Jabil, Commercial Metals, Tesla and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Jabil (JBL) – The contract electronics manufacturer saw its stock rise 1.2% in premarket trading after beating top and bottom-line estimates f...

NHTSA data shows Tesla accounts for most driver-assist crashes

The NTSB released this image of a 2021 Tesla Model 3 Long Range Dual Motor electric car that was involved in a fatal accident near Miami that killed two people on Sept. 13, 2021. NTSB Tesla vehicles h...

Coinbase lays off 18% as execs prepare for recession, ‘crypto winter’

Coinbase Founder and CEO Brian Armstrong attends Consensus 2019 at the Hilton Midtown on May 15, 2019 in New York City. Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Coinbase is laying off almost a fifth of its workf...

Nearly all factories in Shanghai resume work as Covid controls ease

German automaker Volkswagen is one of state-owned automaker SAIC’s foreign partners in China. Pictured here on June 7, 2022, is the joint venture’s factory in Shanghai. Qilai Shen | Bloomb...

BYD sold so many EVs it’s one of the top three automakers in China

One of BYD’s bestselling electric car models, the Han, is on display during an auto show in Shenzhen on June 5, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese electric ca...

Latest Shanghai quarantines add more pressure to global supply chain

Staff members of China Post unload parcels of daily necessities for residents quarantined at home from a minivan on May 14, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Tian Yuhao | China News Service | Getty Images The ...

CEOs of GM, Ford and others urge Congress to lift EV tax credit cap

The all-electric Chevrolet Silverado at the New York Auto Show, April 13, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC DETROIT – The CEOs of General Motors, Ford Motor, Chrysler parent Stellantis and Toyota Motor North Am...

Astra Space, Amazon, Revlon, Prologis & more

Amazon is “definitely a stock to own,” according to Sid Choraria, a senior portfolio manager who previously attracted the attention of Warren Buffett. Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert | Picture Allia...

Chinese automakers want to bring assisted driving to the masses

Jidu, Baidu’s electric car venture alongside Geely, revealed its first concept car on June 8, 2022. Baidu BEIJING — As Chinese companies race for a slice of the world’s largest car market,...

Simon Property CEO aims to create new sales event as inflation surges

David Simon, chairman and chief executive officer of Simon Property Group Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images David Simon, the chief executive officer of the biggest shopping mall owner in th...

Ethereum close to its major upgrade, but why has it fallen more than bitcoin?

This article has been updated to correct the identification of Citadel Securities. Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m w...

Tesla, Five Below, Nio and more

A Tesla dealership is seen in West Drayton, just outside London, Britain, February 7, 2018. Hannah McKay | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Tesla — Shares rose about...

‘I thought it was a sick joke’: They gave up other job offers to work for Coinbase, and are now unemployed

When Hao Jia received an email from Coinbase that his job offer had been rescinded, he was on his way to watch “Top Gun: Maverick,” the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise. Jia’s girlfriend had aske...

Shares of China EV maker BYD jump after exec announces Tesla battery deal

This photo from Dec. 2019 shows robotic arms spray painting a car body shell at the BYD Automobile Company Limited Xi’an plant. BYD is set to supply Tesla with batteries “very soon,”...

Elon Musk says offering is 3 or 4 years away

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stands at the base of a Starship rocket prototype at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Steve Jurvetson on flickr Elon Musk last week told SpaceX employees the com...

Shopify Shareholders Approve 10-for-1 Stock Split

Text size Shopify is the latest tech company to split its stock. Dreamstime The stock split trend continues. Shopify (ticker: SHOP ) shareholders on Tuesday approved a 10-for-1 split, along with the i...

Weekend reads: If you agree that inflation has peaked, buy stocks in this sector

If everyone agreed about the direction of the economy, investing would be easy. But there are mixed signals about whether the rate of inflation has peaked, at least in the U.S. If you are among those ...

Biden digs at Tesla CEO Elon Musk on economy, touts Ford

President Joe Biden on Friday brushed off Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s reported “super bad feeling” about the U.S. economy, while praising some of Musk’s competitors for expanding the...

Turning Point Therapeutics, Lululemon, RH and others

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Turning Point Therapeutics (TPTX) – The biopharmaceutical company’s shares more than doubled in premarket trading after agreeing to be a...

GM slashes prices of Chevy Bolt EVs despite rising commodity costs

2022 BOLT EUV Source: Chevrolet DETROIT – Despite rising commodity costs, General Motors on Wednesday slashed the price of its 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV, likely making it the least expensive electric veh...

‘Pretend to work somewhere else.’ Elon Musk reportedly tells Tesla staff working remotely is no longer an option.

“They should pretend to work somewhere else.” That was Tesla’s TSLA, -2.88% chief executive officer Elon Musk, responding to an apparent leaked email making the rounds that was addressed to the electr...

Ethereum could ‘take over everything’, and there won’t be a multi-chain future, says EY’s blockchain leader

Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch, and I’ll walk you through the latest an...

Andreessen Horowitz raises $4.5 billion crypto fund in down market

Chris Dixon, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, discusses cryptocurrency during the TechCrunch Disrupt forum in San Francisco, October 2, 2019. Kate Munsch | Reuters Andreessen Horowitz plans to ...

Twitter’s stock falls below where Elon Musk bought it, turning a $1.1 billion profit into a $40 million loss

Easy come, easy go, as shares of Twitter Inc. fell below where Elon Musk bought it, wiping out more than $1.1 billion in gains in four weeks. The social-media company’s stock TWTR, -5.55% sank 6.0% in...

Electric vehicles are in short supply. Here’s what you can find as gas prices soar

Charging port for a Ford Motor Co. Mustang during the Washington Auto Show in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images As gas prices hit record highs, some Ameri...

Volkswagen CEO says carmaker will overtake Tesla on EV sales by 2025

The chief executive of Volkswagen believes Europe’s biggest carmaker can overtake Tesla to become the world’s largest seller of electric vehicles by 2025. Speaking to CNBC’s “S...

Chinese buyers not living in lockdown shake off EV price hikes

Guangzhou-based Xpeng is one of several Chinese electric car companies that’s started to expand overseas. Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — In a sign Chinese drivers are...

Elon Musk called ESG a scam — did the Tesla chief do investors a favor?

Investing usually uses a combination of head, heart and gut even if it’s not supposed to. And perhaps no market theme stirs “all the feels” quite like ESG. This week, a major move to cut Tesla from a ...

Why the first autonomous vehicles winners won’t be in your driveway

An Apollo Robotaxi runs at Shougang Park as Baidu launches China’s first driverless taxi service in the city on May 2, 2021 in Beijing, China. He Luqi | Qianlong.com | Visual China Group | Getty...

How Musk’s Twitter takeover plans shook Wall Street and social media

Elon Musk wears many hats as Tesla CEO, SpaceX CEO, and founder of the Boring Company and Neuralink. He’s also a prolific Twitter user. The news that Musk made a $44 billion offer to buy Twitter...

Electric vehicle prices rise at Tesla, Rivian, GM and other carmakers

Tesla’s Model 3 at the Tesla store in Washington, D.C. Salwan Georges | The Washington Post | Getty Images Automakers from Tesla to Rivian to Cadillac are hiking prices on their electric vehicle...

Tesla stock’s very bad week gets worse after the allegations against Musk

Tesla Inc. shares closed at their lowest since late July, falling more than 6% on Friday following the allegations of sexual misconduct lobbed against Chief Executive Elon Musk. Tesla TSLA, -6.42% sto...