Alibaba Offices In BeijingBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba on Friday beat profit expectations in its September quarter, but sales fell short as sluggishness in the world's second-largest economy hit consumer spending.Alibaba said net income rose 58% year-on-year to 43.9 billion Chinese yuan ($6.07 billion) in...
Bank of England in the City of London on 6th November 2024 in London, United Kingdom. The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the primary central business district CBD of London. The City of London is widely referred to simply as...
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...
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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.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission brought enforcement actions against three decentralized finance firms and signaled that more may be coming. The CFTC alleged on Thursday that the companies Opyn Inc., ZeroEx Inc. and Deridex Inc. broke the agency’s rules by illegally allowing US customers to trade digital-asset derivatives without registering. The...
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said that skipping an interest-rate hike at the US central bank’s upcoming policy meeting may be appropriate, while also signaling rates may have to rise further to get inflation back to 2%. The Federal Open Market Committee, the group of Fed policymakers...
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to dismiss underperformers as soon as next month, as part of the Wall Street firm’s annual evaluation of staff, the Financial Times reported. Reductions this year will be at the lower end of the bank’s usual range of 1% to 5% of its workforce, the...
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. Salame, who was the co-chief executive of FTX’s Bahamas subsidiary before the exchange imploded last November, appeared in Manhattan federal court on Thursday afternoon. Flanked by lawyers and wearing a blue suit and Bitcoin...
HSBC Holdings Plc has made a u-turn on its dollar forecast, predicting the world’s reserve currency will now strengthen well into next year given weaker global economic prospects. The greenback should gain as faltering growth in Europe and China weigh on risk sentiment and drive demand for assets linked to...
Global food prices resumed declines to the lowest in more than two years amid ample supplies of cooking oils and dairy, even as worries persist over flows of key staples from some regions. An index of food-commodity costs fell 2.1% last month on subdued demand and good output of vegetable...
The financial services industry has a history of furthering inequality — both within the business and the wider public — and that’s something that consumers want it to address. That’s according to a report Thursday from Veris Wealth Partners that highlighted ways for advisors to evaluate asset managers on their...
