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Not All Retailers Are Overstocked for the Holidays. They’re Discounting Anyway.
Many big retailers are discounting heavily and earlier this holiday season to clear excess stock from their shelves and warehouses. But others, with no substantive overhang of inventory, are also offe...
Activision stock falls after report of ‘likely’ FTC antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft acquisition
Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI, +0.94% shares declined in after-hours trading Wednesday following a report that the Federal Trade Commission was likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block the videoga...
Activision Stock Still Looks Like a Buy. Here’s Why.
Back in July, Barron’s made the case for buying Activision Blizzard stock in anticipation of Microsoft closing its $69 billion acquisition of the company. With Activision shares trading at a significa...
Intel’s Newest Director Buys Big Block of Stock
On the heels of Intel CEO buying the company’s stock, the chip giant’s newest director also scooped up shares. Lip-Bu Tan, who joined Intel’s (ticker: INTC) board on Sept. 1, paid $1.35 million on Nov...
Scaramucci says he did buy FTX token after getting investment from Sam Bankman-Fried
Anthony Scaramucci’s investment fund SkyBridge Capital bought $10 million worth of FTT tokens after receiving an investment from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The Financial Times reported on Thursday...
Berkshire Bought Taiwan Semi Stock. Here’s What Else It Bought and Sold.
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Bankrupt Voyager Digital Looks for New Buyer After FTX Goes Under
Bankrupt cryptocurrency broker and lender Voyager Digital Ltd. said it has resumed its search for a buyer in light of the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, the firm founded by wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fr...
Sell Intel Stock, Analyst Says. Market Share Losses Are the Concern.
An analyst at J.P. Morgan says sell Intel stock, citing concerns about the company’s loss of market share amid ongoing competition and softening PC demand. Following a period of restriction, J.P Morga...
Binance CEO in internal memo: ‘I had very little knowledge of the internal state of things at FTX’
“‘It was less than 24 hours ago that SBF called me. And before that, I had very little knowledge of the internal state of things at FTX.’” — Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao o...
Microsoft Deal, Not Earnings, Is the Focus for Activision Stock
Wall Street barely reacted to Activision Blizzard’s third-quarter results on Monday because investors are much more focused its deal to be acquired by Microsoft for $69 billion in cash. Activision Bli...
Judge Pauses Albertsons’ $4 Billion Special Dividend From Kroger Merger
A Washington judge has blocked Albertsons Cos. from paying out $4 billion in dividends while regulators review its proposed merger with Kroger. King County Superior Court Commissioner Henry Judson a...
India-Focused Payments Company Ebix Races to Raise Cash Against Debt Deadline
Payments and software company Ebix Inc. is seeking to raise cash to pay back some $600 million in debt due early next year, but time is running short as it awaits regulatory approval for a public offe...
Warren Buffett’s chip-stock purchase is a classic example of why you want to be ‘greedy only when others are fearful’
This has been quite a year for Berkshire Hathaway and CEO Warren Buffett. The conglomerate just disclosed its investments in other companies as of the end of the third quarter, and one name — and one ...