Applied Materials Raises Dividend, Increases Buybacks. Stock Climbs.

Applied Materials the largest chip-equipment maker in the world, announced Monday a 23.1% lift in its quarterly cash dividend, from 26 cents to 32 cents per share. The dividend is payable on June 15 t...

Provention Bio Stock Soars on $2.9 Billion Acquisition by Sanofi

Shares of Provention Bio soared Monday after the biopharmaceutical company agreed to be acquired by France’s Sanofi (SNY) for $25 a share, or about $2.9 billion. Provention Bio (ticker: PRVB), which f...

First Republic, Provention Bio, Roku, Illumina, Boeing, and More Market Movers

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American Express and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends

American Express Oracle and Johnson Controls were among the large U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week. It was a fairly light week for such announcements, with earnings season hav...

GE’s Big Plans Are Luring Wall Street Bulls. Target Price Doubled.

Wall Street is feeling more bullish about General Electric stock. Significantly more bullish in one instance. GE (ticker: GE) hosted its 2023 analyst and investor event in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday...

Banking Selloff Goes Global After SVB Trouble. HSBC, BNP Paribas, UBS Tumble.

The selloff in the banking sector spread across the globe on Friday after SVB Financial Group said it was forced to unload assets at a loss following a decline in deposits. HSBC (ticker: HSBA.UK), Eur...

FuelCell Stock Is Rising. Its Sales Beat Is Just One Reason.

FuelCell Energy shares rose on Thursday after the producer of units that make electricity from hydrogen posted a narrower-than-expected loss for its first quarter.  FuelCell (ticker: FCEL) posted reve...

Asana, MongoDB, Silvergate, JD.com, GE, and More Stock Market Movers

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Credit Suisse Stock Is Falling. Annual Report Is Delayed After Call From SEC.

Credit Suisse shares were falling on Thursday after the Swiss lender said it is delaying the publication of its annual report. The stock was down 5.3% in Zurich trading. Credit Suisse (ticker: CS) Ame...

Asana Stock Is Rising. KeyBanc Sees 50% Upside in Bull Case.

Asana the provider of business software, is set to open higher on Thursday. KeyBanc says the shares could still move substantially higher. Analysts led by Jason Celino said the stock price could rise ...

Tesla Stock Falls as Elon Musk, Twitter Make Wrong Kind of Healines

Tesla stock is down again in early trading Wednesday, potentially falling for the third consecutive day and the fifth out of the past six. Yes, the company’s investor day sparked the decline, but it p...

CrowdStrike’s Latest Earnings Convince Analyst It’s a Top Cybersecurity Stock

CrowdStrike’s strong fourth-quarter earnings and upbeat guidance underlines its status as one of the top performing software security names, according to one analyst.   D.A. Davidson analyst Rudy Kess...

United Natural Foods Stock Plunges After Slashing Profit Guidance

United Natural Foods stock plunged more than 23% early Wednesday as the food distributor slashed its profit outlook for 2023 and withdrew long-term financial targets. The company (Ticker: UNFI), which...

An Offshore Oil Rebound Is Under Way. It’s Lifting These Stocks.

Text size Spending on offshore oil drilling is expected to rise in coming years. Carina Johansen/Bloomberg Offshore oil drilling has been growing slowly in recent years as energy companies have hesita...

CrowdStrike, Stitch Fix, Tesla, Occidental, SoundHound, and More Market Movers

Text size CrowdStrike’s outlook for the fiscal first quarter and year was higher than analysts’ estimates. Dreamstime Stock futures edged higher Wednesday following a session in which stocks sold off ...

CrowdStrike Earnings Show It’s a Top Cybersecurity Stock, Analyst Says

CrowdStrike’s strong fourth quarter earnings and upbeat guidance underlines its status as one of the top performing software security names, according to one analyst.   D.A. Davidson analyst Rudy Kess...

BlackBerry Stock Dives on Latest Numbers as Revenue Forecast Disappoints

BlackBerry stock tumbled Tuesday, the morning after the Canadian cybersecurity firm released preliminary fiscal-year figures that disappointed Wall Street. The company said Monday evening that it expe...

Rivian Stock Drops After the EV Start-Up Announced Plans to Raise $1.3 Billion

Electric truck start-up Rivian Automotive is getting into convertibles? Well, yes—but not the kind of convertibles car buyers think of when they hear the word. Rivian (ticker: RIVN) is raising more ca...

Meta Stock Rises After Report of More Layoffs

Shares of Facebook-parent Meta Platforms were rising Tuesday after a report said the company will cut more jobs than previously announced. Meta (ticker: META) is planning another round of layoffs as s...

Altria to Buy Vaping Company NJOY for $2.75 Billion

Altria agreed to buy e-cigarette maker NJOY for $2.75 billion in cash as the Marlboro maker looks to strengthen its portfolio of smoke-free products. The deal for privately held NJOY, one of the few e...

Rivian, Tesla, and 2 Other EV Makers Are Recalling Vehicles

Monday is looking like recall day for electric-vehicle makers. A few have showed up on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. Recalls from the large players don’t look serious. Re...

Lordstown Motors’ Sales Were Dreadful. The Stock Is Rising Anyway.

Sales and earnings from electric vehicle start-up Lordstown Motors show just how hard it has been to launch a new electric truck. Results look rough, but the beaten-up stock is rising in early trading...

Tesla, Apple, Ciena, and More Stock Market Movers

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Airlines Rally Has Hit Turbulence. But United, Delta, Others Should Fly Higher.

The U.S. airline sector took off at the start of 2023 but the rally has encountered some turbulence in recent weeks ahead of a crucial few months for the industry. The sector’s big gains this year pro...

Buy Chip Stock Broadcom on Strong Profitability, Analyst Says

Susquehanna is getting more bullish about the prospects for Broadcom stock, citing its robust profit margins and growth potential. On Wednesday, analyst Christopher Rolland reiterated his Positive rat...

Lowe’s Earnings Beat Estimates. Why the Stock Is Dropping.

Lowe’s earned more than expected in the fourth quarter but fell short in terms of revenue, warning of a slowdown in the home-improvement market and sending the stock tumbling. The company reported adj...

GM to Axe Hundreds of Jobs. But It’s Not About Cutting Costs.

General Motors is cutting salaried and executive staff positions, after saying earlier this year that it didn’t plan layoffs. GM (ticker: GM) representatives on Tuesday said the cuts affected a small ...

Rivian Stock Tumbles After Earnings. Why Wall Street Isn’t Worried.

Electric truck start-up Rivian Automotive expects to deliver 50,000 units in 2023, while Wall Street was looking for closer to 60,000 units. Shares were falling early on Wednesday. Rivian (ticker: RIV...

Norwegian Cruise Line Misses Earnings Estimates. The Stock Is Falling.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings stock tumbled Tuesday as the company posted a wider-than-expected loss and provided disappointing guidance for 2023. Cruise operator Norwegian (ticker: NCLH) posted an a...

DeLorean Has Hit the Brakes. Catching Tesla Is Proving Hard for EV Rivals.

When Marty McFly drove into the future in the famous 1980s movie, he made it look easy. For EV start-ups trying to leap ahead in their industry, it’s proving a lot harder. DeLorean, the car company ma...

Do Layoffs Pay Off? Meta, Amazon, Other Tech Stocks Paint a Mixed Picture.

Text size Tech companies have announced more than 100,000 job cuts this year so far. Fizkes/Dreamstime Some technology companies have seen their stocks jump after announcing mass layoffs this earnings...

Stocks Poised for Mixed Open

U.S. stocks are poised for a mixed open on Monday, as the market enters the tail end of fourth-quarter earnings season amid several well-watched economic indicators, including the Conference Board’s C...