Stocks making the biggest moves midday: HAL, WBD, ORCL

In this photo illustration, the Warner Bros. Discovery logo is displayed on a smartphone screen.Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesOccidental Petroleum, Halliburton, EOG Resources — Shares of oil and gas companies were higher Tuesday after Saudi Arabia earlier extended its one million barrel per day voluntary...

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Former Wells Fargo exec Tolstedt deserves prison in accounts scandal, US says

Wells Fargo & Co.’s former head of retail banking should spend a year in prison for impeding a probe of the bank’s practice of opening millions of accounts for customers without their authorization, prosecutors said. Carrie L. Tolstedt, the only executive at the bank to be accused of criminal wrongdoing...

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Orcale Stock Upgraded on AI Tailwinds

<p><strong>Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL)</strong> is up 2.1% before the bell, after Barclays upgraded the software stock to "overweight" from "equal weight. Like another <strong><a href="https://www.schaeffersresearch.com/content/news/2023/08/29/oracle-stock-upgraded-on-ai-tailwinds" target="_blank">Wall Street firm</a></strong> said, Barclays believe Oracle could see tailwinds from the artificial intelligence (AI) boom.&nbsp;</p> <p>The analyst also hiked its price target to $150 from...

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Warner Bros Discovery expects big earnings hit amid strikes

Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson star in Denis Villeneuve's remake of "Dune."Warner Bros.Warner Bros. Discovery is preparing investors for the effects of the writers' and actors' strikes if they continue through the end of this year.The company, in a Tuesday securities filing, said it adjusted its expectations, assuming the...

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