MicroStrategy has been conducting a strategy for some time of using its data analytics business to fund the purchase of bitcoin. Now it’s taking that strategy one step further — it’s borrowing, agains...
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Here is what AT&T is giving investors in WarnerMedia spinoff, and how it will work
AT&T Inc. detailed its plans for the spinoff of WarnerMedia on Friday, with investors eventually expected to receive a share of the new streaming-media entity for every four AT&T shares they o...
Chris Cuomo Demands at Least $125 Million in Arbitration With CNN
Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo is seeking at least $125 million from his old employer, claiming the network wrongfully terminated him and smeared his journalistic integrity in the process. Mr. Cuomo co...
Remember the stock market before the war in Ukraine? JP Morgan says negativity is overblown, offers 4 hedges
“Markets appear to have been trafficking in an odd mix of hope, fear and uncertainty.” That was Mizuho Bank, summing up the state of play for markets since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly three we...
Alibaba, JD.com and Other China Stocks Soar. Here’s What Sparked the Turnaround.
Text size Shares in Alibaba and other Chinese companies have come under intense pressure recently. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares in some of China’s largest companies notched eye-watering gain...
Stock Market Today: Dow Rises, Fed Decision Ahead, Alibaba and JD.com Soar
Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell will host a press conference at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Graeme Jennings / POOL/AFP via Getty Images Stocks were moving higher Wednesday as markets readied for a long-await...
JD.com Stock Falls After Earnings Top Estimates but Revenue Growth Slows
Text size A JD.com distribution center in Beijing. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares of JD.com fell in premarket trading Thursday after the Chinese e-commerce giant reported fourth-quarter earnin...
PayPal, Intel and Paramount Stock Hit Multiyear Lows. Insiders Bought Up Shares.
It isn’t surprising that many stocks have set new intraday lows for the latest 52 weeks, or even longer. Ed, let’s mention Russia-Ukraine since that’s the reason But it is notable when insiders—compan...
FuboTV stock drops after earnings on mixed outlook
Shares of fuboTV Inc. were off 1% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the streaming company delivered revenue ahead of what it had been expecting when it delivered preliminary results a month earli...
CNN Parent Found Allison Gollust’s Remarks on Jeff Zucker Relationship Were Misleading
Allison Gollust resigned as CNN’s communications and marketing chief after the network’s parent determined she misled investigators about her relationship with former President Jeff Zucker and violate...
Charlie Munger Expects Index Funds to Change the World—and Not in a Good Way
Charlie Munger doesn’t think Larry Fink should be running the world. Mr. Munger, the billionaire vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Warren Buffett’s business partner, said the rise of index ...
ViacomCBS Is Changing Its Name. Subscribership Grew, but at a Cost.
Text size ViacomCBS is changing its name to Paramount Global. Dreamstime ViacomCBS reported a very solid quarter of streaming-subscriber gains on Tuesday, but that growth didn’t come cheaply. The comp...
Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater boosts its bets on China
The world’s biggest hedge fund boosted its bet on Chinese companies in the fourth quarter. The latest 13-F filing from Bridgewater Associates shows the firm boosted the number of shares it’s held in A...
What CEOs Are Saying: ‘We See Inflation Going Up Everywhere’
Here is what some of the world’s corporate leaders said in their quarterly earnings reports this week about inflation, pricing strategy and the pandemic. Coca-Cola Co. KO -1.78% Chief Executive James ...
Analysts Are Cutting Meta Targets. But They Can’t Keep Up With the Falling Stock.
Text size Investors fled shares of the social-media giant after its fourth-quarter earnings report. Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images Another analyst slashed his price target for shares of Facebook par...