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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Meta Platforms, Ford, Qualcomm, Teladoc and more
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Meta Platforms — Shares of the social media company dipped 3% in extended trading after missing second-quarter estimates on the top and bottom lines. Meta Platforms posted its second back-to-back decline in year-over-year sales and shared disappointing guidance amid a weakening ad environment. Ford Motor — […]
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Meta lost $2.8 billion on its virtual reality ambitions during Q2
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, speaks during the virtual Facebook Connect event, where the company announced its rebranding as Meta, in New York on Oct. 28, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Facebook parent Meta lost $2.81 billion on $452 million in revenue from its virtual reality division, Reality Labs, during the quarter […]
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Meta gets new CFO as David Wehner moves to chief strategy officer role
David Wehner, CFO at Meta Harriet Taylor | CNBC Meta CFO David Wehner will take on a new role as the company’s first chief strategy officer, starting Nov. 1, according to the company’s second-quarter earnings report. Susan Li, Meta’s current vice president of finance, will be the Facebook parent’s new chief financial officer Shares of […]
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Meta reports earnings miss and forecasts second consecutive quarter of declining revenue
People take photos of the new “Meta” sign at the One Hacker Way in Menlo Park, as Facebook changes its company name to Meta in California, on October 28, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Facebook parent Meta reported a steeper-than-expected drop in revenue, missed on earnings and issued a surprisingly weak […]
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Google delays cookie-cutting to 2024
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 09: Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a panel at the CEO Summit of the Americas hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on June 09, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The CEO Summit entered its second day of events with a formal signing for the “International Coalition to Connect […]
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FTC sues to block Facebook owner Meta from buying VR fitness app maker
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee during An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 23, 2019. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block Facebook-owner Meta from buying […]
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Microsoft and Alphabet earnings are signaling one thing: A lot of bad news has been priced in
Well, that covers just about … everything. Microsoft earnings release cited a litany of issues: unfavorable foreign exchange, extended productions shutdown in China, a deteriorating PC market in June, reductions in advertising spending and scaling down Russian operations. It left out frogs, boils, locusts, lice and hail, so the press release does not quite rise to […]
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YouTube has ‘obvious math’ problem as growth slows dramatically from pandemic highs
Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, speaks at the Atlantic Festival in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2019. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Throughout the pandemic, YouTube was one of Google’s main economic engines, benefiting from a surge in video consumption from people stuck at home trying to stay entertained. All that growth has […]
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Stock futures tick up ahead of key Fed decision
Stock futures ticked up in overnight trading as traders await the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision, scheduled to be announced Wednesday afternoon. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 66 points, or 0.21%. S&P 500 futures gained 0.55% and Nasdaq 100 futures increased 1.06%. Shares of Enphase Energy gained about 6% after […]
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Apple’s earnings will give a peek into the mindset of the high-end consumer
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 6, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple reports earnings on Thursday for the quarter ended in June. The third quarter of Apple’s fiscal year is […]
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