Palo Alto Networks Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Thursday after the cybersecurity company added another consecutive beat-and-raise quarter to its collection, and possibly renewed its M&a...
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10 crazy things detailed in FTX’s bankruptcy filing
On Thursday, John Ray, III, the new CEO of FTX, dropped a long-awaited declaration in U.S. bankruptcy court, giving a sober assessment of the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire. The bankrup...
Fisker details sales ramp, says Ocean SUV production set to start this month
Fisker Inc. late Wednesday reported a quarterly loss that was wider than Wall Street expected, but kept some of its milestones unchanged, including the start of production of its electric SUV, and gav...
Medtronic Is Doing a Spinoff. What It Means for Our Stock Pick.
Medical device maker Medtronic is spinning off two business units to try to drive higher growth. The market isn’t impressed. In theory, it should be. Spinoffs are supposed to streamline operations of...
Intel reportedly plans to lay off thousands of workers, with details potentially emerging alongside quarterly earnings
Intel Corp. may fire thousands of workers by the end of the month, around the same time the chip manufacturer reports quarterly results amid a tough year for semiconductor makers, according to a repor...
Crypto Investors Got Burned by Celsius. Then They Battled Back.
Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network LLC attracted scores of people over the last five years who wanted to make money betting on bitcoin. After a crypto crash pushed the company into bankruptcy this ...
Chip Stocks Marvell and Broadcom Can Outperform, Says J.P. Morgan
Text size Dreamstime J.P. Morgan believes two chip stocks can do well even as growth prospects for the cloud market softens. On Wednesday, semiconductor analyst Harlan Sur told investors the weaker ec...
‘Some companies are closing their doors, others are shutting down divisions’: Rocket CEO outlines plans to navigate the dramatic decline in mortgages
The mortgage industry is struggling with higher rates and a sharp drop in buyer demand. Rocket RKT, +0.53% says it’s got a plan to turn things around. There’s turmoil in the sector. Volume of originat...
AT&T’s Dividend-Loving Investors Are Dialing the Wrong Number
AT&T income-hungry shareholders should have seen it coming. In April last year, a month before announcing the spinoff of its media division to shareholders in the form of shares of a 71% stake in ...
Ernst & Young Leaders Expected to Approve Plan to Split Accounting Company
Ernst & Young’s leaders are expected this week to give the green light to splitting its auditing and consulting businesses, paving the way for the biggest shake-up in the accounting profession in ...
Bed Bath & Beyond Finance Chief Gustavo Arnal Found Dead
By Ginger Adams Otis and Ryan Felton Updated Sept. 4, 2022 7:00 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Bed Bath & Beyond Chief Financial Officer Gustavo Arnal was found dead Friday after falling from...
Investors Ramp Up Bets Against Stock Market as Summer Rally Fizzles
Investors are stepping up bets on a market downturn, a sign of waning sentiment that analysts say could presage a return to the volatile trading of the first half of 2022. Net short positions against ...
Cineworld Says Considering Chapter 11 Filing in U.S.
Text size Cineworld said Regal theaters were “open for business as usual and continue to welcome guests and members.” Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Cineworld Group , the owner of Regal C...
3M Unit Defends Request to Shield Parent From Mass Earplug Lawsuits
Lawyers representing 3M Co. ’s bankrupt Aearo Technologies LLC subsidiary defended its request to a bankruptcy judge to extend a litigation stay to the parent company to resolve mass earplug lawsuits,...
Apple plans to unveil iPhone 14 at Sept. 7 event: report
Apple Inc. is expected to unveil its latest line of iPhones and smartwatches on Sept. 7, according to a new report. Bloomberg News reported Wednesday that the tech giant will update its flagship smart...
J&J Unit Tells Appeals Court Only Bankruptcy Can Settle Talc Claims
A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary urged a federal appeals court to uphold the controversial legal strategy it used to move to bankruptcy roughly 38,000 lawsuits linking its talc-based products to can...
Oil prices are down, but energy companies’ earnings estimates keep rising — these stocks are cheap
Oil prices have fallen from a peak earlier this year. But energy companies’ earnings estimates have kept rising on stronger demand and low capital spending. Below is a screen of large-cap oil stocks a...
CVS Plans to Bid for Signify Health
CVS Health is seeking to buy Signify Health according to people familiar with the matter, as the drugstore and insurance giant looks to expand in home-health services. Signify Health is exploring stra...
Beyond Meat Plans to Lay Off 4% of Global Workforce
Beyond Meat is cutting 4% of its global workforce, saying the layoffs are part of its plan to reduce costs as inflation prompts consumers to buy less-expensive protein. The California-based company, w...
Palo Alto Networks one of 2022’s best software stocks after another beat-and-raise quarter
Palo Alto Networks Inc. shares rallied Friday into rarified air for a tech company — and especially for an enterprise software company — in 2022, following another beat-and-raise quarter and praise fr...