Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: PepsiCo — Shares slipped 1.4% after the beverage and snacks giant reported mixed fourth-quarter results. Revenue came in at $27.85 billion, missing the LSEG consensus estimate of $28.4 billion. Adjusted earnings per share was $1.78, versus the $1.72 expected. Pepsi said consumers’ budgets were hit by…

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Pinterest — Shares slid 6% in extended trading after the image-sharing company issued a weaker-than-expected forecast. Pinterest also missed revenue estimates but beat on earnings in its fourth-quarter earnings report, per LSEG. Take-Two Interactive Software — Shares dropped almost 7% in extended trading after the video…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Disney — Shares jumped 7.8% after the entertainment giant announced a 50% increase to its dividend and higher-than-expected fiscal first-quarter earnings at $1.22 per share, compared to the consensus forecast from LSEG of 99 cents. Also lifting the stock was Disney’s positive guidance, as the company…

A logo outside a Societe Generale SA bank branch in Paris, France. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Societe Generale on Thursday reported a sharp decline in fourth-quarter net profit on the back of weaker net banking income, but launched a new 280 million euro ($302 million) share buyback program. The French lender posted a…

A passenger tries out a pair of Rokid AR glasses on a Hainan Airlines flight in China. Rokid BEIJING — Hainan Airlines this week started letting passengers on some routes use Rokid’s augmented reality glasses for free for in-flight entertainment, the tech startup announced Thursday. Chinese start-up Rokid claimed it’s the first time AR glasses…

A coffee shop at Beijing Capital Airport shows customers can use Visa, Mastercard, the digital Chinese yuan and other payment methods. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — China is encouraging banks and local businesses to accept foreign bank cards and is considering other steps to make mobile pay for international visitors even easier, said Zhang…

Nvidia shares hit a fresh all-time high today, and its gains may still be in the early innings, according to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck. Van Eck, whose firm runs the largest U.S. semi exchange-traded fund, points to a first-mover edge in the race to fabricate artificial intelligence chips that could bolster the performance of…

Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Disney — Shares climbed about 6% in after-hours trading, buoyed by better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter earnings . Disney said it expects adjusted earnings to rise 20% to $4.60 per share in fiscal 2024, and it announced a new stock repurchase program and reinstated its dividend. The company…

Bill Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management CEO, speaking at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York City on Sept. 28, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman is set to offer a new investment vehicle listed on the New York Stock Exchange, aiming to leverage his following among Main Street investors. The hedge fund…

Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Wednesday he expects the central bank to cut rates only a few times this year, contrary to market expectations. “Sitting here today, I would say, two or three cuts would seem to be appropriate for me right now,” he said during a CNBC “Squawk Box” interview. “But again,…