Finance
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Capri Holdings, Salesforce, Weibo and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Capri Holdings (CPRI) – The parent of luxury brands, like Michael Kors, Versace and Jimmy Choo, saw its stock surge 11% in the premarket after posting better-than-expected quarterly numbers before giving back nearly all those gains. Capri earned an adjusted $1.02 per share, 20 cents above […]
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Binance raises $500 million fund to invest in ‘Web3’ as crypto slides into bear market
Binance is the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, handling $490 billion of spot trading volumes in March 2022. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is launching its own venture capital fund. The company’s venture arm, Binance Labs, said Wednesday it has raised $500 million for its debut start-up fund, […]
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China faces a nearly $1 trillion funding gap. It will need more debt to fill it.
During the first four months of the year, investment in real estate development fell by 2.7% from a year ago. Pictured here is a project in Qingzhou, Shandong province, on May 15, 2022. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — The Chinese government faces a growing shortfall of cash, analysts say, as they […]
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Fed Governor Christopher Waller says he’s prepared to take rates past ‘neutral’ to fight inflation
Christopher Waller, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for governor of the Federal Reserve, listens during a Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Monday he sees interest rate increases continuing through the rest of the year […]
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The luna cryptocurrency has been resurrected after its $40 billion collapse. It’s already crashing
Cryptocurrency markets have seen a steep sell-off after the collapse of controversial blockchain project Terra. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images A new version of the collapsed luna cryptocurrency is already live on major exchanges — and it’s gotten off to a bad start. Last week, supporters of the Terra blockchain project voted to revive luna […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Ulta Beauty, Big Lots, Autodesk, Workday and more
Ulta Beauty store. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Friday. Ulta Beauty — The beauty retailer surged 10% following better-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue. Ulta Beauty also shared a better-than-expected outlook for the full year. American Eagle — The stock dropped 4.2% after the retailer posted weaker-than-expected quarterly […]
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Fraud had ‘significant’ role in $163 billion leak from pandemic-era unemployment system
Courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images More than $163 billion in benefits likely leaked from the unemployment system during the pandemic, with a “significant portion” attributable to fraud, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report. Congress created many new programs in March 2020 to support millions of people who lost their jobs from the […]
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Credit Suisse downgrades Citi to neutral, says the bank has limited upside
Citigroup ‘s stock may struggle to break out until the bank completes its transformation under new CEO Jane Fraser, according to Credit Suisse. Analyst Susan Roth Katzke downgraded Citi to neutral from outperform, saying in a note to clients Friday that there were better options for investors. “We realize that the downside to C shares […]
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Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com all just posted their slowest revenue growth on record
Alibaba, whose headquarters are pictured here on May 26, said its online physical goods GMV in China, excluding unpaid orders, fell further in April, with a “low teens” decline from a year ago. Str | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com have all posted their slowest revenue growth […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Ulta, Gap, Dell and more
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Ulta Beauty — Shares surged more than 6% after hours as the beauty retailer’s quarterly report beat Wall Street estimates on the top and bottom lines. Ulta Beauty posted adjusted first-quarter earnings of $6.30 per share on revenue of $2.346 […]
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