Text size Warren Buffett has slowed stock repurchases as Berkshire’s share price has risen. Steve Pope/Getty Images A filing Wednesday by Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett indicates the comp...
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NRG Energy, Post Holdings and Other Stocks That May Be Takeover Targets in 2022
Text size Retail energy provider NRG Energy could be a takeover target in 2022, according to a report from Citigroup. Scott Olson/Getty Images With stocks in a bear market, mergers aren’t likely to pi...
Micron Technology Stock Slumps After Getting Downgraded Again
Text size Micron was downgraded earlier this month by Piper Sandler. Dreamstime Micron Technology stock was sliding Monday after the memory chip provider got its second downgrade in less than two week...
Under Armour Stock Has Tanked. Director David Gibbs Scooped Up Shares.
Text size Under Armour stock plunged in early May after the company reported a first-quarter loss. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/Getty Images Under Armour stock has tumbled in 2022, but director David W. ...
Disney’s Abrupt Firing of Top TV Exec Just the Latest Drama Stock Doesn’t Need
Text size Peter Rice joined Disney in 2019. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images A top executive at Walt Disney is leaving nearly a year after renewing his contract in what might be just the latest headache for...
Kohl’s Suitor Wants to Buy the Chain by Selling Kohl’s Properties
Kohl’s beat back activists and is in talks to be sold for around $8 billion. But its suitor could bring a new set of challenges for the department-store chain. Franchise Group which owns the Vitamin S...
Western Digital Said It Would Consider Breaking in Two. Its Stock Is Dropping.
Text size Activist investor Elliott Management says that Western Digital’s flash memory business alone could be worth as much as the whole company now. Dreamstime Western Digital stock, after an...
Best Buy Founder Richard Schulze Bought a Big Block of Stock
Text size People shopping in a Best Buy store. Richard Schulze, Best Buy’s founder, bought $20 million in shares of the electronics retailer. Valentin M Armianu/Dreamstime.com Best Buy stock has tumbl...
Kohl’s Stock Rises on Takeover Bids. The Offers Show Scars of the Retail Rout.
Text size *** ONE-TIME USE *** The Kohl’s logo is displayed on the exterior of a Kohl’s store on Jan. 24, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Kohl’s stock rose Fri...
Micron Stock Slumps After Downgrade. Why the Analyst Fears the Consumer.
Text size Dreamstime Micron Technology stock was slumping Friday after the memory chip manufacturer received the first Sell-equivalent rating since February. Piper Sandler analyst Harsh Kumar downgrad...
Turning Point Stock Doubles on Bristol Deal. What It Means for Biotech M&A.
Text size Photograph by Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty Images Turning Point Therapeutics stock has more than doubled after Bristol Myers Squibb announced that it had agreed to buy the company. It’s just the ...
IBM Shed Half Its Stake in Kyndryl. The Rest Will Follow Soon.
Text size IBM disclosed that it swapped half of its stake in Kyndryl, about 22.3 million shares, along with $46 million in cash, to Goldman Sachs. Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images IBM has swapped ha...
Salesforce stock rallies following raised outlook, with stronger dollar seen as only major headwind
Salesforce Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Tuesday after the cloud-based customer-relationship-management company said business remained strong amid the current rocky economic landscape an...
Unilever Stock Rises Sharply as Nelson Peltz Is Added to Board
Text size Unilever makes food and household goods such as Dove soap, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. ANP/AFP via Getty Images Unilever said it appointed Nelson Pelt...
Cruise Stocks Have Sunk. Only Two Have Seen Large Insider Buys.
Text size Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings ships sit idle. The company and Carnival saw large stock buys by insiders. Tim Rue/Bloomberg All three cruise-line operators are pretty much in the same boat t...
Boeing Hasn’t Delivered…on Jets or Other Requisites for Recovery
Text size At this point, Boeing’s task is simple—it needs to stop the bleeding. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Boeing’s badly beaten-up stock might be nearly as weak as it will get. When Barron’s recommended...
Netflix Stock Cut to Sell. Why This Analyst Says He Made a Mistake.
Text size Netflix shares have plunged by more than 70% so far in 2022 Getty Images A once infatuated Wall Street has definitely cooled on the godfather of streaming, Netflix , with a longtime bear adm...