Iowa-LSU game was biggest betting event for women’s sports

Iowa-LSU game was biggest betting event for women’s sports

Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, celebrates after beating the Lousiana State University Tigers 94-87 in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at MVP Arena in Albany, New York, on April 1, 2024. Andy Lyons | Getty Images The superstar women’s college basketball matchups Monday night attracted more than just … Read more

Largest U.S. sportsbooks join forces to tackle problem gambling

Largest U.S. sportsbooks join forces to tackle problem gambling

Seven of the nation’s largest gaming companies are joining forces to create a trade group to promote responsible gaming, and for the first time ever, will share information about problem gamblers. The seven operators — FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, Penn Entertainment, Fanatics Betting & Gaming, Hard Rock Digital and bet365 — will form the Responsible Online … Read more

Fanatics fires back at DraftKings’ claims of corporate espionage

Fanatics fires back at DraftKings’ claims of corporate espionage

Fanatics founder and CEO Michael Rubin at his office in New York. The Washington Post | Getty Images Sports merchandise giant Fanatics is firing back against sportsbook giant DraftKings in an ongoing legal fight over Fanatics’ hiring of a top DraftKings executive. In a legal brief filed late Thursday in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, … Read more

Why Tuesday’s pullback is a healthy break in the rally, how we play it

Why Tuesday’s pullback is a healthy break in the rally, how we play it

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible. Here’s Tuesday’s edition. A healthy break: … Read more

Inventory problems at Children’s Place chain could benefit TJX Companies

Inventory problems at Children’s Place chain could benefit TJX Companies

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible. Here is Friday’s edition. We came … Read more

3 reasons why investors keep sending Palo Alto Networks to record highs

3 reasons why investors keep sending Palo Alto Networks to record highs

Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said Tuesday that cybersecurity demand will only intensify in 2024. He cited three reasons that highlight why investors keep pushing the Club stock to record highs. During a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Arora said that Palo Alto Networks stands to benefit … Read more

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on China, Microsoft and the SEC

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on China, Microsoft and the SEC

George Kurtz, co-founder and chief executive officer of Crowdstrike Holdings Inc., during a Bloomberg Technology television interview at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has had a banner year. The cybersecurity firm has seen its stock … Read more

Vans owner VF Corp shares tumble after cyberattack

Vans owner VF Corp shares tumble after cyberattack

A Vans store is seen in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of The North Face and Vans owner VF Corp. tumbled Monday after the company reported that a hack had affected its ability to fulfill some orders ahead of the holidays. The company said hackers encrypted “some” systems and made … Read more