Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Domino's Pizza , Ulta Beauty — Shares surged about 8% after Berkshire Hathaway announced a new stake in the pizza chain in a regulatory filing. The Warren Buffett-led firm bought more than 1.2 million shares, making the stake worth around...
Disney is back. After several quarters of cutting costs and revamping its streaming business, CEO Robert Iger's turnaround plans is paying off: On Thursday, the entertainment giant reported strong quarterly earnings and a robust outlook for the coming year. Revenue in the fiscal fourth quarter totaled $22.57 billion, topping...
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Disney — The media stock popped 7% on stronger-than-expected earnings and guidance, aided by growth in its streaming business. The company said it expects high-single-digit adjusted earnings growth in fiscal 2025. Capri , Tapestry — Both luxury apparel stocks rose...
Scene from the FX series Shogun.Source: Disney | FXDisney has done the math on separating its TV networks business, and it appears too messy to be done — at least for now.The company's chief financial officer, Hugh Johnston, said Thursday on CNBC's "Squawk Box" that the "cost is probably...
Baupost's Seth Klarman took a sizable stake in discount store Dollar General last quarter, while exiting Michael Kors-owner Capri before its megadeal to merge with Tapestry was blocked by regulators. The notable hedge fund investor built a $195 million stake in Dollar General, making it his eighth biggest holding...
Check out the companies making...
Disney is back. After several...
Gregg Greenberg spent 14 years as a journalist at TheStreet.com where he wrote the highly popular column "The 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week". His work has appeared in magazines ranging from Glamour to ESPN the Magazine, and on humor sites such as Points in Case.
After staving off recession for longer than many thought possible, the US consumer is finally about to crack, according to Bloomberg’s latest Markets Live Pulse survey. More than half of 526 respondents said that personal consumption — the most important driver of economic growth — will shrink in early 2024, which would...
Morgan Stanley has pushed back against Treasury bears, saying investors should buy US sovereign debt as markets may be too optimistic over the prospect of a soft-landing for the economy. Treasuries are also likely to be supported as inflation can keep slowing even if growth does remain relatively healthy, strategists...
Short sellers are raking in profits by betting against a part of the US equity market overlooked by most investors: small-cap stocks. The group has seen paper profits of nearly $13 billion this year by wagering on a drop in the prices of small-, micro- and nano-cap shares, according to...
Tesla Inc.’s Dojo supercomputer may add as much as $500 billion to the company’s market value through faster adoption of robotaxis and network services, according to Morgan Stanley. Dojo can open up “new addressable markets,” just like AWS did for Amazon.com Inc., analysts including Adam Jonas and Daniela M Haigian...
Traders in the $325 billion industry for emerging-market exchange-traded funds are shifting cash toward strategies that focus on brighter spots in the developing world as China’s economy stumbles. Actively managed ETFs — especially those with exposure to India’s world-beating growth and Latin American stocks — have lured nearly half a...
Welcome back to the Interchange! While we would love for all startups to succeed, the reality is that the vast majority fail. It’s not something that people often talk about, because quite frankly, it can be a downer topic. But failure is a part of life, and many founders who don’t...
Taylor Swift pauses between songs during her first sold-out concert of three nights at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in March.Fort Worth Star-telegram | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesLOS ANGELES – Taylor Swift changed the music industry. Now she's coming for the movies.The cinema industry is in a...
