Berkshire Hathaway Beats Estimates for Second-Quarter Profits

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett added slightly to stakes in Apple and Chevron. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Berkshire Hathaway ’s operating profits rose 39% in the second quarter, topping e...

SoftBank Is Ready to Slash Its Massive Stake in Alibaba. Here’s Why.

Text size SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son was a major early investor in Alibaba. Koki Nagahama/Getty Images SoftBank is positioned to sharply sell down its stake in Chinese tech giant Alibaba through a...

Pfizer in Advanced Talks to Buy Global Blood Therapeutics for About $5 Billion

Pfizer is in advanced talks to buy Global Blood Therapeutics the maker of a recently approved drug for sickle-cell disease, for about $5 billion, in the latest move by the drug giant to bolster its po...

Elon Musk Says Only Two Things Could Make Him Leave Tesla

Elon Musk enjoys and cultivates celebrity status as the CEO of Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report. He is the rare CEO since Apple’s  (AAPL) – Get Apple Inc. Report Steve Jobs to r...

Fuel cell-powered truck maker Hyzon’s stock suffers record plunge after accounting questions raise delisting fears

Shares of Hyzon Motors Inc. were suffering a record plunge toward a record low Friday, after the maker of fuel cell-powered trucks disclosed a “myriad of issues,” including accounting regularities tha...

What a Buyback Tax Means for Apple, Meta, and Microsoft

Text size Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Drew Angerer/Getty Images Democratic party leaders struck a deal with moderate holdout vote Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, moving their climate and healthcare bi...

Twitter Stock Is Downgraded. Analyst Needs Just One Sentence to Explain Why.

Text size Twitter stock is downgraded given uncertainty over the company’s pending acquisition by Elon Musk. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Twitter stock received another downgrade on Friday, fuel...

New Buyback Tax Will Force Companies to Think Twice on How to Use Cash

In the scrap over how to fund President Joe Biden’s spending plans, the Democrats’ focus has shifted from taxing private funds to public at the last minute. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) backs dropp...

Buy GE Stock as a Breakup Looms

So, it comes to this— General Electric once arguably the greatest of American companies, will cease to exist, at least as the industrial titan it once was. After more than 20 years of decline, the com...

After Making Money In A Bear Market, David Einhorn Is Shorting Elon Musk With A Long Twitter Bet

David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital generated a return of 8.4% for the second quarter, bringing its year-to-date return to 13.2% at a time when most other hedge funds are languishing with negativ...

Warner Bros Discovery Had an Ugly Quarter. It’s Combining HBO Max and Discovery+.

In its first quarter as a combined company, Warner Bros. Discovery missed Wall Street’s estimates across the board, saw streaming subscriber growth slow, and watched its leverage rise. Warner Bros. Di...

Warner Bros. Discovery stock slammed after earnings debut

In its first earnings report since bringing in HBO Max and other WarnerMedia properties, Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. on Thursday missed revenue expectations by roughly $2 billion and reported a large ...

Zillow is almost done selling homes, but stock slumps as the hard part is still to come

Zillow Group Inc. is almost done selling all the homes it bought in a flurry that led to a flameout of its iBuying business, but its plans for the future led to shares plunging in extended trading Thu...

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...

BP raises dividend and buyback after profit surge

BP PLC BP, +3.29% on Tuesday reported that its profits rose further in the second quarter of the year, and increased both the dividend and the quarterly share buyback. The multinational energy group m...

Cathie Wood’s Ark Bought More Roku Stock. This Analyst Sees 24% Downside.

Text size Cathie Wood of ARK Invest has Roku as one of the biggest investments in her funds. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg Roku’s earnings report last week sent shares into a free fall, but Cathie Woo...

Apple Borrows Money to Buy Back Stock. What That May Say About the Bond Market.

Text size A new Apple store in London, shown in late July. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Apple is gearing up for a four-part bond sale to fund stock buybacks. Apple (ticker: AAPL ) is planning to use the p...

Nikola to Buy Battery Maker Romeo Power for $144 Million

Listen to article (2 minutes) Electric-truck startup Nikola said it has agreed to buy battery-technology company Romeo Power in an all-stock deal that values Romeo at roughly $144 million. Nikola said...

Did Buffett Buy More Apple Stock? Berkshire’s Earnings Should Make It Clear.

Text size Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Warren Buffett went on a buying spree in the stock market during the first quarter, when Berkshire Hath...

Buy or Sell Apple Stock After Its Strong Earnings? 5 Reasons to Pick It Up.

Text size Apple has had to grapple with supply chain challenges and rising interest rates. Photo by DANIEL SLIM Apple ’s better-than-expected earnings report helped shake off investor concerns about h...

A Spirit Deal Is Finally Here. Why J.P. Morgan Says Sell the Stock.

Text size Spirit stock is up more than 17% in 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images JetBlue reached a deal to purchase Spirit on Thursday, but while that company prepares to buy Spirit for $33.50 a share, J.P...

Lockheed Martin Stock Is Up for the Year. Director John Donovan Bought Shares.

Text size Lockheed Martin stock has logged gains this year, and a director scooped up shares on a recent dip. Gretchen Lemke/Lockheed Martin Corporation Lockheed Martin stock has performed nicely this...

Twitter v. Musk: Why the Court of Chancery Will Never Order Specific Performance.

Text size A court could compel Tesla chief executive Elon Musk to purchase Twitter, but could it compel him to operate it in the best interest of shareholders? Al Drago/Bloomberg About the author: Car...

Paramount stock drops after bearish call by Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs weighed in with a skeptical view of Paramount Global Inc. Tuesday, writing that the current economic backdrop could complicate the media company’s streaming objectives. “We have not chan...

Nancy Pelosi’s husband sells $4 million worth of Nvidia stock at a major loss

The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sold more than $4 million worth of shares in software and computer-chip company Nvidia NVDA, +7.60% this week, publicly available financial disclosures show. ...

Buy Warner Bros. Discovery, But Sell Paramount, Goldman Says. Here’s Why.

Text size Combining and relaunching the HBO Max and Discovery+ services as well as cutting costs can be tough for WarnerMedia. Dreamstime Investors should buy Warner Bros. Discovery stock because the ...

Uber and 10 Other ‘Busted IPOs’ That Could Still Have Value

Text size Of the top five 2021 IPOs ranked by size, all are in the red versus original offering prices, including Rivian Automotive. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Investors often clamor for access to b...

Alibaba Plans to Move Its Stock to Hong Kong. Others Will Follow.

Text size Alibaba says it has filed to change its primary stock listing to Hong Kong rather than the U.S. AFP via Getty Images Alibaba Group Holding on Tuesday said it has filed to change its primary ...

Microsoft’s Activision Deal Is Likely to Win Approval, Analyst Says

Text size Microsoft has said it plans to release Activision’s Call of Duty videogames on Sony’s PlayStation. Rich Polk/Getty Images for Activision Activision Blizzard stock continues to tr...

Redbox stock shoots toward best day on record

Shares of Redbox Entertainment Inc. were surging toward their best day on record Monday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what was driving the stock move. The shares were soaring 87% in afternoon tr...

Elon Musk Has a Very Important Appointment on October 3

Autumn promises to be busy for Elon Musk.  The visionary boss of Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report will be active on all fronts with huge stakes each time.  From the end of September, Musk w...

Weekend reads: Prepare for a big week — a crucial Federal Reserve decision, tech-company earnings and a GDP report

It was mostly a week for stocks, particularly a rebound in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index, as companies topped expectations on second-quarter earnings.  The coming week brings a heavy dose of t...