Opinion: Zuckerberg and Intel are shipping the proceeds from their layoffs straight to Wall Street

For years, Wall Street groused about Silicon Valley’s refusal to pay dividends and buy back stock as tech companies grew into cash-generating machines. That is no longer a problem, even though those t...

Meta stock spikes nearly 20% as cost cuts and $40 billion for investors overshadow earnings miss

Meta Platforms Inc. shares soared in after-hours trading Wednesday despite an earnings miss, as the Facebook parent company guided for potentially more revenue than Wall Street expected in the new yea...

Michael Burry says sell and Jim Cramer says buy. As the Fed meets, here’s how they both could be wrong on stocks.

Michael Burry, the hedge-fund manager at Scion Asset Management who correctly forecast the 2008 financial crisis, on Tuesday night sent out a one-word tweet: “Sell.” Burry didn’t elaborate, but it’s n...

Apple earnings may rely on an unlikely hero amid iPhone uncertainty

Apple Inc. was saved in its last earnings report by an unlikely hero, and the same dynamic may show up in the tech giant’s holiday earnings. Macs posted record revenue of $11.5 billion that was more t...

Ford to cut Mustang Mach-E prices as price war with Tesla ‘intensifies’

Ford Motor Co. said Monday that it would be “significantly increasing” production of its Mustang Mach-E in 2023 as the company continues its efforts to improve supply of its electric-vehicles and cut ...

Fed rejects crypto bank’s application to join U.S. payment system

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday rejected a Wyoming-based crypto-centric bank’s application to become a member of the central bank’s exclusive payment system. In a press release, the Fed said the f...

Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google face earnings test amid Big Tech layoffs

In the biggest week of the holiday-earnings season, Big Tech results will receive the spotlight amid thousands of layoffs that could only be the beginning. After tech stocks were decimated in 2022, in...

Gas Prices Are Rising. Refiner Stocks Are Riding the Wave—for Now.

Gasoline prices have risen 41 cents a gallon in the past month to an average national price of $3.51. Summer driving could be pricier than many expect, though it’s unlikely to be as bad as last year, ...

Meta’s ‘darkest days’ are ahead, but some analysts say ad sales are still on track

From all indications, Meta Platforms Inc. appears to be in mega trouble as it prepares to announce fiscal fourth-quarter results on Wednesday. Facebook’s embattled parent company META, +3.01% is awash...

Latest in Crypto Hiring: Former Nike, Apple Marketing Pro Joins Segment

Though more crypto firms revealed layoffs this week, several segment players added high-level executives.  The Algorand Foundation named Jessica Tsai Chin as its new chief marketing officer. The ...

Tech stocks are having their best January in decades — here’s why that may not be a good sign

Technology stocks are on quite a tear to start 2023, but that could actually be an ominous signal. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.95% is up 11% so far this month, on track for its best January pe...

Energy Earnings Could Drop 11%

After two years of skyrocketing growth, oil and gas earnings are now past their peak. The good thing for the stocks is that the peak was remarkably high, and the decline is likely to be very gradual. ...

Opinion: Intel just had its worst year since the dot-com bust, and it won’t get better anytime soon

Intel Corp. ended 2022 with its worst financial results since the dot-com bust more than 20 years ago, thanks to a double whammy of a downturn in both PCs and data centers that isn’t going to turn aro...

This recession indicator is close to the point of no return. But stocks historically rally if the Fed cuts and the economy still grows.

It’s way too early to proclaim a Goldilocks environment, even if major asset classes are at least pointing to a better chance of it. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.40% has gained 5% this year, and the tech-h...

The Live Nation and Ticketmaster monopoly of live entertainment

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing this week titled, “That’s the Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment,” which focused on the state ...

ASML Profit Tops Expectations. It Sees a Chip Market Rebound.

ASML Holding, a critical supplier to the global chip-making industry, said Wednesday that it expects to report more than 25% sales growth this year despite uncertainty in the semiconductor industry, a...

Backlash Or Marketing Savvy? M&Ms And The Perils Of Brands Playing The Culture Wars

Here’s an excerpt from this week’s CxO newsletter. To get it to your inbox, sign up here. Calm down, boys: Weeks into their new campaign, this trio of female candy characters have been put “on p...

Coinbase Seeks Brand Exposure with Germany’s Second-largest Soccer Club

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase isn’t shying away from advertising despite cutting costs in other areas.  The exchange is strengthening ties with German soccer club Borussia Dortmund (BVB), loca...

Algorand Foundation poaches WhatsApp exec to lead marketing efforts

The Algorand Foundation hired former WhatsApp and Nike exec Jessica Tsai Chin to steer its marketing efforts.  Previously head of brand for global privacy at the Meta-owned messaging app, Chin s...

‘It is an employer’s market’: Tech layoffs may have turned the Great Resignation into the Great Recommitment

The flood of Big tech layoffs has again upended the dynamic between employers and employees, workers and executives say, leading to prolonged job searches and widespread fear and anxiety among many in...

Crypto Marketing – What Initiatives Will Bring More Value and Users in 2023

If we consider a significantly long time horizon, the crypto market has witnessed tremendous growth in terms of development and value. Experts believe in the future of blockchain technology and antici...

Yeti Takes Slow And Steady Approach To Sports Marketing

Yeti ambassador John John Florence won the WSL’s 2022 Haleiwa Challenger at home in The Hawaiian … [+] Islands. World Surf League via Getty Images Similarly to the speed at which ice water...

U.S. Treasurys at ‘critical point’: Stocks, bonds correlation shifts as fixed-income market flashes recession warning

Bonds and stocks may be getting back to their usual relationship, a plus for investors with a traditional mix of assets in their portfolios amid fears that the U.S. faces a recession this year. “The b...

House prices slumped by 10% in San Francisco, Redfin says — and prices are also falling in these cities

Even as mortgage rates come off of recent highs, buyer demand remains constrained. And that’s affecting home-list prices, according to a new report. The report by Redfin RDFN, +8.45%, which tracked ho...

Banner Ads Fading, But Email Works Great In New Marketing Tech Era

getty As old tools for ad targeting dry up, marketers are getting savvy about owning relationships with consumers. Instead of reaching customers by banner ads or renting that reach on social media alo...

Accused Bitfinex Thief Lands Marketing Gig at Tech Firm

Accused Bitfinex thief Heather Morgan will soon start work as a tech company’s marketing and business development manager at their New York office, despite facing $4.5 billion in money laundering char...

Kim Kardashian influencer marketing crypto prices

Celebrities, unfortunately, are only part of the problem with the current state of crypto marketing. An industry of Web3 YouTubers, Twitch streamers and TikTok stars emerged during the coronavirus pan...

Marketing with NFT by Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent Parfums SA wants to create value to its brand for the metaverse with a marketing campaign using NFTs, so the company is filing trademark applications related to the use of Non-Fungi...

Why Sped-Up Music—From SZA, Steve Lacy And Many More—Took Over TikTok And Became A Key Marketing Strategy

Topline Here’s why your favorite recent chart-topper has probably gotten that sped-up remix treatment on TikTok, the app’s latest viral phenomenon, which artists and record labels are jumping to capit...

Peloton hires former Twitter executive as new head of marketing

Leslie Berland, chief marketing officer of Twitter Inc., speaks during the company’s #HereWeAre Women In Tech event at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Wed...

Bed Bath & Beyond, Virgin Galactic, Ford, and More Stock Market Movers Friday

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