A contractor for First Solar Inc. works on construction of the Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center South project in Imperial County, California. Sam Hodgson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Dropbox — Shares of the data services company soared 13% during extended trading after the company announced
Dropbox shares rose as much as 16% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. The stock exceeded the $21 price at which it sold shares in its initial public offering in 2018. It had not closed above $21 since September. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: 16 cents per share,
Holiday shoppers take part in early Black Friday shopping deals at the Gap store in Times Square in New York. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Gap is the latest retailer to dip its toes into the secondhand apparel market, following the lead of Macy’s, Nordstrom and others, in a bid to stay relevant in an industry
James Gorman, chief executive officer and chairman of Morgan Stanley, speaks during the International Economic Forum Of The Americas (IEFA) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Wednesday June 12, 2019. Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg Financial services firms are moving out of their comfort zone. Some of the most recognizable names on Wall Street,
James Gorman, chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, fixes his jacket during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Morgan Stanley China Summit in Beijing, China, on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs had plenty of chances to make an offer for discount brokerage E-Trade before
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday that he found the Democratic debate in Las Vegas difficult to watch as Sen. Bernie Sanders assailed billionaire Mike Bloomberg and the wealthy. “It was painful because your wealth was really under fire last night,” Cramer said on “Squawk Box.” “How did this get to be, that if you’re wealthy
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, January 14, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 128 points The Dow slid 128.05 points, or 0.44%, to 29,219.98. The S&P 500 dipped 0.38% to 3,373.23. The Nasdaq Composite pulled back 0.67% to 9,750.96. A wave of risk-off sentiment, coupled
A Stamps.com promotional image Source: Stamps.com There’s volatility and then there’s Stamps.com. Shares of Stamps.com rallied more than 50% on Thursday after the mailing and shipping services company posted quarterly numbers that blew away analyst expectations. The company reported an adjusted profit of $2.12 per share for the fourth quarter on revenue of $160.9 million.
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Michael Wayland / CNBC LAS VEGAS – The success of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette won’t solely be defined by the car’s profits, performance or initial sales, which the company is describing as “unprecedented.” The success of the eighth-generation Corvette will largely rest on whether the mid-engine vehicle can attract a new generation
Japanese sword-making is a tradition that goes back centuries, and one that’s carried on to this day. Each sword takes dedication, skill and can take over 18 months to create. The resulting blades can be worth thousands of dollars. So what makes them so expensive? Becoming a swordsmith in Japan takes a 5-year apprenticeship, and
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If mobile payment apps became as popular in the U.S. as they are in China, banks would lose a projected $43 billion in revenue annually. Bloomberg QuickTake explains how cheap and easy payments by phone are threatening one of the banking industry’s most profitable businesses. Video by Robin Fall
CNN’s Jon Sarlin explores the different ways that the social media giant has kept competitors at bay — and why that could now spell trouble.
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a campaign event on February 17, 2020 in Richmond, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Justin Sullivan When Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., proposed legislation last year to tax stock trades, he decried the “recklessness of Wall Street billionaires” and cited a goal of building an economy
Shares of Plug Power are surging, and social media users are weighing in on the stock on popular sites including Reddit, putting it among the ranks of other often discussed and speculative trading names like Tesla and Virgin Galactic. On Wednesday, absent any news such as quarterly earnings results that could conceivably drive the stock
Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island (or Isla de Pascua), is one of the most remote inhabited places on the planet. It’s hard to find on a map — the island is little more than a stray dot in the vast southeastern Pacific Ocean. Its closest neighbors are the tiny Pitcairn Islands (some 1,200
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Zillow — Shares of the real estate information company climbed 8% in extended trading after the company reported strong fourth-quarter financial results. Zillow had revenue of $944 million in the quarter, while analysts were expecting $815 million, according to
Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Getty Images Chipmaker Analog Devices on Wednesday forecast second-quarter revenue that fell short of analysts’ estimates, as the company accounted for a $70 million hit related to the coronavirus outbreak. Analog Devices joins Apple and a host of other companies expecting potential damages from the rapidly spreading virus, which
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Getty Images The IRS will soon start make house calls to high-income individuals who didn’t submit a tax return. Starting this month, the agency will send its revenue officers to visit people with income in excess of $100,000 and who failed to file Form 1040 in 2018 or in previous years. “These visits shouldn’t come
Trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Goldman Sachs sounded the alarm on Wednesday to clients about a possible correction in the stock market, noting investors are underestimating how big of a risk the coronavirus really is. “We believe the greater risk is that the impact of the
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, January 24, 2020. Lucas Jackson | Reuters A bubble has formed in defensive and low-volatility stocks as coronavirus fears drove a record number of investors to those pockets of the market, according to JPMorgan’s quant guru
Dish Networks exhibit at CES 2016 in Las Vegas. Justin Solomon | CNBC U.S. satellite TV provider Dish Network’s quarterly results beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, as it lost fewer pay-TV subscribers. Dish has been struggling to retain subscribers for its pay-TV business, as customers shift to online streaming services including those from Netflix,
Ford has had its share of struggles lately, including last year’s launch of its bestselling 2020 Explorer, a popular sport utility vehicle thought to be a bit of a cash cow for the automaker. Ford said in February that its president of automotive, Joe Hinrichs, would retire. Hinrichs oversaw operations for the automaker. Some automotive
While most people associate the Playboy Mansion with scantily clad playmates and sex-fueled debauchery, it served as the childhood home for Hugh Hefner’s sons. Now 23, Hefner’s youngest son, Cooper, recounts his childhood spent in what many consider to be a sort of adult fantasyland. For Cooper, it was quite the opposite: a child’s wonderland
US President Donald Trump has called a partial ceasefire in hostilities with the Chinese telecoms group. But in an interview before Mr Trump’s comments, Ren Zhengfei, chairman of Huawei, told FT Global China editor James Kynge his company would survive by relying on business outside the US. And Huawei is still expected to reduce reliance
There are now over 6,000 ETFs on 60 exchanges and ETFs exist for everything from corporate bonds to gold bars to oil futures. Like the USB port or a gas pump, ETFs have basically standardized the entire universe of investing so that everything under the sun now trades like shares of Apple. But what, exactly
To tackle Thailand’s trash problem, Universal Biopack uses a unique formula to create zero-waste packaging from cassava and bamboo.
skynesher | E+ | Getty Images If you’re like many Americans, you’re carrying a balance on your credit cards. And the candidate you choose in November for president could have an affect on how well you grapple with those debts. The latest numbers from the Federal Reserve show that credit card balances climbed to $930
Leon Cooperman at the 2019 Delivering Alpa conference in New York on Sept. 19. 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Shares of Workday climbed Tuesday when billionaire investor Leon Cooperman said he had taken a stake in the company. Cooperman, founder of Omega Advisors, spoke Tuesday with CNBC’s Scott Wapner on “Fast Money Halftime Report.” He