Business
Deutsche Bank downgrades CVS as near- and medium-term risks mount
A recent crackdown on low-cost drug program 340B, and stiff competition for a lucrative drug contract from Centene, weighs on the stock. Source
Read More
Morgan Stanley downgrades Pinterest, calls user engagement numbers ‘troubling’
Critically, U.S. time spent per user has tumbled to 2017 levels at the social media platform. Source
Read More
Reid Hoffman’s new start-up poaches first staff from Google and Meta
Reid Hoffman, founder and Chairman, Linkedin, at 2015 WEF in Davos, Switzerland. David A. Grogan | CNBC Inflection AI, the start-up launched earlier this month by LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman and DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, has poached artificial intelligence gurus from Google and Meta, according to CNBC analysis. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Inflection’s aim is […]
Read More
Dairy Queen launches Stackburger line as chain sees record sales in 2021
Dairy Queen’s Flamethrower Stackburger and small ice cream cone Source: Dairy Queen Dairy Queen is expanding its burger offerings as the fast-food chain looks beyond Blizzards and other desserts. The new Stackburger line is Dairy Queen’s biggest menu expansion in two decades, with five burger flavors for U.S. customers: Flamethrower, Loaded A1, Bacon Two Cheese […]
Read More
Russia’s invasion has made energy security a hot topic. The U.S. thinks hydrogen could be the answer
Ships sailing into the port of Rotterdam in February 2022. Federico Gambarini | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Concerns related to both the energy transition and energy security have been thrown into sharp relief by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia is a major supplier of oil and gas, and over the past few weeks a […]
Read More
Eurazeo’s Adrianne Shapira says consumers are strong and have ‘shrugged off a lot’
France-based investment firm Eurazeo sees consumers spending healthily as geopolitical turmoil and inflation roil the economy, managing director Adrianne Shapira told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday. “So far, the consumer is strong. I mean, we really have seen across our portfolios, strong performance. Again, we [invest in] earlier stage growth equities, so I’d say we’ve […]
Read More
SEC charges Twilio engineers with insider trading during early days of pandemic
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged three software engineers at cloud software vendor Twilio and several of their friends and family members with involvement in an insider trading scheme. Between March and May 2020, as cloud tools were gaining use due to the surge in remote work, Twilio engineers Lokesh Lagudu, Chotu Pulagam […]
Read More
Cramer’s lightning round: I like Nucor over ArcelorMittal
Enbridge Inc: “I like Enbridge. Wall Street doesn’t like it.” ArcelorMittal SA: “It’s okay. Nucor’s better. Nucor’s a better company. I’m always going to go with Nucor because it’s best in breed.” Disclosure: Cramer’s Charitable Trust owns shares of Wells Fargo and Nucor. Source
Read More
I’m not buying KB Home stock until KB Home does, says Jim Cramer
KB Home is currently a risky stock to buy despite its low price, evidenced by the company’s own disinterest in purchasing its stock, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. “If KB starts buying back its stock aggressively, I’ll be right there with them. If they don’t, I’m staying on the sidelines,” the “Mad Money” host said. […]
Read More
Jim Cramer says investors should use these rules to build a turbulence-proof portfolio
Investors should follow a certain set of rules when building their portfolios to weather the market volatility that Monday’s rally suggests could happen, Jim Cramer said. “When you see new, unseasoned merchandise exploding higher, along with names like Tesla surging on … a stock split, it tells you there might be a little too much […]
Read More