Paramount Sues Company Behind McDowell’s Pop-Up, Citing ‘Coming to America’ Infringement

A pop-up restaurant that paid homage to the 1980s classic comedy “Coming to America” now faces a lawsuit from Paramount Pictures over copyright infringement.  JMC Pop Ups LLC created a temporary versi...

Alibaba, Nio stocks rally along with other Chinese names as SEC reaches audit deal with China

U.S-listed shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Nio Inc. were among Chinese names trading higher in morning action Friday after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has struck ...

Guitar cases and tissue boxes stuffed with cash: Yoga guru charged with not paying taxes while raking in $20 million

The leaders of a national chain of yoga centers that offered classes for free or for small cash donations, have been hit with major tax fraud charges for allegedly failing to pay any taxes for nearly ...

AMC Stock Is Out of Whack With APE Shares. Jim Chanos Is Taking Advantage.

Text size AMC’s market capitalization is higher than it was before the pandemic slammed the theater industry. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Legendary stock bear Jim Chanos has an arbitrage idea f...

Nvidia stock will be solely a data-center story for the foreseeable future

Nvidia Corp. was built on videogames, but for the rest of the year at least, investors and analysts won’t be concerned with gaming when pricing the stock. Nvidia NVDA, -4.57% cut its revenue forecast ...

AMC’s ‘APEs’ start trading today — what will the potential windfall mean for the meme stock and cinema chain?

AMC Entertainment’s AMC Preferred Equity Units, or APEs, could open the door to substantial additional capital for the meme stock darling when they start trading on the New York Stock Exchange Monday....

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...

Movie Theaters Brace for a Rough Intermission

Cineworld doesn’t seem to have much faith in The Rock, though he probably shouldn’t take it personally.  The U.K.-based owner of the Regal Cinemas movie-theater chain is preparing to file for chapter ...

Regal Owner Cineworld Nears Bankruptcy as Theater Comeback Lags

Cineworld Group PLC, the owner of Regal Cinemas, is preparing to file for bankruptcy within weeks after struggling to rebuild movie-theater attendance from pandemic lows, according to people familiar ...

8 Stocks That Look Like Good Buys as Natural-Gas Prices Get Pumped Up

Elias Stein Text size Two commodities that power the world are taking divergent paths, and it could have a big impact on consumers in the coming months. Crude oil is down some 25% from its highs, but ...

AMC, Movie Theater Stocks Fall on Report of Potential Bankruptcy for Cineworld

Text size AMC Entertainment stock was down 7% in early trading Friday. Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images AMC Entertainment, Cinemark, and other movie theater stocks tumbled on Friday after The Wall ...

Chip stocks tanked as pandemic demand for electronics slumped, but there are still some winners

After two years of unprecedented chip sales and demand related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a long-feared reversal has struck the semiconductor industry, but some markets are still performing strongly — ...

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Ordered to Pay $650 Million to Ohio Counties in Opioid Case

A federal judge in Ohio has ordered the companies owning CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies to pay $650 million over 15 years to two Ohio counties after a jury found them liable for contributing to...

What Investors Need to Know About AMC’s APE Units: A Stock ‘Split on Steroids’

Updated Aug. 17, 2022 4:35 pm ET Listen to article (1 minute) AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. outlined plans this month to issue a special dividend, sending its shares soaring and stoking enthusiasm a...

DraftKings Is a Buy Ahead of NFL Season, Analyst Says

Text size DraftKings lifted its forecast earlier this month. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg Sports betting app DraftKings is a stock that investors should own heading into pro football’s regular season, Roth...

20 bank stocks expected to benefit the most from rising interest rates as the Federal Reserve fights inflation

When companies report financial results, analysts tend to make comparisons to the year-earlier quarter. But there are times when sequential improvements can be telling. This is one of those times for ...

WWE Says Probe of Vince McMahon Is ‘Substantially Complete’

By Joe Palazzolo and Ted Mann Aug. 15, 2022 8:29 pm ET An investigation by World Wrestling Entertainment board of directors into allegations of sexual misconduct against former chairman and chief exec...

Meme-Stock Investors Are Back! Sort of, Anyway

Individual investors have waded back into the stock market after laying low through the worst of this year’s selloff. But don’t call it a comeback yet.  So-called retail investors in the last two week...

Tesla, Ford attract new investments from Soros’s fund

Billionaire investor George Soros’s investment fund has bought stakes in Tesla Inc. and Ford Motor Co. and added to existing stakes in EV makers Lucid Group Inc. and Nio Inc., according to a filing la...

Billionaire Robert Brockman, Accused of Biggest Tax Fraud in U.S. History, Dies at 81

When Robert Brockman, one of the richest people in the country, was visiting his company’s offices near Dayton, Ohio, he stayed at budget motels and ate frozen dinners in his room, a former employee r...

10 Stocks That Should Shine in a 2023 Recession: Citi

As the risk of a recession draws nearer, Citi group has produced a screen of 30 stocks to help investors find opportunities during the second half of 2022.  Stocks have rebounded in recent weeks with ...

10 Stocks That Should Shine in a 2023 Recession, Citi Says

As the risk of a recession draws nearer, Citi group has produced a screen of 30 stocks to help investors find opportunities during the second half of 2022.  Stocks have rebounded in recent weeks with ...

Nvidia is hit by another ‘crypto hangover,’ and that isn’t the only problem

While in high demand and short supply for the first two years of the pandemic, Nvidia Corp.’s gaming cards have been hit by declines in three separate pandemic booms in 2022: Personal-computer sales, ...

AMC takes aim at massive debt burden with ‘APE’ special dividend

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. took Wall Street by surprise with the announcement of its “APE” special dividend after market close on Thursday. This, of course, is a company that is no stranger to bo...

China’s Retaliation to Pelosi’s Trip Keeps Chips Off the Menu for Now

China’s fresh blockade of food imports from Taiwan wasn’t enough to further destabilize markets nervous about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s historic visit to the island. Beijing’s four days of military...

Airbnb Stock Falls. Wall Street Hoped for More From Earnings.

Text size Airbnb earned $379 million in the second quarter, reversing a loss of $19 million in the first quarter. Dreamstime Airbnb shares are trading sharply lower in late trading Tuesday after the s...

Airbnb stock falls sharply despite earnings beat, plan to repurchase $2 billion in stock

Airbnb Inc. said Tuesday that it had its first profitable second quarter as a public company, and that it is so confident in its business that it is buying back $2 billion of its stock. “Our Q2 result...

AMD, PayPal, Starbucks, Uber, Paramount, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

It’s the peak stretch of second-quarter earnings season, with roughly 150 S&P 500 firms scheduled to report this week. The highlights on the economic calendar will be a pair of purchasing managers...

AMD, PayPal, Starbucks, Uber, Paramount, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It’s the peak stretch of second-quarter earnings season, with roughly 150 S&P 500 firms scheduled to report this week. The highlights on the economic calendar will be a pair of purchasing managers...

Large Fund Sells AMD Stock. It Bought Intel, AT&T and Starbucks.

Text size Dreamstime One of America’s largest public pensions has made big changes in some of its largest investments. In the second quarter, State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio nearly halved an ...

Starbucks, Uber, CVS to Report Earnings Amid Shrinking Economy

July 30, 2022 10:00 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) CVS Health Starbucks and Uber Technologies are among the companies headlining another busy earnings week as investors look for signs of a recess...

Stock Futures Are Rising. Afternoon Earnings Boosted Tech Shares.

Text size Traders, here on the New York Stock Exchange, were encouraged by the earnings posted Tuesday. (NYSE) U.S. stock futures were up Tuesday evening as investors processed a rush of second-quarte...