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Microsoft earnings: It’s the forecast that matters, so be patient
The most important financial news Microsoft Corp. executives will provide Tuesday requires a bit of a wait. Microsoft MSFT, -0.59% is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter financial results after ...
Apple and Microsoft Report Earnings Next Week. Can a Fed Rate Hike Top Them?
Text size Earnings from Big Tech are next week. But so is the Federal Reserve’s announcement on interest rates. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Big Tech earnings season will shift into fifth gear next...
It’s the end of ‘fantasyland’ for Big Tech and its workers
After Big Tech grew in unprecedented and unchecked fashion for a decade, building ostentatious palaces to house growing workforces while plying them luxuriant freebies to keep them from defecting to r...
Microsoft Stock Is a ‘Good Place to Hide.’ This Analyst CutsPrice Target Anyway.
Text size Microsoft updated its guidance to reflect higher foreign exchange headwinds ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings report. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images Microsoft won’t be immune to an economic slo...
Here’s Jim Cramer’s advice to navigate this uncertain earnings season
Earnings season is entering full swing on Wall Street, and CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that investors would be wise to take a wait-and-see approach toward shares of companies that are about to...
Netflix partners with Microsoft on ad-supported subscription plan
Netflix has named Microsoft as its partner for its ad-supported service, the companies announced Wednesday. “Microsoft has the proven ability to support all our needs as we together build a new ...
Gap, Peloton, Boeing, American Airlines, Twitter and more
A Gap store in New York, August 2, 2020. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Gap — Shares of the apparel retailer dropped more than 3% after Gap announced Mon...
S&P 500, Nasdaq book 3rd day of gains after Fed minutes point to another big rate increase this month to tackle inflation
U.S. stocks end higher Wednesday after minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June policy meeting signaled another big interest rate-hike is likely later this month despite the risk of slowing economic grow...
AWS CEO says the move to cloud computing is only just getting started
Cloud computing is in its beginning stages and will only continue to grow, Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday. “It’s possible that AWS could beco...
Hackers can now bring cargo ships and planes to a grinding halt
Container cargo ships sit off shore from the Long Beach/Los Angeles port complex in Long Beach, CA, on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Jeff Gritchen | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Armed with little more...
Companies forced to weigh in on privacy, health care
Pro-choice activists are seen outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on June 15, 2022. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The challenges posed by the end of Roe v. Wade are only just beginnin...
Carnival, FedEx, Zendesk and more
The Carnival Paradise cruise ship arrives in port June 30, 2017 in Havana, Cuba. Alexander Creutzmann | Mambo photo | Getty Images Here are the stocks making headlines in midday trading: Carnival Crui...
CarMax, FedEx, Seagen and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: CarMax (KMX) – The automobile retailer beat estimates by 7 cents with quarterly earnings of $1.56 per share, and revenue that also beat analys...
This dividend fund is down 3% vs. S&P’s 20% drop. Here are its top stock picks
By now even the most ardent tech and growth-stock enthusiasts realize the bull market is over. John Kornitzer’s approach to selecting high-quality stocks for the Buffalo Flexible Income Fund is one th...
SpaceX FCC broadband feud vs. Dish, Michael Dell affiliate worsens
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaking about the Starlink project at MWC hybrid Keynote during the second day of Mobile World Congress on June 29, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images W...
Microsoft finds Gen Z is redefining the idea of work hustle
Inga Kjer | Photothek | Getty Images For decades Microsoft has been associated with a traditional definition of office work, long hours in front of a computer, but now the corporate enterprise giant f...
Orlando Bravo warns there’s ‘more pain to come’ for the tech sector
Private equity boss Orlando Bravo has a somber warning for the technology industry. “I think there’s more pain to come,” Bravo, founder of buyout firm Thoma Bravo, told CNBC’s ...
Bill Gates says crypto and NFTs are based on ‘greater fool theory’
Bill Gates Gerard Miller | CNBC Bill Gates is not a fan of cryptocurrencies or non-fungible tokens. Speaking at a TechCrunch talk on climate change Tuesday, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder descri...
Campbell Soup, Moderna, Western Digital and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Campbell Soup (CPB) – The food producer’s shares rallied 3.7% in the premarket after Campbell reported an adjusted quarterly profit of 7...
Buy when Wall Street overlooks ‘textbook bad news’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday gave investors the go-ahead to buy shares of valuable companies that reported bad news, yet still managed to keep their stocks afloat. “The lack of new, broke...
Opinion: The cloud boom is coming back to earth, and that could be scary for tech stocks
Cloud computing is widely viewed as a recession-resistant business, but the theory has not really been tested since cloud-service providers have not experienced a major economic downturn since becomin...