Quantum Computing’s Promise and Hurdles

To the Editor:Quantum computing is a fascinating topic (“Quantum Computing Will Change the World. How to Play the Stocks,” Cover Story, Nov. 25). I’m not sure what the ultimate payoff will be, even if...

FIS stock enjoys best week since 2020, marking bright spot in tough recent stretch

Shares of Fidelity National Information Services Inc. notched their best weekly performance since the early days of the pandemic this week as analysts chimed in with upbeat views about the financial-t...

Why Splunk Stock Is Worth a Look

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Buy Zillow stock now to profit from ‘brighter environment’ next year, UBS says

Investors should buy Zillow Group Inc. now, UBS says, even if they have to wait a year before the U.S. housing market starts improving. Analyst Lloyd Walmsley initiated research coverage of the online...

Amazon, Walmart, and Kroger Could Have the Solution to Grocery Deliveries

Shoppers returning to stores in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, venture-capital money drying up, and higher labor costs mean the first golden age of food delivery looks to be over. But customers ha...

Tech jobs gain despite wave of layoff announcements, but warning signs abound

The tech industry continued to add jobs despite the tens of thousands of layoffs that were announced in November, though tech job postings continued a downward slide, according to an analysis of U.S. ...

Cloud software is a ‘fight for a knife in the mud,’ and Wall Street is souring on the one sector that was winning

The cloud-software business has come to resemble a “fight for a knife in the mud,” as one popular TV character would put it, with vendors scrambling for the crumbs of declining business spending and h...

These money and investing tips can help you know when the bull market has come back to stay

Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS There’s a strong possibility t...

FTX fiasco one of the most egregious cases of ‘gross negligence,’ says Ackman

Hedge-fund titan Bill Ackman appears to be walking back comments he made via Twitter last week about Sam Bankman-Fried that some interpreted as implicit support for the 30-something who presided over ...

Apple Is Looking to Move Production Out of China, Report Says

Apple has hastened plans to move part of its production out of China, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory, according to a The Wall Street Journal report citing anonymous sources. The world’s mo...

Tesla Gives an Unexpected Christmas Gift to EV Buyers

Tesla dominates the electric vehicle market. Elon Musk’s group has seen its competitors gain market share because it is no longer the only company to offer electric vehicles. In the U.S. market ...

Sam Bankman-Fried ‘Wasn’t Even Trying’ to Manage Risk at FTX, He Says

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he made no effort to manage risk at the digital-asset exchange that filed for bankruptcy in November, part of a blitz of public statements about major oversight fail...

Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China

In recent weeks, Apple Inc. has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the supply chain that built the world’s most valuable company, say people ...

Bitcoin on ‘Road to Irrelevance,’ European Central Bank Says

Just more than a year ago, on Nov. 10, 2021, the value of one bitcoin reached its all-time high at more than $68,000. That was after 10 months of strong gains, as it had started 2021 in the $30,000 ra...

GM, LG investing $275 million to expand Tennessee EV battery plant

General Motors revealed its all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium, on March 4, 2020 at its Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors General Motors ...

Partisia and the International Committee of the Red Cross Demonstrate Technology to Address Challenges in Conflict Zones

Unique Use of Partisia’s MPC Technology Offers Example for Developers at Partisia’s Paris Hackathon PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Principals from the Partisia Blockchain Foundation (“Partisia Blockchain”), th...

Dear Tax Guy: ‘I’ve accumulated a lot of junk.’ I plan to make $6,000 selling stuff on eBay. Can I put it into an IRA instead of paying income tax?

I am retired with Social Security and a state pension. Over the last 30 years I’ve accumulated a lot of “junk” from eBay EBAY, +0.17%. Now, I’m also trying to clean out my house, and sell it at cost o...

Activision acquisition would be good for Microsoft and the overall stock market

Microsoft ‘s (MSFT) nearly $69 billion cash offer to buy video game giant Activision Blizzard (ATVI) has been under tremendous scrutiny since it was first announced back in January. But at least...

Ford claims No. 2 spot in EVs behind Tesla – but gap remains wide

Ford F-150 Lightning pickup trucks sit on the production line at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on April 26, 2022 in Dearborn, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images DETROIT – Ford Motor said ...

Astra chief engineer Benjamin Lyon resigns from rocket builder

Benjamin Lyon, chief engineer and executive vice president of engineering and operations Astra Beleaguered rocket-builder Astra is losing its highly touted chief engineer, Benjamin Lyon, the company s...

Sber Bank’s blockchain technology uses Metamask

By linking its blockchain platform with the Ethereum blockchain, the biggest bank in Russia is expanding its operations into the decentralized finance and web 3 industries. Sber, the bank that was onc...

Marvell Technology, Horizon Therapeutics, DoorDash and more

Marvell Technology Group Source: marvell.com Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Marvell Technology (MRVL) – The chip maker’s stock slid 4.9% in the premarket after quarter...

Mythbusting Solana – downtime, competition and technology with Matt Sorg of Solana Foundation – SlateCast #38

Solana Foundation‘s Product and Technology Leader, Matt Sorg, talked to CryptoSlate’s Akiba about Solana and its future in the crypto sphere. Akiba started by asking what attracted Sorg to Solana. As ...

Marvell, Zscaler, Asana, and More Stock Market Movers Friday

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Marvell Stock Sinks as Earnings Fall Short. Customers Are Pulling Back.

Marvell Technology shares were sinking in late trading Thursday after the data- center semiconductor firm’s earnings and outlook disappointed Wall Street. The company said makers of storage equipment ...

Bitcoin’s Crash Could Bring New Life to Gold

For the past few years, the gold industry has been on the defensive against a new threat: cryptocurrencies. No longer. Advocates of crypto argued that Bitcoin was a better version of gold because its ...

Activision Joins Wedbush’s Best Ideas List. Microsoft Can Address Regulators.

Activision Blizzard’s shares are trading at a steep discount to the $95 all-cash takeout price. David Becker/Getty Images for The Licensing Expo Text size Wall Street is still worried antitrust regula...

Okta stock surges more than 25% as analysts approve of company’s profit heading

Okta Inc. shares surged by more than a quarter of its value Thursday after analysts praised the identity software company for heading in the right direction after it promised a profitable fiscal 2024 ...

Zscaler stock drops 10% on conservative guidance, as it’s taking longer to close deals

Zscaler Inc. stock fell in the extended session Thursday after the cybersecurity company said longer sales cycles and other headwinds contributed to its conservative guidance, one slightly above the W...

Dow ends nearly 200 points lower as investors weigh ISM manufacturing and inflation data, await jobs report

U.S. stocks finished a choppy session mostly lower on Thursday after the ISM manufacturing index showed American factory activities contracted to a 30-month low in November. Stocks had opened mostly h...

EV maker Fisker faces liquidity questions after cash is tied up claim

Henrik Fisker stands with the Fisker Ocean electric vehicle after it was unveiled at the Manhattan Beach Pier ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobilityLA on November 16, 2021 in Manhattan Be...

Ye deal to buy Parler called off

This illustration photo shows the Parler social network app logo on a cell phone screen with a picture of US rapper Kanye West in the background in Los Angeles, October 17, 2022. Chris Delmas | AFP | ...