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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...
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 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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...