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Intel Stock Gains as Guidance Disappoints. Layoffs Are Coming.
Intel plans significant cost cuts , including a “meaningful number” of layoffs, its CFO said as the chip maker detailed its financial results and forecast revenue that was much lower than Wall Street ...
‘We are facing a retirement crisis in our country,’ says head of TIAA, as ‘40% of Americans run the risk of running out of money’
“ ‘We are facing a retirement crisis in our country’” — Thasunda Brown Duckett, president and CEO of TIAA That’s CEO of TIAA Thasunda Brown Duckett, who oversees some $1.2 trillion of retirement asset...
Visa beats on earnings, increases dividend by 20%
Visa Inc. topped earnings expectations for its latest quarter, with the company’s chief executive calling out strong spending trends despite “short-term uncertainty.” The company reported fiscal fourt...
Over 50% of CEOs say they’re considering cutting jobs over the next 6 months — and remote workers may be the first go to
Alarm sirens from the C-Suite about a looming recession are gaining volume in America and elsewhere, but calls back to the office for full-time work are a lot softer. Most CEOs across the globe shared...
Supreme Court won’t hear MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s defamation case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit in which Dominion Voting Systems accused MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell of defamation for falsely accusing the company o...
Adobe Stock Crumbled. Chief Financial Officer Dan Durn Bought the Dip.
Adobe stock tumbled after the software giant announced an acquisition. Soon thereafter, Chief Financial Officer Dan Durn bought nearly $1 million of shares. Adobe (ticker: ADBE) announced on Sept. 15 ...
Exxon CEO Warns Biden Administration Against Limiting Fuel Exports
Exxon Mobil is pushing back against reductions of U.S. fuel exports urged by the Biden administration in August, arguing that restricting shipments would further squeeze global supplies and lift pump ...
Solar Panels Don’t Power Your Home and Other Insights From an Energy CEO
Text size Generac stock is down 51% year to date. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Powering a home is getting more complicated as outages rise and options—such as solar panels, generators, and batteries—pro...
Netflix chief accounting officer gives up $2.4 million position after just 4 months on the job
Netflix Inc. is seeking a new chief accounting officer after its current one quit the role after less than four months. The streaming giant NFLX, -5.69% said in a regulatory filing Friday that Ken Bar...
Senators drill down on Zelle reimbursements, inflation and ‘uber-woke’ policies in bank CEO hearing
Democratic senators criticized banks for not serving consumers fairly while Republicans complained about liberal social agendas promoted by the same institutions, as chief executive officers of the co...
Nikola CEO Tells Jurors He Worried About Exaggerations by Company Founder Trevor Milton
Nikola CEO Mark Russell told a New York federal jury Monday that he had concerns about joining the electric-truck company because he believed its founder, Trevor Milton, “was prone to exaggeration in ...
‘Some companies are closing their doors, others are shutting down divisions’: Rocket CEO outlines plans to navigate the dramatic decline in mortgages
The mortgage industry is struggling with higher rates and a sharp drop in buyer demand. Rocket RKT, +0.53% says it’s got a plan to turn things around. There’s turmoil in the sector. Volume of originat...
Why Adobe Wants Figma and Why Some Investors Are Worried
Sept. 18, 2022 10:00 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Adobe the low-key maker of digital tools to create PDFs and edit photos, pleased investors by reinventing itself as a subscription-software bus...
PayPal’s New CFO Takes Leave of Absence
Text size PayPal is in the midst of a turnaround after the company was forced to retreat from some of its more ambitious growth goals earlier this year. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images PayPal ’s new chie...
Verizon is ‘not going to throw away money’ to woo consumers with cheaper phones, CEO says
In a competitive market for wireless deals, Verizon Communications Inc.’s chief executive says the company is “not going to throw away money” on promotions. The company recently rolled out its deals f...
PayPal is ‘clearly now at a turning point,’ its CEO says
“It’s an uncertain macroeconomic environment, but I think we finally got the guidance right, and we’re executing against that.” — PayPal CEO Dan Schulman Pandemic darling PayPal Holdings Inc. PYPL, -2...
AT&T CEO says Wall Street critics are wrong about the company’s promotions
““We are actually gaining customers in a lot of different places and a lot of different ways, and there isn’t any single answer to it. And I know folks want to continue to go back and say, well, it’s...
Western Digital CEO Warns Of Sharp Decline In NAND Memory Business
Text size Western Digital CEO David Goeckeler said the company has seen a sharp erosion in pricing for NAND flash memory based storage over the last month. Dreamstime Western Digital has seen business...
Intel stock rises on earnings beat, plans for layoffs, billions in cost cuts planned
Intel Corp. shares rose after hours Thursday after the chip maker topped Wall Street earnings estimates for the quarter and PC-chip sales came in slightly higher than expected, while the company trimm...