Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Microsoft — Shares jumped 2% after the tech giant reported better-than-expected fiscal third-quarter results as its Azure business continued to show momentum. Alphabet — The Google-parent company rallied 10%. Alphabet posted first-quarter results that topped estimates and authorized its first-ever dividend, as well as a $70 […]
Not everyone goes to college. And not everyone who goes starts immediately after high school. Many students take what’s known as a gap year before attending college for a variety of reasons. While the practice is more common in the United Kingdom and other European countries, gap year interest is growing in the U.S., according […]
Bitcoin has been struggling to break out of its narrow range and reach new highs, and there doesn’t appear to be much hope for the cryptocurrency’s price in the near term, according to Wolfe Research. “Bitcoin continues to demonstrate its inability to successfully get through that stubborn $70k resistance level,” Wolfe’s Rob Ginsberg said in […]
A Starbucks worker boards the Starbucks union bus after Starbucks workers stood on the picket line with striking SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America (WGA) members in solidarity outside Netflix studios on July 28, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Starbucks and Workers United, which represents roughly 500 of its cafes, […]
Big tech earnings reports have put investors on quite the roller coaster. Alphabet , Microsoft and Tesla have all moved higher post earnings, while Meta and IBM had opposite reactions by dropping precipitously. Inside of this recent technology, I think it is time to add to a nearly forgotten Magnificent Seven laggard: Apple . Apple […]
US social worker and daughter of the US president Ashley Biden speaks on stage during the Human Rights Campaign’s 2024 Los Angeles dinner at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, March 23, 2024. Michael Tran | AFP | Getty Images Ashley Biden, the daughter of President Joe Biden, wrote a judge to say she […]
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet shares shot up 10% Friday morning after the company posted better-than-expected first-quarter results and greenlit its first-ever dividend and a $70 billion buyback. The company on Thursday reported […]
Alan Shaw, CEO, Norfolk Southern Scott Mlyn | CNBC A second Norfolk Southern union said Friday it would back activist Ancora’s efforts to elect seven directors and oust CEO Alan Shaw, a sign of labor dissatisfaction with management and a key endorsement for Ancora as Norfolk Southern’s shareholder meeting nears. The BLET Teamsters, which represents […]
