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As Big Tech cuts workers, other industries are desperate to hire them
Workers who jumped from one high-paying job to another as Big Tech companies staffed up at a dizzying pace in recent years are now considering leaving the sector entirely as those same large employers...
‘A complete nut’: Fox News hosts didn’t believe 2020 election fraud claims
WILMINGTON, Del. — Hosts at Fox News had serious concerns about allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election being made by guests who were allies of former President Donald Trump, acco...
Applied Materials Beats Earnings. Stock Rises.
Applied Materials reported better-than-expected earnings for its fiscal first quarter, sending the stock higher in after-hours trading. The chip equipment maker reported adjusted earnings of $2.03 a s...
George Soros Snapped Up Tesla, Peloton, Crypto Stocks. What He Dumped.
Tesla and Peloton were on George Soros’s shopping list in the fourth quarter of last year, as he also took new positions in Carvana General Motors and crypto names, while dumping Zoom and Twitter Sor...
The peak of this market rally is almost here, says JPMorgan. Time to ditch U.S. stocks, and buy these instead, says Wall Street giant.
Roses are red, violets are blue, will CPI turn into the stock market’s Waterloo? The inflation data showed higher prices remain sticky, even if overall pressure eased a bit. The stock market seems to ...
Here are five companies to pick if Goldman Sachs is right about the stock market being flat in 2023
Hearts, flowers and CPI data. Get ready for Tuesday. And hell hath no fury like a disappointed Wall Street. The last time CPI let the markets down — last September — stocks melted down like chocolate....
PepsiCo Beats Earnings Estimates and Hikes Dividend. The Stock Is Rising.
PepsiCo beat earnings and revenue estimates in the fourth quarter, driven by higher prices. It increased its annual dividend, sending the stock higher in premarket trading Thursday. The beverages and ...
15 dividend stocks whose 5% to 10% yields appear safe in 2023 and 2024 by this analysis
Corrected dividend stock screen table, because Hanesbrands had eliminated its dividend on Feb. 2. See note above table. If you are investing in dividend stocks, the last thing you want to see is a com...
Affirm earnings: What to expect from the buy-now-pay-later company
After robust growth for buy-now-pay-later services in the prior holiday season, Affirm Holdings Inc. is still expected to have increased its top line in the most recent December quarter, but at a much...
No wonder Powell didn’t commit to extra hikes. Here are five reasons the January jobs report may be too good to be true.
Traders took heart that Fed Chair Jerome Powell, when he wasn’t being questioned by David Rubinstein on how he gets by on $190,000 per year, didn’t commit on Tuesday to having to be even more aggressi...
Will $2 billion merger of Cresco and Columbia Care reach the finish line? Analysts see ‘market doubt’ for cannabis deal.
Cresco Labs Inc. and Columbia Care Inc. investors have signaled that a major merger in the cannabis space may be struggling to reach the finish line, analysts said. In March 2022, Cresco Labs CRLBF, +...
The next few days may reveal whether investors have been riding one big suckers rally, says this strategist.
Stocks are off to a weaker start as caution grips investors following Friday’s monster jobs beat. While subject to revisions, that 517,000 surge in U.S. jobs may have shredded hopes among some that th...
Wall Street wants to know when ‘GTA VI’ is going to drop, too.
The biggest question for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. executives would be the same for gamers and Wall Street analysts: When is the next “Grand Theft Auto” going to drop? Take-Two’s TTWO, -4.74%...
Richer Than Elon Musk, He Bought Tiffany at a Tough Time. He’s Got a Gem Now.
There’s a reason Bernard Arnault is the world’s richest person. The chairman, CEO, and controlling shareholder of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton the world’s largest luxury-goods merchant, knows how ...
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and CFO David Zinsner Buy Up Stock
Two of Intel ‘s top executives just bought up shares of the chip maker on the open market after the company issued disappointing guidance. They’ve done it before. Intel (ticker: INTC) CEO Pat Gelsinge...
What Happens to Buybuy Baby if Bed Bath & Beyond Files for Bankruptcy?
As Bed Bath & Beyond faces a growing risk of bankruptcy, the question of what will become of its strongest asset, Buybuy Baby, has loomed large. The chain, which sells strollers, car seats, and ot...
Generous Bond Yields Prove There Is an Alternative to Stocks
Return with us to ancient times, when dinosaurs ruled, at least in technology terms. It was early 2007, when Blackberries were in everybody’s mitts and the first iPhone hadn’t yet gone on sale, let al...