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Pinterest shares rocket 19% on strong revenue and user growth
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Pinterest shares surged 19.1% after the company beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter sales estimates and showed robust user growth from a year ago. The image-sharing company reported revenues of $1.15 billion, ahead of a $1.14 billion estimate from analysts surveyed by LSEG. The figure represented 18% year-over-year growth. Along […]
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NFL goes after Gen Z fans by courting creators on YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat
Katie Austin normally publishes fitness content to her Instagram and YouTube channel. But this week, she’s been posting a steady trickle of content from New Orleans. That’s because Austin, 31, from California, is one of hundreds of creators who have swarmed the Big Easy for Super Bowl 59, getting paid large contracts to make social […]
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Amazon’s advertising business grew 18% in the fourth quarter
An Amazon warehouse and distribution centre in an industrial park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Graham Hughes | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon’s online advertising business logged $17.29 billion in the fourth quarter, up 18% from a year ago. Analysts polled by StreetAccount were expecting Amazon to report ad revenue of […]
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S&P 500 futures fall after latest earnings, Alphabet’s revenue miss: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 28, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images S&P 500 futures fell Tuesday night following a revenue miss from Google-parent Alphabet, after the major averages had closed out the regular session higher. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 […]
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Snap shares soar on better-than-expected profit and revenue
Snap shares jumped in extended trading Tuesday after the company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results. Here is how the company did compared with Wall Street’s expectations: Earnings per share: 16 cents adjusted vs. 14 cents expected, according to LSEG Revenue: $1.56 billion vs. $1.55 billion expected, according to LSEG Global daily active users: 453 million vs. 451.1 million […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Alphabet, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Snap and more
Check out the companies making headlines after hours: Alphabet — Shares dropped 7.4% after Google parent Alphabet posted a revenue miss . Fourth-quarter revenue of $96.47 billion fell short of the $96.56 billion expected by analysts polled by LSEG. On the other hand, earnings per share of $2.15 exceeded the $2.13 consensus estimate. Chipotle Mexican […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday
Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Trade tailspin 2. Tariff tremor U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media as he departs the White House, in Washington, U.S., Jan. 31, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Trump slapped 25% tariffs on goods from Canada […]
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Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube Shorts
Instagram added a new short-form video feature to the image-focused platform in a direct challenge to TikTok. Chris Delmas | AFP | Getty Images Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on other short-form video apps, including TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, CNBC has learned. With the TikTok app not currently available for download […]
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How Bluesky, Twitter’s one-time side project, is challenging Elon Musk’s X
Billionaire Mark Cuban, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and author Stephen King are all now on Bluesky. The social media platform is the brainchild of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who conceived Bluesky as a side project inside Twitter in 2019. Bluesky, which is no longer affiliated with Dorsey, is now its own company, and […]
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Snap shares drop as FTC refers MyAI chatbot complaint to the DOJ
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, joins CNBC ‘Power Lunch’ on September 17, 2024. CNBC Snap shares closed down 5% on Thursday after the Federal Trade Commission said it would refer a complaint against the company to the Department of Justice. The FTC’s non-public complaint involves allegations that Snapchat’s My AI chatbot poses “risks and harms to […]
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