

Snap and Pinterest Sink After Meta’s Big Miss. Both Report Earnings Thursday.

Text size nikkimeel/Dreamstime Shares of Snap and Pinterest and pretty much all social media stocks were falling sharply Thursday after Meta Platforms , the parent of Facebook, reported weaker-than-ex...

Facebook parent Meta stands to shed more than $200 billion in market value after rough earnings report

Shares of Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. plunged more than 20% in extended trading Wednesday after detailing a holiday-earnings miss, weak guidance and intensifying competition. Meta FB, +1.25% s...

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...

Citrix Systems Near $13 Billion Buyout by Elliott, Vista: WSJ

Cloud-computing company Citrix Systems is close to a deal to be taken private, The Wall Street Journal reported. Dreamstime Text size This story originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal. Cloud-c...

Weekend reads: Robinhood’s bad news — and a bit of good news

It’s been a year since Robinhood Markets Inc. HOOD, +9.65% briefly suspended “buy” orders for GameStop Corp. GME, +4.69%, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC, +3.72% and other meme stocks. The brokera...

Shopify’s Revenue Could Climb Sharply in the Next 5 Years

Text size Shopify went public in 2015 at $17 a share. It now trades around $853. Dreamstime Shopify , the e-commerce software company, is miles ahead of its competitors in helping merchants all over t...

Investor Bought Up Moderna and Nvidia Stock. It Sold Salesforce and Sirius XM.

Text size A large U.K.-based asset manager bought up Moderna and Nvidia stock in the fourth quarter. Clement Mahoudeau/AFP via Getty Images A large U.K.-based asset manager made big changes in its U.S...

Tech Stocks to Buy as Interest Rates Rise

Text size Chip stocks look like good bets in th new world for tech stocks. Maika Elan/Bloomberg Tech stocks finally showed a little fight last week, aided by an impressive batch of earnings reports. B...

Cash Pours Into Anti-ARK ETF as Cathie Wood Struggles

Text size Catherine Wood’s innovation-focused ETFs have been falling. PATRICK T. FALLON/ AFP / Getty Images As Cathie Wood’s innovation-focused exchange-traded funds have tumbled amid the latest...

Opinion: Microsoft stock’s post-earnings roller-coaster ride won’t be the last

Microsoft Corp. reported incredibly strong holiday-season earnings Tuesday afternoon, topping $50 billion in quarterly sales for the first time and beating expectations across the board. Yet the stock...

Microsoft stock turns green after strong sales forecast, reversing a post-earnings decline

Microsoft Corp. sales topped $50 billion for the first time in the holiday quarter of 2021, and a stock decline in late trading turned around Tuesday after the software giant predicted stronger revenu...

Microsoft Stock Falls Despite Strong Earnings

Text size Microsoft earnings were up 22% in its latest quarter. Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft shares were down about 5% in late-trading Tuesday, despite better-than-expected December qu...

IBM stock rallies as earnings, sales surge amid Kyndryl spinoff

International Business Machines Corp. shares rallied in the extended session Monday after Big Blue topped Wall Street expectations following the spinoff of its managed infrastructure-service business,...

Monday’s worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 are down as much as 42% for 2022

Monday’s stock-market decline accelerated, and a closer look at the day’s worst performers highlighted painful double-digit year-to-date drops. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.92% was down a...

MicroStrategy Stock Falls After SEC Objects to Bitcoin Accounting

Text size The price of Bitcoin has been slumping. Dreamstime MicroStrategy stock continued its downward spiral Monday, dragged down by plunging Bitcoin prices and newly released filings showing that t...

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 ...

Tesla, AT&T, Apple, Microsoft, Visa, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited It will be a packed week of fourth-quarter earnings releases, with more than 100 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report. IBM and  Halliburton are Monday’s highlights, followed ...

Tech Stocks Got Hit Hard. Where to Find Bargains Now.

The technology sector may not be on sale, but it certainly has gotten cheaper lately. Major technology stocks like Apple (ticker: AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Meta Platforms (FB) are...

Where to Find Bargains Among Tech and Growth Stocks

The technology sector may not be on sale, but it certainly has gotten cheaper lately. Major technology stocks like Apple (ticker: AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), and Meta Platforms (FB) are...

Alphabet’s Google Explores Blockchain Technology, Forms Distributed Computing Division

Alphabet Inc.’s, (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google is exploring blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Efforts for this latest venture will be done through Google Labs, its business division housing a var...

Google to Form Blockchain and Distributed Computing Division

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, is venturing deeper into the blockchain space with the formation of a new group dedicated to distributed ledger technology. Shivakumar Venkataraman, Google...

Virgin Galactic Stock Is Worth Just $10, Analyst Says

Text size Virgin Galactic stock closed on Tuesday down 85% from an all-time high of almost $63 set back in February 2020. Courtesy Virgin Galactic Investors in space tourism pioneer Virgin Galactic Ho...

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...

Tech Is Falling Again. Why Apple, Tesla, and Other Tech Stocks Are Still Buys.

Text size Apple and other tech stocks have had a rough start to 2022. They could still be good picks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Tech stocks are getting slammed yet again, for familiar reasons. Inve...

Purpose-Driven Approach to High-Performance Computing

by Susan Moore Northampton, MA –News Direct– AMD I see the power of resiliency, hope and common vision in our world today. Events have reinforced the important role of businesses in contri...

US will make up 60% of the world’s computing power in 2 years

The vulnerability of Kazakhstan’s bitcoin mining industry was put on full display last week, when the country’s internet shut down in the midst of anti-government protests, sparked by rising ene...

Micron and Western Digital Are Top Picks for 2022. Here’s Why.

Text size semiconductor manufacturing Dmitry Kalinovsky/Dreamstime The semiconductor sector will be a big gainer in 2022 as demand grows and supply-chain constraints ease, said analysts at Mizuho Secu...