Month: July 2022
Here’s what to expect ahead of Apple earnings after April’s supply-constraint warning
We remain cautiously optimistic heading into Apple’s fiscal third-quarter earnings, which will be released after the closing bell Thursday. Source
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A ‘discretionary goods recession’ will hurt Best Buy, Jefferies says in downgrade
Best Buy investors should brace for more pain ahead, according to Jefferies. Analyst Jonathan Matuszewski downgraded shares of Best Buy to hold from buy, after the company lowered its forecast for the current quarter and fiscal year . Best Buy joins several other retailers that have reduced guidance because of weakening consumer demand. “[We] revisited […]
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Air conditioning is a climate disaster and Bill Gates is investing in this startup to fix it
The Blue Frontier founding team testing a prototype at Oak Ridge National Labs. From left to right: Matt Graham (VP of Engineering), Daniel Betts (CEO) and Matt Tilghman (CTO). Air conditioning has the potential to keep people cool as climate change keeps making the planet hotter. At the same time, conventional air conditioning technology uses […]
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Goldman Sachs downgrades Teladoc, slashes price target by nearly 35%, citing weak outlook
Goldman Sachs downgraded Teladoc Health and slashed its price target by nearly 35% after the telemedicine company issued a weak forecast. Teladoc shares plunged 21% in premarket trading on Thursday. On Wednesday, the company lowered its third-quarter forecast , citing challenges around consumer sentiment, currency headwinds and wage inflation for the weaker outlook. “While TDOC […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves in the premarket: Stanley Black & Decker, Southwest Airlines, Harley-Davidson and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Spirit Airlines (SAVE) – Spirit shares rose 3.9% in premarket trading after it agreed to be acquired by JetBlue (JBLU) for $33.50 per share in cash. That follows yesterday’s rejection by shareholders of Spirit’s previous deal to merge with Frontier Airlines parent Frontier […]
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JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes and Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie break down blockbuster airline deal
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email CNBC’s Phil LeBeau sits down with JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes and Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie to discuss JetBlue’s move to buy Spirit after the discount carrier decided to end its merger plans with Frontier Airlines. The pair of CEOs explain how […]
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Pfizer’s Covid vaccine and treatment drive second-quarter earnings beat
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill Paxlovid is seen in boxes, at Misericordia hospital in Grosseto, Italy, February 8, 2022. Jennifer Lorenzini | Reuters Pfizer’s second-quarter revenue and profit beat Wall Street expectations, driven by sales of its Covid-19 vaccine and its antiviral treatment Paxlovid. Pfizer’s revenue grew by 47% to $27.7 billion compared the same […]
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Solar stocks jump as Schumer, Manchin announce climate spending deal
Contractors install SunRun solar panels on the roof of a home in San Jose, California, on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Solar stocks jumped on Thursday after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., said they’ve reached a deal on what would be the […]
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Samsung aims for foldable phone sales to overtake those of its now-dead but very popular Note devices
Samsung Electronics Co. said it is aiming for sales of its foldable phones to surpass its now-discontinued Note series of smarpthones as it looks to boost profitabiltiy for its mobile division. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Samsung is hoping to take its foldable phones mainstream, saying Thursday that it’s aiming for sales of […]
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Having a woman in the boardroom or C-suite drives even wider diversity, study finds
shironosov | Getty Images If you want to take a good guess at a company’s gender diversity record, you might want to first look at who its CEO or board chair is, according to the findings of a new study. Having a female CEO at the helm of a company or chairing its board tends […]
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