Day: July 21, 2022

Mattel CEO says ‘Barbie’ movie production wrapped Thursday, exactly a year before release date
Business

Mattel CEO says ‘Barbie’ movie production wrapped Thursday, exactly a year before release date

Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz told CNBC’s Jim Cramer that the company’s highly anticipated Barbie movie finished production on Thursday. “What is special now is that today, we actually wrapped production, principal photography, for the Barbie movie, exactly one year before we release it theatrically worldwide with our partners, Warner Brothers. … Look out for that,” […]

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Cramer’s lightning round: I’d be very careful with ZIM Integrated Shipping
Business

Cramer’s lightning round: I’d be very careful with ZIM Integrated Shipping

“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he’s giving his answers to callers’ stock questions at rapid speed. Source

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Nasdaq futures slide as Snap results weigh on technology stocks
Finance

Nasdaq futures slide as Snap results weigh on technology stocks

Nasdaq futures fell in overnight trading Thursday as investors digested a fresh batch of corporate earnings and disappointing results from Snap, which sent social media shares reeling. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.15%, or 48 points. S&P 500 futures fell 0.37% and Nasdaq 100 futures tumbled 0.68%.  Shares of the Snapchat […]

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Jim Cramer offers his favorite stock picks for 3 possible recession scenarios
Business

Jim Cramer offers his favorite stock picks for 3 possible recession scenarios

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday gave investors his top stock picks for three different recession outcomes. “We’ve got mild, we’ve got moderate and we’ve got severe. … . Can we avoid a recession altogether? There’s always the chance,” but investors shouldn’t hold their breath, he said. Investors have piled into tech stocks this week, betting […]

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Social media and online ad stocks drop in wake of alarming Snap earnings report
Technology

Social media and online ad stocks drop in wake of alarming Snap earnings report

Snap Inc. signage is displayed on screens outside of the Morgan Stanley building in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Social media and ad tech stocks fell in after-hours trading on Thursday after Snap reported disappointing second-quarter results and plans to slow hiring. Analysts were expecting sales growth of 18% for the […]

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Why Amazon’s three biggest deals ever were for a grocery chain, movie studio, and health care provider
Health

Why Amazon’s three biggest deals ever were for a grocery chain, movie studio, and health care provider

A sign is posted in front of a One Medical office on July 21, 2022 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Amazon still makes most of its revenue from orders placed through its online stores, and most of its profit from its cloud computing arm. Both of those businesses were built almost […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Snap, Meta Platforms, Mattel and more
Finance

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Snap, Meta Platforms, Mattel and more

People walk past Snap Inc. Snapchat signage displayed in downtown Los Angeles, California on October 2, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Snap – Shares of the Snapchat parent company plummeted more than 26% in extended trading after reporting a miss on the […]

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Monarch butterfly is added to the international threatened species list
Business

Monarch butterfly is added to the international threatened species list

A monarch butterfly in the butterfly pavilion at the LA County Natural History museum Wednesday, June 1, 2022. David Crane | MediaNews Group | Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images The iconic black and orange monarch butterfly is threatened with extinction because of habitat destruction and climate change, international conservationists said on Thursday. The monarch […]

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Jan. 6 committee to detail Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction during Capitol riot – follow live updates
Politics

Jan. 6 committee to detail Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction during Capitol riot – follow live updates

The Jan. 6 select committee’s eighth public hearing Thursday will go inside the White House to detail then-President Donald Trump’s hourslong refusal to call for an end to the Capitol riot. The hearing, set to start at 8 p.m. ET, marks the final scheduled presentation of the committee’s initial findings from its investigation of the […]

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Snap shares plunge 25% on disappointing second-quarter results and plans to slow hiring
Technology

Snap shares plunge 25% on disappointing second-quarter results and plans to slow hiring

Kirsty O’Connor | Getty Images Snap shares plummeted more than 25% in extended trading on Thursday after the social media company reported disappointing second-quarter results and said it plans to slow hiring as it reckons with weakening revenue growth. Co-founders Evan Spiegel, the CEO, and technology chief Bobby Murphy agreed to new employment contracts that […]

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