Ben Silbermann, co-founder and chief executive officer of Pinterest Inc., center, rings the opening bell on the floor on the New York Stock Exchange during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York, on Thursday, April 18, 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pinterest is set to release its first quarterly earnings
Month: May 2019
Attendees at the Viva Technology conference in Paris. It’s one of Europe’s largest tech shows. CNBC PARIS — Now in its fourth year, the Viva Technology conference has become one of the largest tech trade shows in Europe. And it’s not been short on weird and wonderful innovations and gadgets. This year’s event saw everything
Packages of Beyond Meat Inc. beef crumbles are displayed for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A notable short seller is roasting newly public Beyond Meat. Andrew Left of Citron Research took to Twitter Friday afternoon, saying the hype around the plant-based meat
Nancy Ney | Photodisc | Getty Images As the cost of college rises, more parents are cosigning private loans for their children’s education. That move can wreak havoc on older people’s financial lives if their child struggles to repay the debt. Some 45% of adults over 50 who took on education-related debt for someone else
Senator Ron Wyden, left, a Democrat from Oregon and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, speaks with Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Wyden introduced a bill that would allow employers to make matching contributions to retirement plans on the student loan payments made by
The gig economy has exploded in recent years, and it’s changing the way we think about traditional “work.” For instance, many people are choosing to freelance full-time, work part-time while freelancing or even work full-time while pursuing side hustles. While gig economy workers enjoy a lot more freedom than they might in the corporate world,
As the eternal quest for corporate efficiency and collaboration continues to unfold in the minds and hearts of business owners and employees alike, the communal and social aspects of co-working have now made their way to a new frontier: your home. In the last few years, Europe has seen the proliferation of co-living, which is
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday investors his blessings to buy shares of InterActiveCorp. The media and internet conglomerate on May 8 released its financial report for the period ending March 31, which delivered earnings per share of $1.06. The company reported 86 cents EPS the year prior. “I thought that was an amazing quarter,” the
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chipmaker Nvidia will issue an earnings report for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 after the market close on Thursday. Here are the numbers to watch: Earnings: Excluding certain items, 81 cents per share as expected by analysts, according
A flurry of Fed speakers and any new trade developments could shake up what normally might be a slow week of trading ahead of the three-day Memorial Day holiday weekend. Stocks ended the past week with losses, as trade-related headlines caused big swings in the market. The Dow ended the week with a 0.7% loss
Alys Tomilson | Getty Images Student loans aren’t the reason there’s a student debt crisis in this country. The real problem is that there’s not adequate education, information or support systems in place to help students (and their families) make smarter college choices while they are still in high school. Nationwide, college student loan debt
Michael Roman, CEO, 3M Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of industrial products maker 3M have been hit hard since the company’s disappointing first-quarter earnings report in April, and J.P. Morgan warned investors on Friday that there is more pain to come. J.P. Morgan analyst Stephen Tusa said in a note that 3M’s “premium valuation is unjustified by
FluxFactory | E+ | Getty Images Nobody likes to get a poor grade. But those online “test-your-financial-literacy quizzes can be irresistible. They’re short. You think you’ll do pretty well. Then, wham. You failed. How bad should you feel? Probably not very. When U.S. managers, including corporate executives, were tested on basic financial literacy, the average
The China trade drama is not over. Getty Now that President Trump’s China trade drama has caused another dip, readers are asking if this is a good time to invest? The best time to buy stocks is when they are down for reasons that have little to do with the company, and this is one
Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column explores the wisdom of relying on ‘knowledgeable’ friends for Social Security advice, whether a restricted application is possible for a couple, filing for spousal benefits while retirement benefits are suspended
When calling a successful portfolio owner for a listing, every commercial real estate broker can tell you the most common phrase they hear: “I would sell if I had a place to put the money.” Typically these owners do not sell property but continue to purchase buildings to add to their portfolio — and the
Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff, left, and the company’s chief technology officer, Parker Harris, look on during a keynote address at Salesforce’s 2013 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Nov. 19, 2013. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Salesforce said on Friday that a technical snafu resulted in customers losing access to some
A technician checks on a stack of wafers at the Applied Materials facility in Santa Clara, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Applied Materials forecast third-quarter profit and revenue above estimates and reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Thursday, allaying investor concerns about slowing semiconductor demand. Shares of the company rose nearly 6%
China’s currency has been an important barometer for progress in U.S.-Chinese trade talks, and right now it’s signaling that things aren’t going well. The question is whether that signal is intentional, and whether Chinese officials will step in to prevent the yuan from reaching a key psychological low of 7 to the dollar. That level
Bloomberg | Getty Images Amid concerns about trade wars and political dysfunction, the wealthiest investors are padding their cash cushions. Members of TIGER 21, a group of more than 600 individuals with at least $10 million to invest, increased their allocation toward cash and cash equivalents to 12% from 10% during the first quarter, according
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