Silicon Valley Confronts the End of Growth. It’s a New Era for Tech Stocks.

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

Apple, Berkshire, Alphabet, and Microsoft Reap Benefit of Higher Rates

Rich corporations are getting richer thanks to higher interest rates. Apple (ticker: AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A), and Microsoft (MSFT) have the largest cash positions among Amer...

Pakistan Banks to Use Blockchain Technology for KYC – Blockchain Bitcoin News

Banks in Pakistan plan to launch an electronic platform for know-your-customer procedures that will be operating on a national level. The blockchain-based system will allow them to exchange the person...

Buy Boot Barn Stock. Cowboy Chic Is Hot, And It’s No Fad.

There are plenty of pitfalls when it comes to mixing form and function, but the latest wave of “Westerncore” sweeping the U.S. looks to have staying power. The scramble for shearling-collar coats and ...

Stock-Based Compensation Is the Latest Risk for Tech Stocks

For years, the lavish stock grants and options handed out by tech companies went largely ignored by investors. Now, the practice is finally getting attention, and it’s likely going to bring bad news f...

In Tech’s New World, Layoffs and Buybacks Are In, Mergers Are Out

Silicon Valley could use a reboot. The biggest players aren’t growing, and more than a few are seeing sharp revenue declines. Regulators seem opposed to every proposed merger, while legislators push f...

Twitter Reports 40% Drop in Revenue and Adjusted Earnings to Investors: WSJ

Elon Musk’s Twitter told investors its revenue and adjusted earnings fell approximately 40% year-over-year in December, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Journal, citing people familiar ...

Texts From Crypto Giant Binance Reveal Plan to Elude U.S. Authorities

Binance exploded onto the crypto scene in 2017 and grew into the world’s biggest digital-currency exchange. It quickly ran into a problem. It largely operated from hubs in China and then Japan, yet a ...

Giant Pension Sells Caterpillar and Microsoft Stock, Buys Comcast and Visa

One of the largest Canadian pensions made major changes in its U.S.-traded portfolio. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan sold all its Caterpillar stock (ticker: CAT), slashed a Microsoft (MSFT) investment...

Marvell Technology (MRVL): Earnings Beat Industry’s Past Ill-Fate

Marvell Technology Inc. rose about 2% in the first three days of March. The pertinent question is whether it can continue the climb. In February 2023, MRVL dropped by around 2.5% but managed to gain 2...

ESPN wants to be the hub of all live sports streaming

Disney‘s ESPN wants to be the hub for all live sports streaming — even for its competition. The sports network has held conversations with major sports leagues and media partners about launching...

Apple and Meta Stock Buybacks Haven’t Been Equal. Here’s Why.

Investors love stock buybacks, but they don’t always spur the types of returns one might imagine. It takes a discerning eye to identify companies with buybacks that create significant gains for shareh...

SpaceX launches NASA Crew-6 mission

A long-exposure photograph shows SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew-6 mission in the company’s Joel Kowsky / NASA SpaceX launched four people to the International Space Station fro...

Coinbase to Participate in the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference

Remote-First-Company/SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Coinbase Global, Inc. announced today that Brian Armstrong, Co-Founder and CEO, and Alesia Haas, Chief Financial Officer, will participate in a fireside ...

Okta’s stock jumps more than 14% as earnings forecast doubles expectations

Okta Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Wednesday after the identity-management software company topped estimates by a wide margin, and executives predicted adjusted earnings that were more t...

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...

Snowflake Stock Tumbles As Growth Outlook Disappoints

Snowflake shares are sharply lower in late trading Wednesday, after company provided guidance for the January 2024 fiscal year that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. The softer outlook is cons...

Plug Power stock dips on revenue miss, but execs stick with annual sales forecast as new factory ramps up

Green-energy provider Plug Power Inc. on Wednesday stuck with its full-year sales forecast, despite fourth-quarter sales missing expectations. The company — which sells renewable hydrogen fuel and fue...

Snowflake stock falls after earnings as forecast underwhelms

This update corrects the FactSet consensus for Snowflake’s fiscal first-quarter and fiscal 2024 product revenue. Shares of Snowflake Inc. fell more than 6% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the d...

Ignore Wall Street’s gloom. Stocks do better when earnings fall: strategist

Adios to February, which disappointed many stock investors who enjoyed a bullish start to the year. But fears of a bigger meltdown by those swept up in Wall Street gloom may be in vain, says our call ...

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...

$33 billion fintech giant Revolut reports first-ever annual profit

Nikolay Storonsky, founder and CEO of Revolut. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images Financial technology giant Revolut reported its first-ever annual profit in 2021, according to ...

Il Makiage creator Oddity says it’s profitable

Oddity Il Makiage Coutesy: Oddity Oddity — the direct-to-consumer beauty and wellness platform known for its ubiquitous Il Makiage social media ads — is making money and growing in an environment that...

Tesla Signs Battery Material Deal With Korea’s L&F

Tesla investors are having a busy week and it’s only Tuesday. Ahead of the week’s main event, an analyst day on Wednesday, investors have to digest news about batteries as well as EV demand in China a...

Alibaba Stock’s Recovery Has Momentum. This Is One Potential Risk.

Analysts are increasingly upbeat about Alibaba stock in the wake of the group’s quarterly earnings, which supported the narrative that the Chinese tech company’s recovery is on track. But a familiar c...

Opinion: Marc Benioff’s Salesforce fairy tale is crumbling down around him

Salesforce Inc. has been a unique tech company, able to sell itself as a “family” that has higher ideals than just profit to its employees while generating near-universal praise from Wall Street as we...

MATRIX Announces DiveVerse; Regeneration of 2D Assets in the Metaverse: Sci-fi Masterpiece “Metropolis” Unveiled as the First Immersive Work Utilizing This Technology

TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Metaverse advanced technology research organization “MATRIX GENESIS LABS” operated by MetaReal Group’s MATRIX Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: ...

Unity launches decentralized technology tools for game developers

Ad Unity Technologies, developer of the Unity game engine, has launched a new set of decentralized technology tools for game developers looking to add decentralization to their games. Unity said that ...

The 20 worst U.S. stocks in February: the biggest loser dropped 35%

Updated with month-end prices. The euphoria of January reversed in February, with broad declines for stocks across the board as interest rates continued to rise. Bond interest rates are more attractiv...

Rocket Lab (RKLB) Q4 2022 earnings

Electron rockets undergo preparation for launch. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab said Tuesday it has doubled its order backlog — from about $241 million in contracts at the end of 2021 to $503.6 million at the ...

Virgin Galactic (SPCE) Q4 2022 earnings, spaceflights update

An aerial view of carrier aircraft VMS Eve, left, and spacecraft VSS Unity, at Spaceport America in New Mexico on Feb. 27, 2023. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic said on Tuesday it remains on track to ...

SpaceX begins launching V2 Mini Starlink satellites

A Falcon 9 rocket launches a Starlink mission from Florida on Feb. 27, 2023. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the first batch of its next-generation Starlink internet satellites as the com...