Month: October 2024

Carvana raises 2024 earnings guidance after topping Wall Street’s Q3 expectations
Business

Carvana raises 2024 earnings guidance after topping Wall Street’s Q3 expectations

A Carvana sign and signature vending machine in Tempe, Arizona. Michael Wayland | CNBC Carvana on Wednesday raised its 2024 earnings guidance after the online used-car retailer significantly topped Wall Street’s third-quarter expectations. Here’s how the company performed in the third quarter, compared with average estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 64 cents vs. 25 […]

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Meta’s Reality Labs posts .4 billion loss in third quarter
World

Meta’s Reality Labs posts $4.4 billion loss in third quarter

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presents Orion AR Glasses as he makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Despite Meta’s successful showcase of its Orion prototype AR glasses in September, the social media giant continues to lose […]

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Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy now available in the U.S. after shortages, FDA says
Health

Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy now available in the U.S. after shortages, FDA says

Packages containing syringes of the medications Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro at a shop in Mitte, Germany, July 11, 2024. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images All doses of Novo Nordisk‘s highly popular weight loss injection Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic are now available in the U.S., according to an update on the U.S. […]

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Starbucks is about to report earnings. Here’s what to expect
Business

Starbucks is about to report earnings. Here’s what to expect

Brian Niccol speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Oct. 30th, 2018.  Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Starbucks is set to share more details about its fiscal fourth quarter after the bell on Wednesday. The coffee giant shared its preliminary quarterly results on Oct. 22, showing that its sales fell for the third consecutive quarter. Here’s what […]

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The Trump-linked stocks set to make wild moves as election approaches
Finance

The Trump-linked stocks set to make wild moves as election approaches

Three stocks are generating buzz among day traders banking on a Donald Trump victory next week. Retail investors have increasingly focused in on Trump Media & Technology , Rumble and Phunware as stocks that can benefit if the Republican presidential nominee for president prevails. That’s already sent the names on wild moves — and they […]

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Fired Disney employee allegedly hacked menu system to falsely claim certain foods did not contain peanuts, complaint says
Health

Fired Disney employee allegedly hacked menu system to falsely claim certain foods did not contain peanuts, complaint says

The “Partners” statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, at Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, photographed Saturday, June 3, 2023. Joe Burbank | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A disgruntled former Disney employee is being accused of hacking into menu-creating software used by the […]

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Eli Lilly’s Zepbound and Mounjaro are no longer in shortage. Here’s where their sales still fell short
Health

Eli Lilly’s Zepbound and Mounjaro are no longer in shortage. Here’s where their sales still fell short

Eli Lilly’s blockbuster weight loss drug Zepbound and diabetes treatment Mounjaro posted weaker-than-expected sales for the third quarter, even as supply of both medicines have largely recovered from widespread shortages in the U.S.  The reason, according to the company, is not an issue of demand or supply.  Eli Lilly instead blamed disappointing sales on drug […]

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Ray Dalio concerned about America postelection: ‘Both candidates worry me’
World

Ray Dalio concerned about America postelection: ‘Both candidates worry me’

Ray Dalio speaking with CNBC at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 30, 2024. CNBC A postelection America worries U.S. billionaire Ray Dalio, who called for reforms numerous times amid a political landscape rife with what he views as irreconcilable differences between both Democratic and Republican parties. Speaking at the Future Investment […]

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Pennsylvania is a hotbed of Trump, GOP election conspiracies
Politics

Pennsylvania is a hotbed of Trump, GOP election conspiracies

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign event at the Drexelbrook Catering and Event Center, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 29, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday baselessly claimed that Pennsylvania is “cheating” at “large scale levels,” escalating his spread of election […]

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We’re hiking our GEHC price target, looking beyond a mixed quarter to next year’s catalysts
Health

We’re hiking our GEHC price target, looking beyond a mixed quarter to next year’s catalysts

GE Healthcare reported a mixed quarter before Wednesday’s opening bell. While revenue slightly missed, an earnings beat along with a number of other positives pushed the stock higher. Revenue rose just under 1% year over year to $4.86 billion in the third quarter, just short the $4.87 billion expected, according to analyst estimates compiled by […]

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