The Costco Wholesale Corp. logo is displayed above a gas station in Hawthorne, California, on June 12, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  WD-40 Company — Shares gained 11% after the maker of metal lubricants reported fiscal third-quarter results that beat analysts’ expectations.…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Intuit — Shares of the TurboTax parent company fell nearly 4% after it said it will slash 1,800 jobs , or about 10% of its workforce, as it boosts investments in artificial intelligence. Intuit said it plans to rehire 1,800 people for engineering, product and consumer-focused…

Bill Gross’ Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond Fund suffered more than $200 million in redemptions last month, lowering assets to $1.25 billion from over $2.24 billion in February. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Longtime investor Bill Gross believes Elon Musk‘s Tesla is behaving like a speculative play among retail investors. “Tesla acting like a meme stock — sagging…

[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to testify on Capitol Hill before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. The appearance comes after Powell appeared before the Senate…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Tesla — The electric vehicle maker gained nearly 1% after Goldman Sachs increased its stock price target by $73 to $248 per share on better than expected second quarter deliveries. Tesla has booked 10-straight days of gains. Though Goldman increased its price target, the investment bank…

Consumers are shopping at a supermarket in Qingzhou, China, on June 12, 2024.  Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s consumer price inflation rose by 0.2% in June from a year ago, missing expectations, while producer prices fell in-line with forecasts, data from the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday showed. China’s consumer…

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Nvidia — Shares of the artificial intelligence darling popped 1.8% following KeyBanc’s price target hike to $180, which implies about 40% upside from Monday’s close. The firm said demand for Nvidia’s H100 chip “remains robust” even with the imminent launch of Blackwell in the second half…

So far this year, hedge fund managers have failed to beat the S & P 500 , one of the cheapest, easily available investment vehicles for ordinary investors. Hedge funds returned just 5% in the first half of the year after a 0.2% loss in June, with event-driven strategies the biggest laggards, according to data…

Company founder Bill Shufelt (left) and head brewer John Walker pause at the Athletic Brewing’s non-alcoholic brewery and production plant on March 20, 2019 in Stratford, Connecticut.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images Leading non-alcoholic brewer Athletic Brewing Company announced Tuesday it’s raised an additional $50 million in equity financing in a round led by General…

[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks Tuesday to the Senate Banking Committee as part of his semiannual address to Congress on monetary policy. With the Fed still on hold regarding…