December 23, 2023
“Dollar General has gotten hit by steep fines for safety violations, slammed on late-night TV and even overruled by its own shareholders. On Thursday, CEO Todd Vasos laid out on an earnings call with investors the discounter’s plans to try to turn around both the… Continue Reading…
October 30, 2023
“…The London-headquartered bank said that it would shortly begin buying back an additional $3 billion of its shares, taking total stock repurchases for the year to $7 billion. HSBC Chief Executive Officer Noel Quinn signaled there may be more to… Continue Reading…
June 14, 2023
“…Shares of the semiconductor company popped over 2% in pre-market trading on Wednesday — and were Yahoo Finance’s Top Trending Ticker — on a Reuters report that Amazon’s cloud arm is considering using AMD’s new AI chips… The report comes a day after AMD… Continue Reading…
May 25, 2023
“Best Buy on Thursday topped Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations, but its sales missed estimates and it reiterated expectations for weaker spending on consumer electronics this year. The company’s shares rose more than 2% in early trading Thursday. The retailer affirmed the outlook it… Continue Reading…
April 4, 2023
“…“We need to get electrification going faster,” said Angela Wilkinson, the secretary general and CEO of the London-based World Energy Council. “We want it to be more renewable-powered electrification,” she added, before acknowledging that a huge amount of work will… Continue Reading…
February 27, 2023
“…Soroban Capital Partners on Sunday publicly called for the ouster of the railroad’s CEO, Lance Fritz. A letter from the New York-based hedge fund projected that a change to ‘best-in-class’ leadership would result in a doubling of Union Pacific stock… Continue Reading…
November 21, 2022
“Shares of Disney popped Monday, the morning after the company announced it had replaced CEO Bob Chapek with Bob Iger. Disney’s stock rose more than 7% on Monday. As of Friday’s close, the company’s shares had fallen about 40% so far this year.… Continue Reading…
November 11, 2022
“Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange FTX has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S., according to a company statement posted on Twitter. Bankman-Fried has also stepped down as CEO and has been succeeded by John J. Ray III, though the outgoing… Continue Reading…
June 2, 2022
“JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says he is preparing the biggest U.S. bank for an economic hurricane on the horizon and advised investors to do the same… “You’d better brace yourself,” Dimon told the roomful of analysts and investors. “JPMorgan is bracing ourselves… Continue Reading…
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