Stocks making the biggest moves midday: URBN, PTON, AAP, ZM

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Crocs — Shares of the footwear company gained 1% following an upgrade to buy at Williams Trading. The investment firm said Crocs’ addition of actress Sydney Sweeney as a spokesperson for its Heydude brand could reverse previously negative sales trends. Nordson — The adhesives stock added […]

Here’s everything to expect from Fed Chair Powell’s speech Friday in Jackson Hole

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, U.S., July 31, 2024.  Kevin Mohatt | Reuters For all the attention being paid to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s policy speech Friday, the chances of it containing any […]

Mike Lynch, man once dubbed ‘Britain’s Bill Gates,’ dies at age 59

Mike Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. He was acquitted of fraud charges in June after defending himself in a trial over allegations that he artificially inflated Autonomy’s value in an $11.7 billion sale to tech giant Hewlett Packard. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — British technology entrepreneur […]

Philadelphia Fed President Harker advocates for interest rate cut in September

Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker on Thursday provided a strong endorsement to an interest rate cut on the way September. Speaking to CNBC from the Fed’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Harker gave the most direct statement yet from a central bank official that monetary policy easing is almost a certainty when officials […]

How to find profitable small cap stocks

The Russell 2000 may have a profitability problem. Though the small-cap index gained 10.1% in July, it’s dropped roughly 4% so far in August, as of Thursday morning. ALPS’ Paul Baiocchi chalks up the volatile moves to the index’s overall composition, with an estimate from Apollo Global showing 40% of those companies have negative earnings. […]

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: CROX, PARA, DB, SNOW

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Crocs — The footwear stock ticked up more than 1% after an upgrade to buy from hold at Williams Trading. The investment firm said Crocs’ move to sign actress Sydney Sweeney as a spokesperson for its Heydude brand could help reverse negative sales trends. Agilent Technologies […]

China’s self-driving startup WeRide delays U.S. IPO as deadline looms

In this photo illustration, a WeRide logo of Chinese robotaxi firm is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Getty Images Self-driving technology company WeRide delayed its plan for an initial public offering in the U.S., citing its need for more time to complete documents. “Updating transaction documents is currently taking longer than expected, […]

British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch found in Sicily yacht wreckage

Mike Lynch, former chief executive officer at Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Autonomy unit, speaking at a conference on Thursday, April 25, 2013.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The body of British technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch, 59, has been retrieved from the wreckage of a yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, a source […]

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: SNOW, ZM, URBN

Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Snowflake — Shares tumbled nearly 7% even after the software company beat quarterly expectations and slightly raised its full-year product revenue guidance. Snowflake reported fiscal second-quarter adjusted earnings of 18 cents per share, higher than the 16 cents per share expected by analysts surveyed by LSEG. […]