Pedestrians walk past Yum! Brands Shanghai, China Bloomberg | Getty Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Yum China — The restaurant franchiser’s shares fell 3.4% following its mixed second-quarter results. The company announced 47 cents in adjusted earnings per share on $2.65 billion in revenue. Analysts polled by Refinitiv had expected 46…
Market Movers rounded up the best reactions from investors and analysts addressing ON Semiconductor . Just after the opening bell, the chipmaker’s stock hit a record high, going back to its IPO in May, 2000 following second-quarter results that beat expectations. ON Semi reported $1.33 in earnings per share and $2.09 billion in revenue ,…
The U.S. Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C. Win Mcnamee | Reuters Lending conditions at U.S. banks are tight and likely to get tighter, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Monday. The Fed’s closely watched Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey showed that while credit conditions got more strict, demand declined as well. Those results…
SEC Chairman Gary Gensler participates in a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council at the U.S. Treasury on July 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | etty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed charges against a U.S. citizen it alleged raised more than $1 billion through the unregistered offer and…
Lew Cirne, CEO, New Relic Scott Mlyn | CNBC A consortium led by Francisco Partners and private equity group TPG will take software provider New Relic private in an all-cash, $87-a-share offer that values the company at nearly $6.5 billion, the company announced Monday. New Relic shares rose 13% in morning trading, to nearly $84.…
A Hasbro Monopoly board game arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, Feb. 6, 2022. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Adobe — The stock gained 2.4% before the bell after Morgan Stanley upgraded shares to overweight from equal weight and boosted its price target, citing…
Viewing cryptocurrency as “digital gold” may be a mistake. State Street Global Advisors’ George Milling-Stanley, whose firm runs the world’s largest gold exchange-traded fund, believes cryptocurrency is no substitute for the real thing due its vulnerability to big losses. “Volatility does not back up any claims for crypto to be a long-term strategic asset as…
Signage outside Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Jan. 30, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Intel — The chip stock jumped more than 6% after the company posted better-than-expected second-quarter earnings results. The latest quarter marked a return to profitability after two consecutive losing…
KPMG is offering high schoolers paid internships to help fix accounting’s staffing shortage. By her own admission, Autumn Kimborough, 17, didn’t have a passion for accounting. But the rising high school senior from Flossmoor, Illinois, heard about a well-paid summer internship at KPMG, which included a $250 clothing stipend, and got excited. For the first time,…
A residential complex constructed by Evergrande in Huai’an, Jiangsu, China, on July 20, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s housing ministry has announced plans to make it easier for people to buy property. The news, out late Thursday, indicates how different levels of government are starting to act just…
