(Follow along with our full coverage of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting here. Warren Buffett begins talking at 9 a.m. ET.)Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported first-quarter results on Saturday that showed a steep drop in operating earnings from the year-earlier period. The conglomerate, which owns a vast array of insurance,...
Venmo is more than just a way to split dinner bills. It has become a cultural phenomenon. Known for blending digital payments with social interaction, Venmo introduced a new way to think about money. It made peer-to-peer payments simple, quick, and even fun.In 2025, Venmo remains one of the...
Eaton , a maker of power management solutions for AI data centers and other commercial markets, delivered a solid quarter on Friday that raised more questions for us than it answered. Earnings per share for the first quarter ended in March rose more than 33% from the year-ago period...
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: It's been a great week for the U.S. stock market. The S & P 500 is up 1.6% Friday,...
Although one quarter isn't enough to squash all concerns, the good results were a step in the right direction.
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Duolingo — Shares soared more than 18% after the language learning app guided toward a better-than-expected revenue forecast. Duolingo estimates second-quarter revenue will come in between $239 million and $242 million, while analysts polled by LSEG expected $234 million. Full-year...
Apple CEO Tim Cook, center, watches during the inauguration ceremonies for President Donald Trump, right, and Vice President JD Vance, left, in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025.Shawn Thew | Afp | Getty ImagesA tale of two different technology companies is playing out this...
Block shares were on track for their second-worst day Friday, plunging more than 20% as investors digested a brutal quarterly report and a wave of analyst downgrades centered on one issue: Cash App.The first-quarter earnings miss rattled Wall Street, prompting multiple firms — including Wells Fargo, Seaport, BMO, and...
Job growth was stronger than expected in April despite worries over the impact of President Donald Trump's blanket tariffs against U.S. trading partners.Nonfarm payrolls increased a seasonally adjusted 177,000 for the month, slightly below the downwardly revised 185,000 in March but above the Dow Jones estimate for 133,000, the...
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Block — The financial technology stock plunged nearly 22% following weak first-quarter revenue. Block said it brought in $5.77 billion, while analysts surveyed by LSEG had projected $6.20 billion. Atlassian – Shares sank 12% after the software company issued weak guidance....
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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.
There has been a flood of settlements this year in 401(k) plans lawsuits, netting plaintiffs and the law firms that built the cases millions of dollars. Several of those cases involved financial services firms, including MetLife, which recently indicated in court records that it has reached a deal to settle...
The mergers and acquisitions marketplace for registered investment advisors saw a summer surge this year, according to a report by Echelon Partners, a boutique investment bank focused on the investment management and wealth management industries. According to Echelon, in the quarter ended Sept. 30, RIA buyers announced 86 transactions,...
Jamie Dimon, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida, U.S., February 8, 2023. Marco Bello | ReutersAmerican banks are closing out another quarter in which interest rates surged, reviving concerns about shrinking...
Members of the United Auto Workers union picket outside the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Sept. 26, 2023.Matthew Hatcher | AFP | Getty ImagesDETROIT – Ford Motor is "at the limit" of what it can offer the United Auto Workers union in terms of economic concessions, an...
A construction in a multifamily and single family residential housing complex is shown in the Rancho Penasquitos neighborhood, in San Diego, California, September 19, 2023.Mike Blake | ReutersIn theory, getting inflation closer to the Federal Reserve's 2% target doesn't sound terribly difficult.The main culprits are related to services and...
Maersk is one of the world's biggest container shippers.Andia | UIG via Getty ImagesDanish logistics giant Maersk is adding SpaceX's Starlink to more than 330 container ships, the companies announced Thursday.Maersk said the installation of the Starlink internet service is expected to be complete by the first quarter of...
A top House Republican is threatening to subpoena the Securities and Exchange Commission for any documents about U.S. involvement in crafting European Union environmental, social and governance regulations that GOP lawmakers say harm American businesses. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer expressed concern to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler in a...
