Analyst: Corporate World Is Aggressively Adopting Crypto, Time to Buy

Crypto Analyst tells the community to prepare for what follows the 2024 BTC halving. Black Rock partnered with Coinbase to launch its BTC trading service. Other crypto-related collabs include Amazon x...

Buy Boot Barn Stock. Cowboy Chic Is Hot, And It’s No Fad.

There are plenty of pitfalls when it comes to mixing form and function, but the latest wave of “Westerncore” sweeping the U.S. looks to have staying power. The scramble for shearling-collar coats and ...

Exxon Mobil sued over 5 nooses displayed at Louisiana facility

Exxon Mobil Corp. violated federal law for failing to take sufficient action as five hangman’s nooses were displayed at its facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the U.S. government said in a lawsuit. A...

In Tech’s New World, Layoffs and Buybacks Are In, Mergers Are Out

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

Twitter Reports 40% Drop in Revenue and Adjusted Earnings to Investors: WSJ

Elon Musk’s Twitter told investors its revenue and adjusted earnings fell approximately 40% year-over-year in December, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Journal, citing people familiar ...

Texts From Crypto Giant Binance Reveal Plan to Elude U.S. Authorities

Binance exploded onto the crypto scene in 2017 and grew into the world’s biggest digital-currency exchange. It quickly ran into a problem. It largely operated from hubs in China and then Japan, yet a ...

Giant Pension Sells Caterpillar and Microsoft Stock, Buys Comcast and Visa

One of the largest Canadian pensions made major changes in its U.S.-traded portfolio. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan sold all its Caterpillar stock (ticker: CAT), slashed a Microsoft (MSFT) investment...

Ford to raise production as U.S. auto sales start to recover

Ford will increase production of six models this year, half of them electric, as the company and the auto industry start to rebound from sluggish U.S. sales in 2022. The automaker announced Friday tha...

Apple and Meta Stock Buybacks Haven’t Been Equal. Here’s Why.

Investors love stock buybacks, but they don’t always spur the types of returns one might imagine. It takes a discerning eye to identify companies with buybacks that create significant gains for shareh...

Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Rates for 2022-2023

Investors who have taxable accounts—as opposed to tax-favored retirement accounts such as individual retirement accounts (IRAs) or 401(k)s—are often eligible for lower tax rates on investment income a...

‘I’m holding my breath’: What will happen if the Supreme Court blocks Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan?

As the Supreme Court debates President Joe Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plan, Americans’ consumer debt continues to rise — and more of it is past due. For Shanna Hayes, 34, who was recently laid o...

Airlines Rally Has Hit Turbulence. But United, Delta, Others Should Fly Higher.

The U.S. airline sector took off at the start of 2023 but the rally has encountered some turbulence in recent weeks ahead of a crucial few months for the industry. The sector’s big gains this year pro...

Okta’s stock jumps more than 14% as earnings forecast doubles expectations

Okta Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Wednesday after the identity-management software company topped estimates by a wide margin, and executives predicted adjusted earnings that were more t...

AMC Stock Falls After CEO Warns Company Could Be Forced to Sell More ‘APEs’

AMC Entertainment stock closed down sharply Wednesday in the wake of comments from the CEO that the firm may be forced to sell more stock for less money if shareholders don’t approve measures that all...

Buy Chip Stock Broadcom on Strong Profitability, Analyst Says

Susquehanna is getting more bullish about the prospects for Broadcom stock, citing its robust profit margins and growth potential. On Wednesday, analyst Christopher Rolland reiterated his Positive rat...

Snowflake Stock Tumbles As Growth Outlook Disappoints

Snowflake shares are sharply lower in late trading Wednesday, after company provided guidance for the January 2024 fiscal year that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. The softer outlook is cons...

Plug Power stock dips on revenue miss, but execs stick with annual sales forecast as new factory ramps up

Green-energy provider Plug Power Inc. on Wednesday stuck with its full-year sales forecast, despite fourth-quarter sales missing expectations. The company — which sells renewable hydrogen fuel and fue...

Biden official responds to Buffett’s attack on opponents of stock buybacks

After Warren Buffett criticized opponents of stock buybacks over the weekend, a White House official offered a response Wednesday, suggesting the storied investor and President Joe Biden aren’t totall...

Snowflake stock falls after earnings as forecast underwhelms

This update corrects the FactSet consensus for Snowflake’s fiscal first-quarter and fiscal 2024 product revenue. Shares of Snowflake Inc. fell more than 6% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the d...

Ignore Wall Street’s gloom. Stocks do better when earnings fall: strategist

Adios to February, which disappointed many stock investors who enjoyed a bullish start to the year. But fears of a bigger meltdown by those swept up in Wall Street gloom may be in vain, says our call ...

Lowe’s Earnings Beat Estimates. Why the Stock Is Dropping.

Lowe’s earned more than expected in the fourth quarter but fell short in terms of revenue, warning of a slowdown in the home-improvement market and sending the stock tumbling. The company reported adj...

3M’s stock surges after company says 90% of earplug plaintiffs had ‘normal’ hearing

Shares of 3M Co. surged Wednesday after the maker of consumer, industrial and healthcare products said the U.S. Department of Defense’s records show that the “vast majority” of claimants in litigation...

GM to Axe Hundreds of Jobs. But It’s Not About Cutting Costs.

General Motors is cutting salaried and executive staff positions, after saying earlier this year that it didn’t plan layoffs. GM (ticker: GM) representatives on Tuesday said the cuts affected a small ...

Rivian Stock Tumbles After Earnings. Why Wall Street Isn’t Worried.

Electric truck start-up Rivian Automotive expects to deliver 50,000 units in 2023, while Wall Street was looking for closer to 60,000 units. Shares were falling early on Wednesday. Rivian (ticker: RIV...

The Sandbox looks to a future where corporate partnerships aren’t its bread and butter

Sebastien Borget, chief operating officer of The Sandbox, believes the future of the metaverse platform lies in the hands of individual creators, not the brands that have made it something of a corpor...

Forget Chatbots, This Is How Corporate America Is Really Using AI

(Bloomberg) — Ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT lit up the internet in November, companies can’t stop talking about artificial intelligence. Take this earnings season so far: References to AI an...

I’m 57 and will soon have more than $3 million from a business sale. My rich boss trusts his financial adviser, but he inherited his millions. Still, should I try his adviser?

Have a question about your financial adviser or looking for a new one? Email [email protected]. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I am 57 years old, have $450,000 saved for retirement and will so...

‘When we retire, we lose a lot.’ How to avoid retirement shock.

When I found myself unexpectedly packaged off by the bank, I was initially very happy. I was planning to leave anyway because the stress was getting to me. When the bank gave me a severance check at a...

Tesla Signs Battery Material Deal With Korea’s L&F

Tesla investors are having a busy week and it’s only Tuesday. Ahead of the week’s main event, an analyst day on Wednesday, investors have to digest news about batteries as well as EV demand in China a...

Bed Bath & Beyond stock plunges more than 50% in February, the second-worst monthly performance in its history

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY shed 5.7% in afternoon trading Tuesday, putting them on track to suffer the biggest monthly decline in nearly three years, or well before the “meme”-stock roc...