For years, Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration handled 787 Dreamliner deliveries as though the perfect was the enemy of the good. The FAA allowed the plane maker to deliver the wide-body je...
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How to prepare your finances for another recession: ‘We think a hard landing will ultimately be unavoidable’
Two years after the short, sharp pandemic-related recession, Wall Street is once again warning of a new recession on the horizon. That’s not a lot to go on, but financial-planning experts say it ought...
Too Few Troops, Not Enough Supplies—Russia’s Eastern Offensive Could Be Doomed
An abandoned Russian howitzer in Ukraine. Ukrainian defense ministry photo As Russia’s wider war in Ukraine nears its second month, the Kremlin still hasn’t solved its fundamental military problems. T...
Meet The Startups That Amazon’s New $1 Billion Industrial Innovation Fund Is Backing
Agility Robotics’ Damion Shelton and his team, along with three Digit robots. Courtesy of Agility Robotics The founders that Amazon’s industrial innovation fund is backing include a serial entre...
As Putin eyes a date to declare victory, here’s a Ukraine scenario that could slam stocks by another 10%
Stocks are set to get a major bump on Thursday, thanks to blowout results from Tesla, which go some way in easing the sting over Netflix disappointment. With earnings sharply in focus for now, market ...
Digital Freight Service Convoy Hauls In $260 Million To Build Out Trucking Platform
Convoy says it has 400,000 truckers using its smartphone app. Convoy Convoy, a digital platform to make trucking more efficient, said it’s raised an additional $260 million to build out its service as...
Rivian CEO Warns of Looming Electric-Vehicle Battery Shortage
NORMAL, Ill.—Rivian Automotive Inc. Chief Executive RJ Scaringe is warning that the auto industry could soon face a looming shortage of battery supplies for electric vehicles—a challenge that he says ...
Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are Hours for Easter Monday 2022.
Text size Dreamstime U.S. investors eager to trade after the holiday weekend will have plenty of news to digest, thanks to corporate earnings. More than 100 companies are slated to report this week—an...
Tesla, AT&T, Netflix, Bank of America, IBM, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size First-quarter earnings season picks up next week, with 67 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report. Bank of America will be Monday’s highlight, followed by Netflix , Johnson & Johnson ...
Quest for Pricing Power Drives Stock Gains
Investors are on the hunt for companies with the magic words during any spell of inflation: pricing power. With consumer prices rising at their fastest pace in 40 years and stocks wobbly over the Fede...
The end of one-chip wonders: Why Nvidia, Intel and AMD’s valuations have experienced massive upheaval
It wasn’t too long ago that Intel Corp. was the unquestioned king of U.S. chip makers and the largest semiconductor company by market capitalization. It’s also not long since most computing was done w...
China’s Nio halts EV production as COVID lockdowns disrupt its supply chain
Nio Inc., the China-based electric-vehicle maker, over the weekend warned of delivery delays after suspending production due to COVID-19 restrictions that have disrupted its supply chain. “There will ...
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Delta, TSMC, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size Uncredited First-quarter earnings season begins this week, kicked off as always by results from several big banks. JPMorgan Chase reports on Wednesday, followed by Wells Fargo , Goldman Sach...
Kodiak Robotics And U.S. Xpress To Make Autonomous Freight Runs From Dallas To Atlanta
A Kodiak truck and U.S. Xpress trailers last month completed a pilot run of four round trips … [+] covering about 6,350 miles, between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and greater Atlanta. Kodiak...
Cathie Wood’s ARK Snaps Up Nearly $20 Million of UiPath Stock
Text size Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF purchased 867,331 shares of UiPath on Monday. Courtesy of ARK Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation exchange-traded fund purchased 867,331 shares of UiPath , th...
Tesla hits sales record by delivering 310,000 vehicles in 1Q, despite logistics issues
AUSTIN, Texas – Tesla delivered 310,000 vehicles in the first quarter, up roughly 68% from the same period in 2021, the company said Saturday. However the company’s sales were slightly below expectati...
‘Nearshoring’ could be the answer to America’s logistics problems, Deloitte exec says
The trend toward more “nearshoring” to alleviate the global supply chain chaos is not new but is increasingly important, according to Deloitte Vice Chairman of US Industrial Products &...
Tesla Deliveries Rose in Quarter Elon Musk Calls Exceptionally Difficult
Tesla Inc. vehicle deliveries rose in the first quarter, but missed Wall Street expectations as the company struggled with global supply-chain disruptions and a brief Covid-19 shutdown at its Shanghai...
U.S. government bonds just suffered their worst quarter of the past half century: Here’s why some investors may not be fazed
U.S. government bonds just finished their worst quarter since at least 1973, yet some investors aren’t likely to be put off from buying Treasurys again given rising risks of a U.S. recession within th...
UiPath stock drops 20% after outlook falls short of Wall Street expectations
UiPath Inc. shares dropped in the extended session Wednesday after the “software robot” provider’s weaker-than-expected outlook overshadowed a beat of Wall Street’s quarterly results estimates. UiPath...
Russian Units Forced Back To Russia And Belarus To Reorganize And Resupply,’ U.K. Defense Ministry Says
Topline Russian units suffering “heavy losses” in Ukraine have been forced to return to Belarus and Russia to “reorganize and resupply” as logistical problems continue to plague Moscow’s offensive, th...
Opinion: Have semiconductor companies’ performance decoupled from the economy? Taiwan Semi earnings say yes, but we’ll get a clearer picture soon
Sentiment around technology and growth has sunk as rising interest rates, persistent inflation and a less accommodative Federal Reserve have sent investors running for safer bets. Although the fourth ...