Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: AAPL, AMGN, NET

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Hershey — Shares of the chocolate confectionary maker added about 1% after Hershey posted a first-quarter earnings beat. The company reported adjusted earnings of $3.07 per share, which came above the $2.76 per share analysts polled by LSEG had expected. Hershey’s $3.25 billion revenue also beat […]

China’s automakers must adapt quickly or lose out on the EV boom

Chinese new energy vehicle giant shows off the latest version of its Han electric sedan at the Beijing auto show on April 26, 2024. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — Chinese automakers, including state-owned auto giant GAC Group, can’t afford to take it easy in the country’s electric car boom if they want to survive. […]

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: AAPL, NET, EXPE, SQ

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Apple — The iPhone maker advanced 7% as it announced a $110 billion share repurchase and a top- and bottom-line beat. Apple’s fiscal second-quarter earnings came in at $1.53 per share, while revenue was $90.75 billion. That surpassed analysts’ estimates for earnings of $1.50 per share […]

AAPL, PTON, W, CVNA and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Apple — Shares ticked up roughly 2% ahead of the iPhone maker’s second-quarter results due after the closing bell. Peloton — Shares dropped 13% after the exercise equipment company announced Thursday that CEO Barry McCarthy will be stepping down and that the company will lay off […]

PTON, CVNA, CI, QCOM and more

Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Peloton Interactive — Shares climbed 15% after the fitness company announced CEO Barry McCarthy will step down while it seeks a permanent CEO. Peloton also set a restructuring plan that will cut 15% of its staff, or about 400 employees. Once a pandemic darling, […]

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: EBAY, QCOM, DASH, CVNA

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: DoorDash — Shares of the food delivery company tumbled 13% after its first-quarter report revealed a wider-than-expected loss. DoorDash lost 6 cents per share on $2.51 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by LSEG were expecting a loss of 4 cents per share on $2.45 billion in […]

Fed rate decision May 2024: Fed holds rate steady

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held its ground on interest rates, again deciding not to cut as it continues a battle with inflation that has grown more difficult lately. In a widely expected move, the U.S. central bank kept its benchmark short-term borrowing rate in a targeted range between 5.25%-5.50%. The federal funds rate has […]

Here’s what changed in the new statement

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in March. Text removed […]

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: SMCI, SBUX, PFE

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. New York Community Bank — Shares of the beaten-down regional bank popped more than 31% after CEO Joseph Otting said in a release that “we have a clear path to profitability over the following two years.” The bank on Wednesday posted a quarterly loss of $335 […]

Why hundreds of U.S. banks may be at risk of failure

Hundreds of small and regional banks across the U.S. are feeling stressed. “You could see some banks either fail or at least, you know, dip below their minimum capital requirements,” Christopher Wolfe, managing director and head of North American banks at Fitch Ratings, told CNBC. Consulting firm Klaros Group analyzed about 4,000 U.S. banks and […]