Tech dealmakers skeptical that M&A will pick up after election

Tech dealmakers skeptical that M&A will pick up after election

Lina Khan, chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and Jonathan Kanter, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s antitrust division, participate in a discussion on antitrust reforms at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Oct. 4, 2023. Khan assumed the role of FTC chair in June 2021 after being appointed by U.S. President Joe … Read more

Reddit’s increased reliance on Google traffic has Wall Street anxious

Reddit’s increased reliance on Google traffic has Wall Street anxious

The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange prepares for the social media platform Reddit’s initial public offering in New York City on March 21, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images For nearly a decade, Tom Wahlin’s popular travel gear site Pack Hacker ranked high in Google’s search results by publishing deeply researched product … Read more

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

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

My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, Aug. 7 1. Disney with a blowout , beating analyst estimates on top and bottom lines. Also, a big raise to earnings guidance. It’s about time. Adjusted EPS for its fiscal third quarter were $1.39, up 35% from a year ago. The company’s combined streaming businesses (Disney+, Hulu … Read more

Reddit RDDT Q2 2024 earnings report

Reddit RDDT Q2 2024 earnings report

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman hugs mascot Snoo as Reddit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on March 21, 2024. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Reddit reported second-quarter results on Tuesday that topped analysts’ estimates. Here’s how the company did compared to LSEG estimates: Loss per share: 6 cents vs. a … Read more

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

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

My top 10 things to watch Tuesday, July 23 1. Several key earnings reports before the bell: General Motors posted big numbers , beating Wall Street’s expectations for the second quarter, and raised its financial targets for the rest of the year. United Parcel Service missed profit and sales estimates and lowered its guidance . … Read more

Elliott activist campaign at Southwest Airlines puzzles shareholders

Elliott activist campaign at Southwest Airlines puzzles shareholders

Travelers wait to check in at the Southwest Airlines counter at Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California, Dec. 27, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images After Elliott Management revealed a $1.9 billion stake in Southwest Airlines in June, an initial rally in the stock quickly fizzled. Rather than sparking typical cheer on … Read more

Tech founders are shunning IPOs after extended market lull: Techstars

Tech founders are shunning IPOs after extended market lull: Techstars

Pedestrians pass the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Silicon Valley is known for producing tech businesses that start in garages and turn into massive publicly traded companies ubiquitously known across the globe. From Oracle and Microsoft to Google and Facebook, the public … Read more

Waystar shares slip in debut after pricing IPO in middle of range

Waystar shares slip in debut after pricing IPO in middle of range

Waystar celebrates their IPO at the Nasdaq on June 7th, 2024.  CNBC Waystar shares slid about 3% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, after the health-care payment software vendor priced its IPO in the middle of the expected range. The stock opened at $21 per share, below the IPO price of $21.50 per share late … Read more

A juggernaut of the market’s growth hit wall, buy these stocks

A juggernaut of the market’s growth hit wall, buy these stocks

We danced around it all week. We called out the many culprits for Salesforce’s weak quarterly results on Wednesday — and subsequent stock plunge — including an elongated sales cycle, a measured economic environment, and the need for more senior executives to check off on products. But one we didn’t call out was the law … Read more