Month: March 2025

Walgreens to go private in roughly  billion deal with Sycamore Partners
Health

Walgreens to go private in roughly $10 billion deal with Sycamore Partners

The Walgreens logo is displayed at a Walgreens store on October 15, 2024 in San Rafael, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Struggling drugstore chain Walgreens is going private.  The company on Thursday said it inked a deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners that will take it off the public market for an equity […]

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Broadcom shares soar 16% as earnings top estimates on demand for custom AI chips
Technology

Broadcom shares soar 16% as earnings top estimates on demand for custom AI chips

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Broadcom reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday that topped analysts’ expectations, and the chipmaker offered strong guidance for the current quarter. The stock jumped 16% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings per share: $1.60 adjusted vs. $1.49 expected Revenue: $14.92 billion […]

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Oracle’s Federal Electronic Health Record experienced a nation-wide outage
Health

Oracle’s Federal Electronic Health Record experienced a nation-wide outage

Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Oracle’s Federal Electronic Health Record experienced a nation-wide outage on Tuesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed to CNBC. The agency said “all users” of the company’s Federal EHR, including the VA, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Gap, Broadcom, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Samsara and more
Finance

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Gap, Broadcom, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Samsara and more

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Hewlett Packard Enterprise — Shares tanked 17% in extended trading. Hewlett Packard Enterprise issued weak guidance for the fiscal second quarter, calling for adjusted earnings to range from 28 cents to 34 cents per share on revenue between $7.2 billion and $7.6 billion. Analysts polled by […]

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Judge reinstates NLRB member Trump fired: ‘A president is not a king’
Politics

Judge reinstates NLRB member Trump fired: ‘A president is not a king’

Gwynne Wilcox, attorney who was a member and chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Courtesy: National Labor Relations Board A federal judge on Thursday reversed the firing of a National Labor Relations Board member by President Donald Trump, with a scathing ruling that said “an American president is not a king.” The ordered reinstating […]

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HPE to cut 2,500 employees as stock slides 16% on weak earnings outlook
Technology

HPE to cut 2,500 employees as stock slides 16% on weak earnings outlook

Antonio Neri, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, October 20, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares slid 16% in extended trading on Thursday as the data center equipment maker issued quarterly and full-year […]

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BlackRock says investors should look beyond the noise and grab attractive income in these assets
World

BlackRock says investors should look beyond the noise and grab attractive income in these assets

Investors looking for income should block out the “noise” rocking the markets these days — and look beyond traditional fixed-income holdings for attractive yields, according to BlackRock’s Russell Brownback. Concerns over President Donald Trump’s tariffs have caused market volatility and some teetering in the 10-year Treasury yield. However, the underpinnings of the economy are still […]

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Trump says he’s not even looking at stock market, tariffs will make U.S. ‘very strong’
World

Trump says he’s not even looking at stock market, tariffs will make U.S. ‘very strong’

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 6, 2025.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration would not consider stock market reaction when hammering out the details of its tariff policy. […]

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Costco reports mixed second-quarter earnings
Business

Costco reports mixed second-quarter earnings

Customers shop at a Costco Wholesale store on January 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.  Scott Olson | Getty Images Costco on Thursday reported an earnings miss, but beat expectations for revenue for the second quarter. Here’s how the wholesale company did compared with what Wall Street was expecting for the quarter ended Feb. 16, based […]

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Gap shares spike 17% as retailer blows away expectations again, showing turnaround has staying power
Business

Gap shares spike 17% as retailer blows away expectations again, showing turnaround has staying power

A shopper carries her early Black Friday purchases on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2024, at the Citadel Outlets shopping center in Los Angeles.  Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Gap on Thursday posted another quarter that blew away expectations, indicating its turnaround under CEO Richard Dickson is working better – and faster – than […]

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