Activists eyeing tech stocks ahead of expected M&A rebound after lull

Activists eyeing tech stocks ahead of expected M&A rebound after lull

Paul Singer speaking at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York on Sept. 13, 2016. David A. Grogan | CNBC Activist investors are circling the tech market. That’s because, after a two-year plunge in mergers and acquisitions across the industry, there are signs of life to start 2024, with expectations that many more deals are … Read more

SAP plans job changes or buyouts for 8,000 employees in restructuring

SAP plans job changes or buyouts for 8,000 employees in restructuring

SAP CEO Christian Klein speaks at a panel session on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images SAP said on Tuesday that it aims to carry out voluntary buyouts or enable job changes for 8,000 employees as part of … Read more

Alphabet ends contract with Appen, which trained Bard, Google Search

Alphabet ends contract with Appen, which trained Bard, Google Search

Alphabet has cut contractual ties with Appen, the artificial intelligence data firm that helped train Google’s chatbot Bard, Google Search results and other AI products. After a “strategic review process,” Alphabet notified Appen over the weekend of the termination, which will go into effect March 19, according to a filing from Appen. The company said … Read more

Don’t read too much into market losses so far

Don’t read too much into market losses so far

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on January 3, 2024, in New York City.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need … Read more

Despite losses, 2024 holds promise for markets

Despite losses, 2024 holds promise for markets

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on January 3, 2024, in New York City.  Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need … Read more

Top Wall Street analysts like these stocks into the new year for their growth potential

Top Wall Street analysts like these stocks into the new year for their growth potential

The logo of Uber is seen at a temporary showroom at the Promenade road during the World Economic Forum 2023, in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2023. Arnd Wiegmann | Reuters The Federal Reserve’s forecast for three rate cuts in 2024 has lifted investor sentiment, but macro uncertainty can weigh on … Read more

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Monday

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Monday

My top 10 things to watch Monday, Dec. 4 1. U.S. stocks are lower in premarket trading, with S & P 500 futures down 0.54%. The move comes after five-straight weeks of gains for equities — and here’s how I make sense of the tremendous rally we’ve seen. Meanwhile, bond yields pull back, with that … Read more

DocuSign shares spike on report company is exploring a sale

DocuSign shares spike on report company is exploring a sale

The Docusign Inc. application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images DocuSign shares rose as much as 15% and closed up 12% on Friday after the Wall Street Journal reported the e-signature software … Read more

Adobe and Figma call off $20 billion acquisition after scrutiny

Adobe and Figma call off  billion acquisition after scrutiny

Adobe and Figma, the cloud-based design tool, will terminate their planned $20 billion merger in light of regulatory hurdles, the companies said Monday. In a statement, the two companies said, “there is no clear path to receive necessary regulatory approvals from the European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority.” Adobe shares rose around … Read more