DAL, SOUN, WDFC, TSLA and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Delta Air Lines — The stock fell almost 5% after the airline issued a sales growth forecast for the third quarter that came in below expectations. The company also reported an almost 30% decrease in net income for the second quarter compared to a year ago. […]

High inflation is largely not Biden’s or Trump’s fault, economists say

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Inflation decelerated again in June, bringing further relief to consumers’ wallets. The consumer price index rose 3% in June 2024 from June 2023, down from a […]

3 stocks set to bounce once the Fed finally lowers interest rates

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq on Thursday retreated from their record highs, set in the previous session, after a cooler-than-expected inflation report sent investors out of Big Tech […]

Banks get closer to releasing deposits of stranded customers

Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Images There may be relief for the thousands of Americans whose savings have been locked in frozen fintech accounts for the past two months. Banks involved in the mess caused by the collapse of fintech intermediary Synapse have made progress piecing together account information for stranded customers that could […]

Investors concerned AI isn’t being adopted fast enough, Goldman says

The stock market’s red-hot mania for artificial intelligence is increasingly detached from reality as adoption of the burgeoning technology appears slower than expected, according to Goldman Sachs. “Our conversations with investors have been defined by skepticism about latter stages of AI adoption,” Ryan Hammond of Goldman’s portfolio strategy research team said in a recent note […]

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: DAL, COST, PFE

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Delta Air Lines — Shares tumbled 9% after the airline issued a lower-than-expected sales growth forecast in the current quarter. Net income also fell 30% in the second quarter despite revenue reaching record highs. Costco Wholesale — Costco shares added nearly 3% after the wholesale club […]

China’s robotaxi push sparks concerns about job security for drivers

More than 70% of Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi rides in Wuhan were fully driverless as of April, and the company said in May it expected 100% of the rides to be completely autonomous in coming quarters. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s yearslong effort to develop robotaxis is starting to gain traction […]

Bitwise CIO sees birth of a new asset class

Wall Street is getting ready for a new batch of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds: ethereum.  Spot ether ETFs could hit the market as soon as this week, pending U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approval, and Bitwise Asset Management’s Matthew Hougan plans to get in on the action. “What you’re seeing is this sort of the birth […]

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: WDFC, COST

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : WD-40 Company — Shares gained 11% after the maker of metal lubricants reported fiscal third-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations. WD-40 posted earnings of $1.46 per share on revenue of $155 million, higher than the earnings of $1.39 per share on revenue of $145.8 million […]

INTU, AMD, LZ, BIDU and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Intuit — Shares of the TurboTax parent company fell nearly 4% after it said it will slash 1,800 jobs , or about 10% of its workforce, as it boosts investments in artificial intelligence. Intuit said it plans to rehire 1,800 people for engineering, product and consumer-focused […]