Target CEO Brian Cornell defended his decision to pull some of the retailer's Pride Collection merchandise off shelves earlier this year, saying backlash against the items led to the most serious safety threats that he can recall in his decade with the company.In an interview with CNBC's Becky Quick...
Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir arrives for a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023.Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty ImagesShares of Palantir popped 21% Thursday after the company released third-quarter earnings that beat analysts'...
Nikola TRE FCEV2Courtesy: NikolaElectric truck maker Nikola said Thursday that it has received nearly 300 orders for its new hydrogen fuel cell semitruck – but it's facing what will be a costly recall of its earlier battery-electric trucks.Nikola recalled all of its Tre battery-electric trucks, 209 in total, in...
Construction workers at a project in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, NY on Oct. 6th, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBCThe cost of labor unexpectedly declined in the third quarter, providing at least some relief on the inflation front, the Labor Department reported Thursday.Unit labor costs, a measure of...
Moderna on Thursday posted a steep loss for the third quarter as it recorded a large write-down due to unused doses of its Covid vaccine, its only marketable product, and unveiled plans to scale back production of the shot. Moderna's total revenue for the period topped Wall Street's expectations, even...
Alain Jocard | AFP | Getty ImagesAmazon is unveiling its first buy now, pay later checkout option for the millions of small business owners that use its online store, CNBC learned exclusively.The tech giant plans to announce Thursday that its partnership with Affirm is expanding to include Amazon Business,...
Berkshire Hathaway 's shares are trading at a significant discount, offering investors a buying opportunity ahead of the conglomerate's earnings report, according CFRA. Catherine Seifert, CFRA's Berkshire analyst, noted that Berkshire's Class B shares trade at 17 times her 2025 operating EPS estimate of $19.95 and at 18 times...
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Starbucks — Shares of the coffee giant jumped 5.6% after Starbucks' quarterly earnings and revenue exceeded analysts' expectations. The company's same-store sales also rose by 8%, driven by higher average checks and a 3% increase in customer traffic to Starbucks...