Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Chevron — Stock in the oil major slipped more than 3% after the company’s second-quarter earnings missed Wall Street estimates. Chevron reported adjusted earnings $2.55 per share on revenue of $51.18 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG forecast earnings of $2.93 per share and $50.8 billion in […]
Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024. David A. Grogan Berkshire Hathaway‘s highly scrutinized cash pile could top $200 billion — more than the entire annual gross domestic product of Hungary — amid CEO Warren Buffett’s rare sale of […]
Morgan Stanley on Friday told its army of financial advisors that it will soon allow them to offer bitcoin ETFs to some clients, a first among major Wall Street banks, CNBC has learned. The firm’s 15,000 or so financial advisors can solicit eligible clients to purchase shares of two exchange-traded bitcoin funds starting Wednesday, according […]
People walk through a Manhattan mall on July 05, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Hiring in the U.S. slowed significantly last month, with information and financial sectors registering job losses. The information services sector was a notable weak spot for July, posting a job loss of […]
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Exxon Mobil — The energy giant reported a stronger-than-expected profit for the second quarter amid record production in Guyana and the Permian Basin. Earnings per share came in at $2.14, beating an LSEG forecast of $2.01 per share. Shares were up slightly in the premarket. Intel […]
Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 4, 2024. CNBC Warren Buffett is not done selling Bank of America. Berkshire Hathaway shed a total of 19.2 million BofA shares on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for almost $779 million at an average selling price of $40.52 per share, according […]
Signage for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is displayed outside the central bank’s headquarters in Singapore. Sam Kang Li | Bloomberg | Getty Images Singapore’s central bank has established a task force to bolster the city-state’s stock market. The Monetary Authority of Singapore announced that the review group will evaluate measures to “improve the […]
Customers are trying on and learning about Apple Vision Pro headsets at an Apple store in Shanghai, China, on July 22, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Apple – Shares of the iPhone maker slipped nearly 2%, even as the company beat analysts’ estimates on […]
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Shake Shack — The stock gained more than 15% after the burger chain’s revenue topped estimates. Shake Shack earned 27 cents per share, excluding items, on revenue of $316 million, above the LSEG estimate of $314 million. Shake Shack also narrowed its full-year revenue estimate to […]
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Hershey — Shares were down 7% in the premarket after the chocolate maker posted second-quarter results that missed analyst expectations. The company earned $1.27 per share on revenue of $2.07 billion. Analysts polled by LSEG expected a profit of $1.43 per share on revenue of $2.31 […]