Become ‘Biggest Financial Institution In The World’

Topline Twitter is nearing profitability, its billionaire owner and CEO Elon Musk claimed in a Tuesday interview, sharing further details on his lofty long-term aspirations for his social media compan...

Buffett’s Berkshire Chases Musk’s Tesla on Market Value

Watch out, Elon, Warren is catching up. With the drop in shares of Tesla this year, the market value of Berkshire Hathaway is hot on the heels of the electric-vehicle leader. Berkshire, led by longtim...

Elon Musk on the hook to pay more than $200 million to 3 fired Twitter execs

This story was updated with a more current tally of shares from Twitter’s most recent proxy statement.  When Twitter Inc.’s top executives walked out of its San Francisco headquarters Thursday, they m...

TWTR Stock Up As Deal With Musk To Close

Twitter (TWTR) shares will be delisted from trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday as its deal with Elon Musk is set to be finalized, according to a notice from the exchange. TWTR stock rose...

Opinion: This one stock stands out when looking at key data from the FAANG+ group

This has been a difficult year for tech-oriented stocks, but smart long-term investors often look for bargains. Why not buy quality merchandise when it is on sale? The FAANG group of stocks is well-kn...

Musk and Twitter Near a Deadline for Deal. What to Watch

Elon Musk has until Friday evening to close his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter or face an uphill legal battle in Delaware Chancery Court next month. Wall Street likely won’t be comfortable until c...

Tesla Stock Could Rebound in 3 Months. Here’s What it Would Take.

Elon Musk says that Tesla could someday be worth more than Apple and Saudi Aramco, combined. First, it needs to get through the next few months. Before Tesla (ticker: TSLA) reported third-quarter earn...

Elon Musk plans deep layoffs of 75% at Twitter: report

Tesla Inc. TSLA, -6.65% Chief Executive Elon Musk plans deep cuts at Twitter Inc. TWTR, +1.18% should he end up with the embattled company, according to a report in The Washington Post on Thursday. Th...

UBS has released its annual house-price bubble report. Here are the most overvalued markets.

The housing market is in something of its own recession as mortgage rates have surged. If the economist consensus is right about an existing home sales report due later in the morning, then sales will...

A Big Tesla Stock Sale Is Coming. We Don’t Know How Big.

It’s looking increasingly likely that Tesla investors will have to deal with their CEO Elon Musk buying social media platform Twitter In the long run, the issue for Tesla (ticker: TSLA) investors is m...

Tesla Won’t Stop Falling Until Musk Stops Selling. Here’s Where the Stock Is Headed.

Tesla stock has been having a terrible week, and it’s likely to get worse for the shares before it gets better. There are a few reasons for that. One is technical, the other is CEO Elon Musk. The week...

Elon Musk Renews Bid to Buy Twitter for Original Price, TWTR Stock Up 22%

Elon Musk appears set to put an end to the conflict with Twitter by revisiting his original deal to acquire the company. In a surprising turn of events, Elon Musk renewed his bid to purchase Twitter (...

Musk’s U-turn on buying Twitter (TWTR) sends its shares soaring over 20%

Tuesday, October 4, was the second consecutive day market participants rushed into stock as a short-term recovery occurred after the recent stock market rout caused by the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) late...

Stocks Jump Again, But Must Do This; TWTR Surges As Elon Musk Gives In

Dow Jones futures fell slightly overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. The stock market rally attempt continued Tuesday, as Treasury yields and the dollar retreated, amid hopes ...

Elon Musk says Twitter will eventually be part of ‘X, the everything app’

Elon Musk has a new plan for Twitter Inc. after giving up a legal battle and agreeing to pay $44 billion for the company Tuesday. ““Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app”” ...

Elon Musk’s Twitter Deal Is Very Pricey. Here’s the Math.

Elon Musk plans to buy Twitter for $44 billion, the original price he agreed to back in April. The world’s richest man is likely wishing he waited a few months to sign the contract. When Musk, the co-...

Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel accuses Fed of making one of the biggest policy mistakes in its 110-year history

““I think we’re giving Powell too much praise. … The last two years are one of the biggest policy mistakes in the 110-year history of the Fed by staying so easy when everything was booming.”” — Jeremy...

Bitcoin’s a market ‘tumor’ thanks to Fed’s easy money, says ‘Black Swan’ author

“‘Bitcoin, I call it a tumor. Real estate is another tumor. People have this notion that markets should behave the way they think they should behave. When you look at markets they swing from overvalue...

It’s a great time to scoop up bargain stocks. Here are 21 examples that could make you a lot of money.

Are you a contrarian investor? Sometimes it seems everyone claims to be one, but it isn’t easy, especially after a wipeout such as the one we saw on Sept. 13. An investor who wishes to pay bargain pri...

20 value stocks whose growth potential is overlooked by investors

After a years-long bull market in growth stocks, the beleaguered value strategy has outperformed this year, as rising interest rates apply pressure on equities. Below is a screen of large-cap value st...

What Stocks Are Moving Monday? Bristol Myers, Carvana, and MicroStrategy

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Stocks Poised to Open Higher on Monday

Stocks are poised to open higher in New York on Monday. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks are poised to open higher on Monday as investors await the August reading on inflation. On S...

Elon Musk Gives a New Reason to Cancel Twitter Deal

Text size Lawyers for Elon Musk said on Friday that Twitter’s severance payments to a former employee violate the merger agreement. AFP via Getty Images Lawyers for Tesla CEO Elon Musk said late...

Musk’s Lawyers to Make Case for Whistleblower Complaint to Be Added to Lawsuit

Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Photo by CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images) Elon Musk’s lawyers on Tuesday are set to make their case to amend the billionaire’s counterclaims against Twitter to ...

Elon Musk and Twitter Set to Face Off at Omnibus Hearing Next Week

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The Boss May Not Like It. But Millions of Workers Aren’t Coming Back to the Office.

Erin Li, a 29-year-old working for an advertising firm in Los Angeles, is looking for a new job that allows full-time remote work.  Li is worried that her current employer will require her to work fro...

Facebook and Snap Stock are Both Cheap. Why Shares May Still Struggle.

Social media may be the most influential innovation of the 21st century. In 2022, if an event doesn’t make it to a social feed, it never really happened, like the tree that falls in a forest with no a...

Twitter Warns Staff of Potential Cuts to Employee Bonuses

Twitter warned staff that the size of bonus payments this year was at risk because of financial difficulties, adding to belt-tightening measures tech companies are implementing during an economic down...

“Squashed like a bug”: Distressed-bond manager makes a multibillion-dollar options bet against Tesla

Scott Burg, the chief investment officer of Deer Park Road Management Co, who made the prediction that Tesla would be “squashed like a bug” in a 2020 tweet, bought put options on almost 4.8 million Te...

With Elon Musk Buy More Likely, Twitter Stock Can Go to $50

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