Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Quantum stocks — Quantum computing stocks dropped after Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg became the latest high-profile executive to ease expectations for the technology. Rigetti Computing dropped 27%, while D-Wave Quantum shed 32%. The Defiance Quantum & AI ETF lost...
Clearwater Analytics, a company developing accounting, compliance, and risk reporting tools for asset managers, said on Monday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire investment management platform Enfusion for $1.5 billion. Clearwater, which says it has obtained an $800 million loan to fund the transaction, along with a...
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Quantum stocks — Quantum stocks tumbled on Monday morning, following comments from Mark Zuckerberg echoing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang that quantum is at least a decade away from being a "useful paradigm." Zuckerberg made the comments on a Friday episode...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Lululemon and Abercrombie & Fitch raised their fourth quarter outlooks on Monday after seeing a strong response from shoppers during the all-important holiday season. Lululemon's new outlook went over well with investors, leading shares to rise about 3% in premarket trading. But Abercrombie shares dropped about 8%...
Float Financial, an expense management and corporate card startup focused on the Canadian market, has raised $48.5 million in a Series B funding round. The Toronto-based fintech likens itself to U.S.-based fintech giants Brex and Ramp but says it is different in that its sole focus is on Canadian SMBs,...
The march higher in U.K. government bond yields since the launch of the Labour government's debut budget plan in October sparked widespread concern last week, as borrowing costs rose to breach numerous decade highs.The prospect of public spending cuts or further tax rises came into focus as 30-year gilt...
The corporate earnings season kicks off in earnest this week, led by the six major U.S. banks. Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America are all scheduled to post fourth-quarter results. UnitedHealth is also among the roughly 20 S & P 500 names...
Shapecharge | E+ | Getty ImagesThe labor market may be poised for dislocation with President-elect Donald Trump set to take office for the second time later this month.For the past two years, health care has dominated all other industries in terms of growth, aided partly by Covid-related spending. The...
After accounting startup Bench abruptly shut down on December 27 and was bought in a fire-sale by Employer.com, Bench customers are now learning they can’t easily just take their financial data and leave. And some are very unhappy about it, three customers told TechCrunch. To recap: When Bench, a startup based...
VILNIUS, Lithuania, January 10th, 2025, FinanceWireWhiteBIT TR cryptocurrency exchange has announced a strategic partnership with Turkey’s first neobank, Misyon Bank, ushering in 2025 with a significant milestone for the Turkish cryptocurrency sector. This collaboration enables Misyon Bank to connect with individual investors across Europe through WhiteBIT TR, marking its...
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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.
“It’s much more fun to give while you are alive than to give when you are dead,” said Chuck Feeney, one of America’s most prolific philanthropists. The multi-billionaire entrepreneur who made his fortune as co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group and pledged to give away all but $2 million...
Pepsi products at a convenience store in Crockett, California, US, on Friday, June 16, 2023.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPepsiCo on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts' expectations and raised its outlook for its full-year earnings.Shares of the company rose 2% in premarket trading.Here's what the...
Stratos Wealth Holdings has hired a new national business development manager as it seeks to grow its reach across the U.S. Gary Kuhn joins the firm from workforce solutions firm Nesco Resource but was previously with MassMutual following its acquisition of MetLife’s advisor business where he began his career in...
European shares rallied after dovish comments by Federal Reserve officials and the prospect of more economic stimulus by China brought some risk appetite back to markets as investors continue to evaluate the potential impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Treasuries jumped, catching up with Monday’s global government bond rally, when cash trading in the US...
The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank kick off this week against a backdrop of escalating global conflict and debt distress. A new outbreak of violence in Israel and the grinding war in Ukraine add a grim dynamic to the Washington-based lenders’ efforts to rally their...
The outbreak of conflict in the Middle East is adding to a long list of concerns that has investors dumping developing-nation assets for the safety of the dollar. The surprise weekend attack on Israel sent Middle Eastern stocks plunging and rippled across crowded currency trades. Equity gauges in Dubai and...
Investors are backing off from bets on a continued selloff in US stock futures, according to Citigroup Inc. strategists. Although positioning in both S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures remains moderately bearish, “the pace of flows has slowed significantly,” the team led by Chris Montagu wrote in a note dated...
