Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 4, 2024. CNBC Berkshire Hathaway dumped more Bank of America shares this week, making it six straight trading days that Warren Buffett’s conglomerate has reduced its stake in the bank. The Omaha, Nebraska-based holding company sold another 18.9 million shares via…
Hedge fund manager Dan Niles sees this week’s tech sell-off as confirmation that the trade is in significant trouble. Niles sees the market’s response to Google parent Alphabet ‘s quarterly results as evidence investors are getting impatient. Shares tumbled 5% on Wednesday. “The way the market reacted to Google tells me that people are finally…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Ford Motor — Ford shares tumbled 11% after the company’s second-quarter earnings came in much lower than Wall Street expected due to longtime warranty issues. The automaker posted adjusted earnings per share of 47 cents, significantly less than analysts’ forecast of 68 cents, per LSEG. Automotive revenue…
Nitat Termmee | Moment | Getty Images Workers are souring on the state of the job market. Job seeker confidence in Q2 2024 fell to its lowest level in more than two years, according to a quarterly survey by ZipRecruiter, which has tracked the metric since Q1 2022. That decline suggests workers are more pessimistic…
Hinterhaus Productions | Stone | Getty Images Many workers will see their annual raise shrink next year as the job market continues to cool from its torrid pace in the pandemic era. The typical worker will get a 4.1% pay raise for 2025, down from 4.5% this year, according to a new poll by WTW,…
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Alphabet — Shares of the Google parent-company slipped nearly 4% before the opening bell. Advertising revenue in Alphabet’s YouTube segment undershot expectations in the second-quarter and overshadowed results that beat analyst estimates on the top and bottom line. Tesla — Stock in the electric vehicle company…
A worker produces chips at a semiconductor manufacturing enterprise in Binzhou, China, on June 4, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Four of the world’s largest semiconductor equipment manufacturers, including ASML, have seen the share of their China revenue more than double since late 2022, Bank of America analysts said in a…
A dog looks out the window from a Tesla electric vehicle charging at a Tesla Supercharger location in Santa Monica, California, on May 15, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: Alphabet — The tech giant slipped 1% despite a beat on both top…
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Spotify Technology — The music streaming stock surged 13% after Spotify Technology posted second quarter earnings that topped estimates. Gross margin also exceeded expectations, along with operating income. General Motors — The auto stock jumped 4.6% after General Motors easily topped second-quarter estimates. GM also said…
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Cleveland-Cliffs — The steel producer added 1.6%. Cleveland-Cliffs said it was lowering its outlook for capital expenditures and was on pace to hit its target for cost reductions. On the other hand, the company saw $5.09 billion in revenue for the second quarter, under the consensus…
